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Samsung wants AR to be a TV Remote
The world’s leading TV maker instead wants AR glasses and TVs to work together. In a newly-published patent application, Samsung details how AR wearables could be used in conjunction with your TV: As a fancy remote control, capable of casting, switching to media playback mode whenever you sit down in front of the TV, and even collecting viewing suggestions while out and about, Shazam-style.
While patent applications don’t necessarily translate into future products, Samsung’s stab at this does offer an interesting glimpse at how the company envisions tomorrow’s multi-screen world to work – and challenges entertainment companies to figure out how they want to utilize these technologies for their own benefit.
Janko Roettgers