This is sort of a reverse-avatar situation where the physical device unlocks on-screen content.
The last two conditions were active because the on-screen content could be manipulated with gross body gestures gathered via the Kinect sensor.
The company's original incarnation as Metabar had created an on-screen content recommendations toolbar, in the same vein as Meebo (acquired by Google) or Conduit or Outbrain.
Dubbed a "tweet-peat," the experiment was a cross between DVD commentary, live chat and pop-up video, where cast and crew from the two shows sat in on each program's repeat episode and used Twitter to provide context, clues and jokes about the on-screen content, as well as answer questions from fans via the micro-blogging service.
The Samsung Galaxy Beam is an Android-powered smartphone that has a pico projector embedded into its top edge so you can beam on-screen content onto a wall or other large surface.
The brief video teaser for its forthcoming MWC press event in Barcelona, which was shared today via LG's social media channels, shows a man's hand swiping to change on-screen content, including the message "goodbye touch".
The goal is to introduce a new way of interacting with on-screen content in a way that's as remarkable as the "pinch-and-zoom" and swiping gestures were when the iPhone first debuted.
These personalized television services must offer expansive popular entertainment content, the choice of personalized, targeted advertising and the potential of interactivity with the on-screen content itself – all within an easily accessible, intuitive and affordable offering.
Asked Specifically about smartwatches, which have obvious screen size constraints and could therefore benefit from a gesture-based interface that doesn't require the user's fingers to block on-screen content, he said it would certainly be possible to mount the tech in a wrist-based mobile device.
Each action figure will be made with a 3-D web tag, called an i-TAG, that consumers can scan using a web cam, revealing unique on-screen content that is special to each specific action figure.
Not least because all it takes is a second device, unconnected but in close proximity to the first, to snap away and record its on-screen contents regardless.
