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Home in on Button
If, like me, only a cruel lack of opportunity prevented you from being crowned F1 World Champion in Jenson Button’s place, then help could be at hand with Real Time Race. This is a system that allows players to drive alongside the actual drivers in real-time as you watch the race. The technology maps the … Continue reading
The Wii factor
Deep in TechnoCloud Towers is a room which I use to showcase consumer technology. This allows colleagues to familiarise themselves with the home entertainment gadgets that their budget or interests wouldn’t normally bring them into contact with. There’s no doubt which two gadgets excite the most interest – the Apple TV and the Wii. For … Continue reading
Pimp My Blog
MTV parent Viacom is allowing web users to embed videos from a number of MTV sites, including Pimp My Ride, into their web spaces. This comes at a time when Viacom requested the removal of 100k+ clips from YouTube. While this move shows Viacom’s desire to control the source of their content on the web, … Continue reading
Joost Box
Could Joost be the future of television? This venture, formerly known as the Venice Project has Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström behind it. These are the people who brought you Kazaa and then Skype. Read more here.
Tomorrow’s TV audiences today
I had an interesting session with selected members of the UK public to discuss the ways their TV consumption has evolved thanks to ownership of a Personal/Digital Video Recorder (PVR/DVR), such as Sky+ or TiVo. Disruptive to the traditional linear model of broadcasting via the schedule, the PVR is part of a growing trend of ‘Me, Me, Media’ – … Continue reading
