The world’s first 3D electronic programming guide (EPG) was shown off by Pushbutton earlier this month at the IBC show in Amsterdam.
The 3D EPG was developed as a proof of concept design for Universal Electronics to help demonstrate the power of its Dolphin remote controller – a unique device that exploits motion sensors to enable users to move an on-screen asset.
The Pushbutton EPG can be navigated using gesture movements, exploiting the Dolphin’s on-board accelerometer and gyro technology, to enable a gentle ‘swish’ of the device to move the EPG’s selector from channel to channel. The EPG was designed to work equally well in 2D as well as 3D.
To further demonstrate the power of UE’s Dolphin controller Pushbutton also created two sophisticated 3D video games that could be selected from the EPG – showing how Dolphin controller could switch from being a relatively simple device for making programme selections, to a fully functioning, Wii-style wireless, video games controller.
Pushbutton Managing Director, Paula Byrne, said “We are delighted to have collaborated with Universal Electronics at IBC. It enabled our strongest presence at the show, but best of all it allowed us to do the thing we love doing the most, creating something that many people said couldn’t be done – the world’s first 3D EPG.”