LG porta l’Eye Recognition su Optimus G Pro

Ciò che leggerete di seguito potrebbe sembrare qualcosa di familiare per Samsung ed il Galaxy S IV ma parliamo di un altro produttore sud-coreano, cioè LG. Quest'ultimo, anticipando il rivale, avrebbe comunicato che sul nuovo Optimus G Pro arriverà il riconoscimento del movimento degli occhi per funzionalità avanzate, forse quelle già intraviste per il GS4 che conosceremo tra qualche ora.

Anticipata la mossa di Samsung, con un comunicato stampa il produttore sud-coreano LG comunica l’arrivo dell’Eye Recognition anche su Optimus G Pro:

“EYE RECOGNITION TO BRING NEW LEVEL OF ENTERTAINMENT CONVENIENCE TO LG SMARTPHONE 

Technology to Debut in Smart Video Feature in Optimus G Pro

SEOUL, Mar. 14, 2013 — Smart Video, a new multimedia UX feature from LG Electronics (LG), will be unveiled for the first time in the Optimus G Pro. Smart Video takes viewing videos on mobile devices to a whole new level of convenience with eye recognition that eliminates the need to manually control playback during the viewing experience.

Through the implementation of advanced eye recognition technology, Smart Video recognizes the position of the viewer’s eyes and automatically plays or stops the video without any manual input from the user. When the viewer’s eyes are no longer focused on the smartphone display, the front camera recognizes this and immediately pauses the video automatically. Once the user’s gaze returns to the smartphone, the video resumes playback from the point last viewed.

In addition to the Smart Video feature, Optimus G Pro will also be equipped with the world’s first Dual Camera function. The Dual Camera feature is an extension of the Dual Recording feature which debuted on the Optimus G Pro introduced in the Korean market last month. Dual Camera simultaneously captures photographs using both the front and back cameras for a picture-in-picture composition. Users can now be a part of the story, not just observers.

“LG is continuously innovating to offer creative ways to offer a user experience that adds value to our customers,” said Dr. Jong-seok Park, president and CEO of LG Elec-tronics Mobile Communications Company. “It’s the positive UX that will differentiate smartphones in 2013 and beyond, not only cutting-edge hardware specs.”

The Smart Video and Dual Camera features will be introduced as a part of the Value Pack upgrade which will be offered for the Optimus G Pro in the Korean market next month. These features will also be made available for some LG premium smartphones in the future.

Other features in the Value Pack upgrade include:
• Magic Remote Pad and Text Keypad via the QRemote function. These new options for QRemote work specifically with LG
Smart TVs to enhance convenience when using Optimus G Pro as a remote control for LG Smart TVs.
• The Smart LED Lighting outlining the home button of the Optimus G Pro will be upgraded so users can customize the colors
to correspond to their favorite contacts. The flashing of the LED in different colors will allow users to identify the source of
incoming calls, missed calls, unread messages and emails.
• Video Pause/Resume allows the user to stop and start in record mode for one continuous video file.
• The first Color Emoticons in an Android smartphone for more personalized text messages.”

L’annuncio di questa nuova funzione è arrivata solamente adesso poichè non ancora pronta al debutto ufficiale dello smartphone. Su Optimus G Pro arriverà tramite un semplice update e permetterà solamente di mettere in pausa i video tramite il tracciamento dello sguardo.

Non saranno implementate lo scorrimento automatico delle pagine o altre funzioni. Lo stesso update porterà anche la funzione di doppia registrazione vista in alcuni video durante le scorse settimane.

Queste funzioni saranno disponibili su Optimus G Pro dal prossimo mese almeno in Corea. Attendiamo di conoscere la controparte di Samsung per poter stabilire la migliore implementazione.

Come se non bastasse, LG da alcune ore ha sfidato Samsung sul territorio del proprio Unpacked 2013 portando sopra i cartelloni pubblicitari di Times Square anche il proprio con chiaro riferimento al Galaxy S IV.

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