2012-09-05, 13:50
Hey guys,
i followed the developement of xbmc over the last 4-5 years, using different media center devices myself.
I feel we live live in a time, where the new touch devices (tablets, smartphones, hybrid touch devices, etc), and also the connectivity of the devices demands adjustments softwarewise from xbmc. Also with the new win8, and all the new devices presented on IFA in Berlin, its clearly, that touch devices will be the future devices!
Dont get me wrong, I am quite happy how xbmc works with my harmony one. you have a pretty solid user experience. XBMC generally fullfils all my needs when it comes to playing movies and episodes, and presenting it on the big screen.
But i comes short when navigating through my database of 15.000 photos and music files. Its simply not optimal to navigate through this mass of files with a standard remote approach aka left/right/up/down/ok/back...
So... because i want xbmc to continue to be the leader in home theater entertainment, i think they have to concentrate waaay more on supporting touch devices and voice command api´s, to enhance use experience in a more natural way.
I know there are skins which are focussed on touch, i know there are remotes which support touch controlling your library through you ios or android device. But nothing really feels snappy or integrated enough. It does not feel as "one" system, but more like one system controlling another system (which is like it is, but not like what it should feel).
It simply does not feel natural enough. I also did not see any voice controlling app/tool which allows me to play a playlist or play certain song, show me a picture or start a movie yet.
I would like to swipe left and right through my librarys, filter for genres with a fingertip. But not just on my xbmc on the ipad, but on the big screen in my living room THROUGH my touch device. I want to be able to keep my eyes on my main device, not on the remote.
I like to swipe through photos the way it feels on my ipad, again but on my TV without delay or a "stream" happening.
Have you seen those impressive videos of presenting fotos on a galaxy s3? Image how it would feel and look on the big screen
I would like to know from other interested users, if they see the future of xbmc also the way i described, and if you think xbmc developers will adress this issues.
What are your thoughs?
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So basically, why should browsing photos on my xbmc 50" screen not look like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-6mWKpe_YU (or similar), with me controlling xbmc without actually looking at my remote, just per touch.
For Videos it could look similar to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdnoamQCkyE (video from 2009,... so lets pretend it would be smooth, does not have to be a "wall" could also be 2-dimensional and more like itunes coverflow...
in fact i can´t find a video which shows better what I have in mind :| but at least at should give an idea...
i followed the developement of xbmc over the last 4-5 years, using different media center devices myself.
I feel we live live in a time, where the new touch devices (tablets, smartphones, hybrid touch devices, etc), and also the connectivity of the devices demands adjustments softwarewise from xbmc. Also with the new win8, and all the new devices presented on IFA in Berlin, its clearly, that touch devices will be the future devices!
Dont get me wrong, I am quite happy how xbmc works with my harmony one. you have a pretty solid user experience. XBMC generally fullfils all my needs when it comes to playing movies and episodes, and presenting it on the big screen.
But i comes short when navigating through my database of 15.000 photos and music files. Its simply not optimal to navigate through this mass of files with a standard remote approach aka left/right/up/down/ok/back...
So... because i want xbmc to continue to be the leader in home theater entertainment, i think they have to concentrate waaay more on supporting touch devices and voice command api´s, to enhance use experience in a more natural way.
I know there are skins which are focussed on touch, i know there are remotes which support touch controlling your library through you ios or android device. But nothing really feels snappy or integrated enough. It does not feel as "one" system, but more like one system controlling another system (which is like it is, but not like what it should feel).
It simply does not feel natural enough. I also did not see any voice controlling app/tool which allows me to play a playlist or play certain song, show me a picture or start a movie yet.
I would like to swipe left and right through my librarys, filter for genres with a fingertip. But not just on my xbmc on the ipad, but on the big screen in my living room THROUGH my touch device. I want to be able to keep my eyes on my main device, not on the remote.
I like to swipe through photos the way it feels on my ipad, again but on my TV without delay or a "stream" happening.
Have you seen those impressive videos of presenting fotos on a galaxy s3? Image how it would feel and look on the big screen
I would like to know from other interested users, if they see the future of xbmc also the way i described, and if you think xbmc developers will adress this issues.
What are your thoughs?
-----
So basically, why should browsing photos on my xbmc 50" screen not look like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-6mWKpe_YU (or similar), with me controlling xbmc without actually looking at my remote, just per touch.
For Videos it could look similar to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdnoamQCkyE (video from 2009,... so lets pretend it would be smooth, does not have to be a "wall" could also be 2-dimensional and more like itunes coverflow...
in fact i can´t find a video which shows better what I have in mind :| but at least at should give an idea...