Thanks to this command Apple TV could get a tremendous boost multiplying its possibilities by ten and blurring the line that separates a media center from a conventional computer. “The wand can incorporate an optical component that allows it to capture images of the infrared modules to calculate their orientation and distance from them (…) In some cases, it is the electronic device that can direct the infrared modules to identify the position an infrared emitter built into the wand, allowing them to calculate their absolute position of the wand relative to them.” Has anyone else ever seen the Wii Sensor Bar? Another approach to recognizing their movements would be to determine the absolute position control with respect to one or more infrared emitters located next to the television screen. Some examples would be the ability to zoom, type on a virtual keyboard, draw in an application, or manipulate photos.Īccording to the new patent application made by Apple about this technology, the Apple TV could identify the movements of the control using any of the components available for it, including a accelerometer or a gyroscope.
Unlike the five-button remote that comes with the current version of Apple TV, the Magic Wand would be able to control a large number of new actions that would be available in this future media center. The initial idea was as simple as the cursor following the movement of the controller in the hands of the user, and in Subsequent patents have been specifying applications such as facilitating navigation through a kind of giant CoverFlow for movies. Of course, this is not the first time we have heard of the nicknamed Magic Wand (magic wand), and from SamaGame we have echoed on multiple occasions these patents that the Cupertino company has been requesting since 2007. Apple updates its patent on the Magic Wand remote control for Apple TV.Īpple continues to insist on defining more and more applications of the maybe future apple tv remote controldescribing throughout a document that already reaches 64 pages, new methods that allow the mouse cursor to be moved precisely on the television screen, combining the pointer and 3D control functions in a similar way to the Nintendo Wii remote.
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