Engadget - Sure today's Microsoft E3 keynote was jam-packed full of high octane explosions, but the biggest excitement from the hardware-free event was arguably SmartGlass, a new technology from Redmond that promises to help to bring together users' diverse array of screens. When it was initially leaked ahead of the event, SmartGlass looked to largely be a somewhat straightforward AirPlay competitor. Judging by Microsoft's flashy demo video, however, the company is clearly looking to build it into its own beast all together. Thankfully, we got to play with it a bit -- albeit for a very short amount of time, given the fairly early state of the technology.
TechDeville: The Smartglass app for iPhone and iPad is now available for download on the app store for free
Pocket-Lint: Microsoft has made available the software development kit for its forthcoming Xbox SmartGlass companion app. The SDK will help partners add SmartGlass functionality to their Xbox 360 games and applications.
Xbox SmartGlass will be coming to iOS, Android, Windows 8 and Windows Phone platforms in this autumn, and allows users to interact with their Xbox 360 consoles in all-new ways.
Engadget - We just had an opportunity to sit and chat with Microsoft's Marc Whitten, corporate vice president of Xbox Live, about the history and future of Microsoft's SmartGlass. It's one of the highlights of the show for us and so we were curious about its origin. Namely: was SmartGlass created to allow easy text entry into the upcoming Xbox 360 version of Internet Explorer?
