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How would you like to see Xbox use SmartGlass?

 What and how would you like to see SmartGlass used?  SmartGlass is a free app for your Windows Phone, Android or Ipad device.  It connects with the Xbox Live system and allows you to control your Xbox from it (both the X360 and the New Xbox One).  You can get it and learn more here:  http://www.xbox.com/en-US/smartglass

Currently, it does things like show you maps and teach you things about 'Game of Thrones' if you watch that on HBO Go ap, allow you to mix a playlist in Dance Central 3, and allow you to control your dashboard, for things such as searching for movies, music, TV, etc.

Say, after we finish a game (so as not to get any spoilers) I would like to be able to see a map of where we were with options of toggling what we found, enemies, battle areas, stuff like that. 

I am replaying Alan Wake, looking for missing stuff (like Hidden Chest and Coffee Thermoses, etc.)  It would be nice to see how the place looks ‘from the air’ like google or bing maps.  I could also look to see where things were missing.

Or, also in Alan Wake, be able to read all the missing pages like a book – or since they all have voice overs, have it read it as an audio book.  So I could listen as I do work or travel somewhere. I would also like to be able to look over the maps of the Halo games (once I have played so as to not ruin any surprises.)

Or in Skyrim – have all the books that I unlock also readable on SmartGlass.  There are so many books and stories in the game, but I don’t really want to read them all when I am playing. 

How about going through our Skyrim inventory on SmartGlass too?  Check out or best armor builds? Talent trees, those sort of things.

Or another, is have it should replace the little booklets that come with games.  Sometimes useful information and back stories are contained within those.  As we move into the digital game age, why not have all that information on the SmartGlass app?

Those are some of my ideas, what are yours?

 



 

Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. 

Top 50 'most fun' game list coming soon!

 

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