Now carry your living room TV wherever you go

Nothing can be as frustrating as when you have to leave a TV show or perhaps a live soccer match midway because of an emergency. But it will no longer happen as you can now 'pull' the programme on your TV screen onto your tablet and continue watching it seamlessly, thanks to a new system. Named the "Social Cloud TV", this system will also allow you to watch the same TV show or movie together with your family and friends, no matter which part of the world they are in. In addition you'll be able to discuss the show, whether you are on your personal tablet or smart phone, through a channel of your choice, be it video chat, voice or text. Currently patent pending, this human-computer interaction technology enables the same show on the TV or computer to be brought to mobile devices seamlessly and migrated across multiple screens (e.g., TV, laptop, smartphone and tablet) without a hitch. "You could watch a video with your class mates on the computer, and just before you leave school, 'pull' the show into your tablet and continue watching on the go," said Assistant Professor Wen Yonggang from the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU who invented the system. "Upon reaching home, you could just turn on your television and 'throw' the video back to the TV, and continue watching the programme there," he sated. This innovative technology has already attracted the attention of both local and international telecommunication giants who have expressed interest in integrating it into their existing cable networks as a market differentiator for cable television and mobile networks. Wen has described his invention as the next frontier of television experience as you can now "bring the social experience of watching television in your living room wherever you go". The social TV software will also allow users to share their own content, online videos and TV programmes with others easily over social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.