Microsoft previews Xbox One dashboard, reveals console can control your home theater

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Adinnieken said:

superchunk said:
Keywords are IR Blaster.

You'll have to position the IR blaster (sold separately) coming out of the back of your Xbone to the front of the device you want it to control.

So it will only control one device at a time (stereo, tv or cable/sat box... not all at same time).

While this is interesting, I think its not very practical.

No.  The Kinect acts as an IR Blaster.

Built into Kinect are three IR LEDs.  The signal is blasted out into the room, and if it all works as planned, reflects back into the device you're trying to control.

You've got to be kidding me. That is the "plan"? My thoughts that it was an additional blast sound like it would actually work, albiet limited to a single device. This sounds completely foolish.

 

edit: what about other devices picking up on similar signals? or similar devices nearby? omg this is going to fail.