In case you have been living under a rock: motion controls are all of the rage nowadays. And it isn’t just console makers who want in at the action. ASUS , Philips and Hillcrest Labs have all launched their very own takes at the tech. Movea is a corporation that’s well versed within the field, and now plans to begin offering its wares direct to TV and set-top box manufacturers. The MoveTV platform offers not just handheld remote control tech to OEMs, but opens up the company’s tools to developers for building games and apps. Movea even announced its first partners: C&M Media, an important cable provider in Korea, and Remote Solution . Remote Solution shall be licensing Movea’s SmartMotion and integrating MoveTV into the set-tops provided to C&M. Soon enough using gestures to switch channels and playing arm-flailing renditions of Angry Birds to your cable box would be the norm. Check up on the video, PR and another pic after the break.
First Ecosystem Option to Enable a total Motion-Driven Entertainment Experience for PayTV Market
Grenoble, France – September 9, 2011 – Movea, the pioneer in motion-sensing and motion-control technologies, today launched MoveTV™, a brand new SmartMotion® solution for the PayTV market that gives entertainment ecosystem players a single platform on which to create an entire motion-enabled end user experience. MoveTV is a different platform that advances and simplifies the mixing of motion powered entertainment for TV consumers. For the 1st time, service providers, game and alertness developers, handheld remote control and STB manufacturers, TV OEMs and system integrators, can all leverage a unifying platform and simply incorporate motion technology of their products using Movea’s SmartMotion technologies.
“Motion powered entertainment within the lounge is instantly growing beyond console-based gaming to encompass the tv viewing experience as PayTV service providers adopt motion control to enhance the User Experience and pave the style for valuable new interactive TV services,” said Sam Guilaumé, CEO of Movea. “MoveTV is the 1st platform that takes an ecosystem approach, offering an integrated suite of SmartMotion technology components tailored to the purposes of service providers, application developers and the various PayTV ecosystem partners. MoveTV platform components interact seamlessly at the backend and are designed to be modular, giving ecosystem partners the pliability to adopt different levels of motion-driven functionality and capabilities. Movea’s MoveTV is within the integration phase with major service providers and STB manufacturers, and is within the deployment phase with ODM’s and systems integrators, demonstrating the market enthusiasm for motion-enabled home entertainment products. We’ve already seen exceptional traction available on the market for MoveTV and we’re looking ahead to some exciting customer announcements within the near future.”
Key components of MoveTV platform include Air MotionIC® firmware, GestureBuilder, and SmartMotion Server. Air MotionIC firmware is an optimized embedded solution that brings motion intelligence to handheld devices like handheld remote controls. GestureBuilder creates and manages databases of 2D and 3D gestures. SmartMotion Server forms the bridge between the remote control device and the applications running at the STB or DTV. White label Smartphone and Tablet apps also are portion of the MoveTV platform and are offered to service providers as a substitute to standard remote controls for delivering an enhanced user experience.
Paul O’Donovan, Principal Analyst for Consumer Electronics Research at Gartner, concluded, “Motion-enabled entertainment in the house was largely limited to game consoles where the console OEM’s control the complete solution. By comparison, TV OEM’s, service providers and alertness developers only own pieces of the entertainment experience and, consequently, they’ve been individually challenged to create big enough value proposition around motion for the tip user. A platform solution like MoveTV is what’s had to enable the PayTV ecosystem to interact in a unifying environment to deliver more excitement, fun and usability to the patron.”
SmartMotion by Movea
Movea is a number one provider of motion processing software, firmware, and IP for the shopper Electronics industry. Movea’s unique motion processing capabilities enable customers and partners to quickly add motion intelligence to their products, meaning reduced risk, cost, and Time-to-Marketplace for delivering compelling new motion-based features that create more end-user value. Movea has a world reach with headquarters in Grenoble, France, a U.S. subsidiary in Silicon Valley, California, in addition to technology partners, manufacturing partners and distributors around the globe. Further details about Movea are located at www.movea.com.
Movea’s SmartMotion® Technology enables C&M Media to reinforce Digital TV services
Booth 3.A54 Amsterdam, The Netherlands – September 9, 2011 – Remote Solution of Korea announced today a strategic partnership with Movea to license the company’s patented SmartMotion Technology and deploy components of the company’s new MoveTV™ solution for Interactive TV. Remote Solution will showcase MoveTV solution capabilities in a handheld remote control device undertaken for a number one Korean Cable Operator, C&M Media, at IBC in Stand # 3.A54.
As a world leader of handheld remote control devices and headquartered in Kimchon, Korea, Remote Solution have been on the forefront of technology and driving innovative control devices for a brand new wave of Set-Top Boxes (STBs) and Digital TV services.
“At IBC 2011, Remote Solution will present the SmartMotion enabled handheld remote control undertaken for C&M Media, the second one largest Cable Operator within the Korean market,” said S.K. Park, General Manager and Senior Vp of Remote Solution. “The handheld remote control and Movea’s MoveTV solution offered us a turnkey strategy to quickly deliver new motion-driven features and capabilities to market, saving us months of development time. We’re now ready to offer unique ways of interacting with content, drive adoption of latest TV services, along with interactive games, and improve User Interface navigation to supply an enhanced entertainment experience that drives subscriber retention.”
“We’re pleased to partner with Remote Solution, a number one handheld remote control manufacturer, to deliver MoveTV solutions that help deliver a whole motion-enabled entertainment experience for consumers,” said Bryan Hoadley, Executive VP & GM of Movea Inc. “Through its adoption of MoveTV, Remote Solution and its customer C&M Media are demonstrating their commitment to deliver a more robust user experience and more end-user value to the Korean Cable Television market. We’re excited to be working with these leaders within the PayTV market.”
“We glance forward to deploying this advanced SmartMotion handheld remote control device, with the support of our partner Remote Solution. The device, and Movea’s proven technology, might be useful us extend our reach with digital television subscribers,” stated Mr. Jin Woong Ko, Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director of C&M Media.
Remote Solution might be exhibiting at RAI Convention Center during IBC on September 9th -13th at Stand # 3.A54 and meeting with its European Service Providers customers and International business targets. Through these product demonstrations and discussions with Service Providers and STB suppliers, Remote Solution is reinforcing its commitment to integrate motion sensing with advanced pointing devices, using Movea’s IP, and deliver at the promise of motion-driven UI’s for navigating digital media services.
Movea’s patented SmartMotion processing technologies, had been perfected and commercially proven over greater than two decades of development and confirm jitter-free, pixel accurate control with smooth and precise movement it really is as simple and intuitive to take advantage of as “point and click on”.
MoveTV is a total solution for the Interactive TV market, built on Movea’s MotionIC™ platform, along with SmartMotion enabled handheld remote control reference designs, SmartMotion Server software for the Set-Top Box (STB), advanced gesture recognition, in addition to Smartphone and Tablet apps for controlling the STB and Digital TV. MoveTV also includes GestureBuilder™, a gesture creation software, that incorporates libraries of gestures which can further improve the User Experience over basic motion control. It allows simpler interactions with rich media content and applications, in addition to enabling innovative features, which includes air-signature user authentication, empowering service providers to provide personalized content recommendations, user preferences, targeted advertising and more.
Remote Solution:
Remote Solution was founded in 1994, and is headquartered in Kimchon, Korea, and operates four manufacturing sites in Kimchon Korea, Dong Guan and Nan Jing China, besides a brand new production site in Thailand. Its global customers include LG, Samsung, Daewoo, Hitachi, Tivo, Harmon, Control 4, Echostar, Comcast, Virgin, Ono, C&M Media, etc.
C&M Media:
C&M Co., Ltd. Engages within the cable television business in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do region of South Korea. The corporate operates multiple systems that hold 16 cable television broadcasting stations. It offers digital broadcasting, inclusive of HD personal video recorder, HD channels, VOD services, paid channels, and knowledge broadcastings; high speed internet services, and internet telephone services to its customers. The corporate was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
Movea:
Movea is a number one provider of motion processing chips, software, firmware, and IP for the buyer Electronics industry. Movea’s unique motion processing capabilities enable customers and partners to quickly add motion intelligence to their products, meaning reduced risk, cost, and Time-to-Marketplace for delivering compelling new motion-based features that create more end-user value. Movea has a world reach with headquarters in Grenoble, France, a U.S. subsidiary in Silicon Valley, California, in addition to technology partners, manufacturing partners and distributors worldwide. Further details about Movea are available at www.movea.com.
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