Tag: INTERACTIVE TV

Even with the best interfaces - and few TV interfaces would qualify as among the best of anything - it's a special kind of frustration to watch someone else manipulating a cursor or some other kind of U.I. selector while you, as a passive viewer, have no control over where it goes or what it does. This is what makes the televisions screen so different from other screens: our phones, laptops and ...

Interactive videos appeared on YouTube in 2008, but most of them have been limited to basic games and puzzles. A new movement in interactive viewing, though, is taking that participatory experience to a completely different, and awesome, level. A user known as kokokaka3000 has uploaded a new video titled, 'Play the Piano,' and the name is not at all misleading. Just let the vid load (after the ...

Unless you're a serious golf enthusiast, watching golf tournaments on television can be about as exciting as caddying for an old fuddy-duddy who has no sense of humor. The annual Masters Tournament, one of golf's four majors, begins this week at the famed Augusta National golf course in Georgia. The tournament's official Web site is now offering unparalleled, interactive video coverage that is ...