Living Rooms: The Next Battle Field for Technology?

Video Game Systems (Playstation, Xbox, Wii U ), Media “Pucks” (Roku, Apple TV), Smart TV’s. Technology is moving from seeing users sitting at a desk with a full computer, or having a laptop on their knees to access information in the modern day and age.

The Living room is quickly becoming the Next Battle Ground for Technological advancement.  Microsoft wants their new Xbox One to become a core part of a user’s life, including features that allow a user to answer Skype video calls, watch TV AND Video game all at the same time.  

Apple TV, Roku , Google’s Chromecast,  the Playstation 3 / 4 Nintendo’s Wii U and even Ouya  allows a user to stream services like Netflix, Hulu and Youtube, while also letting users recast their videos from other devices.

But what if you want to do all this without the use of an additional device attached to your TV? That is where the Smart TV comes in, with companies like Samsung, LG, Sony and Panasonic shipping TV’s with their own stand alone WIFI and pre-installed apps for the above mentioned services, like Netflix

I know, as a Web Designer, I have taken to testing My designs on Video Game Systems, due to the fact that it’s going to become easier, and quicker, for users to just pull up a browser on their Web enabled Systems, But what about you, the Users, Have you found yourself doing something like having a conversation about where to order pizza and instead of running for a Phone Book or Laptop, or even your Smartphone, just turn to the TV / Entertainment system and search for a online Menu without leaving what you are otherwise doing. Leave your comments below