The next Xbox and your cable box are about to become best friends

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The next Xbox is due to come out later this year, but we notwithstanding don't know a whole lot about 'Durango'. One thing revealed today by The Verge is how the adjacent Xbox is being positioned to completely become the center of your living room – for all things entertainment. The next Xbox volition reportedly accept over a TV through the cablevision box.

It will work in a like fashion to Google Goggle box. The next Xbox will work by taking a signal from a cable box via HDMI into the Xbox. Then the Xbox will overlay its own features and UI over that item aqueduct. The functionality volition be basic at launch, but overtime roll out unique support for various cable services/channels.

Crazy absurd correct? We're non done however. In addition to the cablevision Goggle box functionality in a higher place, sources to The Verge say that the side by side-generation Kinect will take an even larger function than information technology currently does. The next Kinect will exist able to detect users with higher fidelity than it currently does. It volition be able to tell the number of people in the room and to detect eye movement in lodge to pause the movie or TV show when a viewer looks away from the screen. While this probably won't be active with multiple people in a room, it would certainly be handy for those solo binge sessions on Netflix.

Both are actually interesting features for the next Xbox. I'm virtually excited about the potential for it to supercede my cable box. It volition be interesting to see how Microsoft would leverage that characteristic with SmartGlass. I'm picturing a scenario where y'all sentry a sporting event through the Xbox and can have supplemental data near the game on a Surface or Windows Telephone. For case, you could be watching the Lakers hobble into the playoffs on ESPN through your Xbox. On the Television receiver screen you'll get the typical ESPN feed, but through the Xbox's UI. On your Surface you could see all the stats from the game, like how much work Kobe is doing to keep any playoff hopes live (this season has been such a disappointment, you can tell I'one thousand bitter).

Anyways, Microsoft is planning an effect in May to announce and highlight some features of the adjacent Xbox. There'due south also E3 right around the corner. Nosotros'll be sure to go on you updated on the adjacent Xbox and how it ties in with the larger Microsoft ecosystem. Oh yeah, and if you're curious about the expected specs for the next Xbox, get at them here.

Source: The Verge

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