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CES 2012: Microsoft shows how Kinect can make TV social
Microsoft’s annual CES keynote — its last, according to the company — was light on product announcements, but it did demonstrate how Kinect can transform traditional TV into a social, interactive experience. Using PBS Sesame Street and National Geographic as examples (promotional video below), CEO Steve Ballmer showed how Kinect can engage kids to participate in educational TV. Here’s a video:
Microsoft beats Apple in enabling first TV you can talk to
The war over the future of TV is in full throttle in a Microsoft/Apple world that does not consist of Bill Gates or Steve Jobs. We just wrote about the possibilities that Xbox Live could bring to social TV, and now Microsoft is about to roll out a new Xbox update that brings voice-controlled Kinect, Bing search and new content providers like Hulu and NBC’s Today Show to its video experience.
