How Microsoft Is Reinventing Glass… and Entertainment  How
Microsoft Is Reinventing Glass… and Entertainment  Microsoft’s
new Smartglass app transforms a user’s tablet, PC or smartphone
into a tool that allows them to experience games, movies and TV
shows at a whole new level of interactivity.  The Redmond,
Wash.-based company’s new app, revealed yesterday at gaming and
entertainment expo E3, connects a user’s Windows 8 PC, Android
and iOS devices to their Xbox 360 sets, opening them up as
another hub for content. The company’s goal is to turn
customers’ tablets and smartphones into “an intelligent
companion that pulls you deeper into the experience.”  What
makes Smartglass so powerful is its ability to know exactly what
a user’s 360 is doing. Whether someone is playing a game or
watching a movie or TV show using one of the system-supported
video services, Smartglass knows the exact level or scene the
television is displaying. This opens up countless possibilities
for interaction between the device running Sm