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Xbox Smart Glass : the brain between TV and Tablet/Smartphone

Written on 04 June 2012 by Vincent Abry

Microsoft just introduced SmartGlass at the opening conference at E3 2012 in Los Angeles.

Microsoft SmartGlass

Smart Glass is the future of Xbox 360: it’s an application that will work with tablets running under Windows 8 as well as mobile phones running with Windows Phone, Android or iOS.

This app will interact with Xbox and Television. Basically the Xbox is the brain between tablet/mobile phone and TV.

For example, you will be able to use your phone as a remote control to play music, start a movie on the tablet and continue it on TV, start a video game or surf the web (Internet Explorer will be installed on the Xbox 360; in this case the phone will act as the mouse/keyboard).

On Xbox Live, SmartGlass will be used for managing messages and invitations from friends.

See official demo video :

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