The Korean televisiefabrikant LG has a new Magic Remote for use in combination with its Cinema 3D tv’s announced. The new variant in addition to the existing motion detection, speech recognition, and a scroll wheel.
With the current Magic motion remote control it is possible to make items on the screen to ‘point’, but the new variant for the 2012 tv line from LG is intended for, by adding new functions. The main one is the voice command. Just as with Apple’s Siri with the new Magic Remote will search terms for, for example, videos recorded and recognized. It is not known whether the speech recognition by the tv is done or by a cloud-based.
In addition, LG has a wheel added to the design to speed through menus and apps, LG’s smart tv platform scrolling. In addition to the existing aanwijsfunctie get the new Magic Remote also Magic Gestures. So you can, for example, by a letter V in the air write, the most recently viewed videos is called, and re-view. It is not known what Magic Gestures-commands LG more has coined for the new Magic Remote. Also has LG a button on the new pointing device is placed to direct you can switch between 2d – and 3d-view.
The new remote will see for the first time at the CES 2012 trade show, at the beginning of January in Las Vegas takes place. Also the new tv models are announced. There is already leaked that LG competitor Samsung the fire the shins are going to put tv’s with very narrow bezels, while the expectation is that Samsung are the current D8000 series at that point will surpass.
