Notes On A Revolution

Interesting play from Google. I don’t know enough about Google TV, but I’d love to learn why another piece of hardware for the home was the path that was needed. Actually I wrote that then went to Wikipedia where there is already an entry on it. The hardware has been developed with Sony, Intel and Logitech, while the software is based on Google’s Android operating system, which also powers phones.

Web content showing up on TV makes a lot of sense to me, but I say that as someone who by and large doesn’t watch TV. I do however, watch TV shows via the web, the issue being the timing, and the conspiracy theorist in me despises the idea of population control via TV scheduling.

This weekend I’m planning on installing Boxee, another web TV play, on a laptop at home and seeing how it pulls content together. The exciting thing for me here is, Boxee or Google TV, the lounge room being opened up to the same development community that is already driving innovation in mobile channels and in the wider web.

Web services in media have become the norm, I can see a new batch of innovation being driven as people gain the ability to hack and enhance (via software) their actual homes.

davemorin:

Congrats to Brit and the Google TV team. It is high time that the web comes to TV in a meaningful way. I am looking forward to seeing more of Google in the living room.

brit:

At long last, introducing Google TV. This project has been near and dear to my heart over the last six months. I’m so excited to finally share what we’re building with the world.

More updates coming over the next few months, but for now, take a look at this video to see how Google is working to enhance the traditional TV set.

Source: brit