Universal bringing BD-Live integration to the iPhone, irony to starving children

by Nilay Patel Jul 20th 2009 @ 12:44PM

Although Apple still hasn't managed to achieve feature parity with any of its competitors by enabling Blu-ray playback in OS X, it looks like Universal's bringing the mountain to the Mac -- or at least the iPhone. At first, the upcoming special edition of Fast and Furious will feature integration with a special iPhone / iPod touch app that'll allow viewers to control 360-degree models of the cars in the "Virtual Car Garage," but later Universal releases will feature the ability to control movie playback, read annotations while watching your flick, and even download ancillary video content for later playback on the go. Sounds like pretty nifty stuff -- let's hope El Steve reconsiders his whole "bag of hurt" stance when he gets the demo.

[Via AppleInsider]

Filed under: Blu-ray, Other hardware, Apple

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Shenanigans @ Jul 20th 2009 1:08PM

The rest of the possible app features sound decent but there isn't any chance I am picking up Fast and Furious. Not unless the app makes a printout for a free blu-ray copy too.

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EatingPie @ Jul 20th 2009 7:42PM

I haven't seen the movie, but this really strikes me as a great use of BD Live. If you have a regular remote, doing things like rotations and quick access to complex controls just bites. Heck, even using the PS3 remote on a BD is klunky when they want you to do game-like input.

Looks like this app serves as a quick-and-dirty "remote control" for the garage UI. If it's implemented well, it could really rock!

What would also be nice is if you could access the car specs from the iPhone while you watch the movie. That way you don't have to stop the movie to look up the cars.

-Pie

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