LOOK AT THE VIDEO. KPN and Accenture have developed a proof-of-concept for the use of Google Glass and Accenture Video Solution (AVS) in watching, recording and control of interactive TV to enrich the user experience. While this proof-of-concept has not been developed as a commercial product, both companies the capabilities and potential of wearable technologies for television viewers to explore and investigate further.
The two companies will be the prototype at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona demonstrate. They show how Google Glass integrates with the AVS platform for hands-free, voice-controlled interaction and content sharing between Google and Glass TV. They use KPN’s interactive TV, which allows customers to watch TV on different devices and is built on the AVS platform
The demonstration shows three different ways in which the prototype can be used:
1) The advanced remote control. The user can control basic TV functions, such as selecting channels, programs and trailers, adjust the volume, pause, fast-forward and rewind the image. This provides the user with a central platform independent device to the TV to control.
direct and simple2) ‘Second Screen’. The viewer gets during programs direct access to an additional real-time information layer. For example, statistics and other results are retrieved and consulted. During live sports It is also possible the highlights of matches to look back.
3) TV Everywhere allows the viewer to select which is stored in the cloud. program The program can then look back later. Google Glass or other device
“Accenture’s Technology Vision 2014 shows that businesses and consumers are very interested in the practical possibilities of connected intelligence ‘and’ wearables like this,” says Tom Loozen, Managing Director for Accenture’s Communications Industry Group at Accenture. “The introduction of this kind of innovation has enormous potential because the users real-time access to a new dimension with personalized features and information.”
Diederik Rosenbaum, Director at KPN TV: “We’re constantly looking differentiated services that we can offer to our subscribers. In the past, we were the first relevant innovative services in the Dutch TV market introduced, such as 4G, TV on mobile devices and Missed Start-TV. This concept is the latest idea that we explore ways to enrich. “The TV experience for our customers
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