Apple Looking to Launch Siri-Enabled Television Set by 2013
Bilton says the project has been in the works for years, perhaps as far back as 2007 (the year the iPhone launched and the company launched the Apple TV set-top box. As far as controlling the new set:
It’s the stuff of science fiction. You sit on your couch and rather than fumble with several remotes or use hand gestures, you simply talk: “Put on the last episode of Gossip Girl.” “Play the local news headlines.” “Play some Coldplay music videos.” Siri does the rest.
Of course this experience goes beyond just playing TV shows or the local news. As the line between television programming and Web content continues to erode, a Siri-powered television would become more necessary. You aren’t going to want to flip through file folders or baskets of content, checking off what you want. Telling Siri to “play videos of cute cats falling asleep” would return an endless YouTube stream of adorable napping fur balls.
In a bid to set aside the speculation about if an Apple television is in the works, the piece finishes simply, "it is coming though. It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when."
Apple television mockup courtesy Nick Bilton/New York Times
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Sounds pretty cool, but you would need a bluetooth headset for it to work I would think.
Just the addition of a mic on the remote control would work better than a clumsy headset :p
Sounds pretty cool, but you would need a bluetooth headset for it to work I would think.
Microphone in the TV. I talk to my Xbox using kinect, no headset. It's doable.
Just the addition of a mic on the remote control would work better than a clumsy headset :p
Excellent idea.
I think this would be totally stupid.
So would a phone attached to an iPod.
Or a giant iPod Touch at twice the price.
Oh wait . . .
"Play Sesame Street!"
"No, let's watch Dancing with the Stars!"
"I want to watch the Broncos game!"
How will it know which person to listen too? Also, how will it know to not listen to the dialog on the TV shows/music, etc.?
Shouting "SHOW ME PORN" through open windows at houses where they have an Apple television will then become my new hobby.
And just about as you are going to reach your climax you shout "Oh God" and it changes over to the Church and Worship channel.
Nice.
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