FoxPop iPhone app "listens" to a film

Offers trivia based on what's happening on screen

FoxPop iPhone app "listens" to a film
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11 November 2009 13:51 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

A new iPhone app has been launched as an "entertainment first", letting iPhone owners use their iPhone to create a "personalised, social and interactive entertainment experience" while watching "Night at the Museum 2" on DVD or Blu-ray.

The app, from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Spot411 "listens" and syncs in seconds to an exact moment in a movie, using real-time audio recognition technology.

As events pass in the timeline of the film, facts and trivia automatically pop up on the iPhone (or computer), such as info about an actor, the location at that moment, or song on the soundtrack.

There's also the ability for fans to share and chat with friends while watching a film via the likes of Facebook and Twitter.  

The app is available for free to download now and currently just works with "Night at the Museum 2", but there are said to "several" FoxPop releases planned for 2010.

 
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Comments

  • Lets hope cinema staff don't think people are videoing NatM2 to put on torrent sites. And other cinema users probably won't liek the iPhone going off in the cinema either since I doubt it switches to airplane mode automatically. Posted by adrianaitken, United Kingdom
  • It's for DVD/Blu-ray movie releases actually adrianaiken, not something I made clear (now amended). I just assumed everyone would know such an monumentally great DVD release was out this week. You mean you haven't rented it yet? Posted by elliott, United Kingdom
  • Amy-Mae, thanks so much for the post on our application. Not only is our beta test open to your readers, we currently have 9 movies available to use with the application, as well as, some short trial videos to demonstrate how it works. Once again, thanks for the post and please let me know if I can help in any way. Posted by Jack Smith, USA

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