Re: Yet unannounced Plasma TV UI project

On 2020-01-29 04:45, Marco Martin wrote:

> Hi all,
> Over the last couple of months me and Aditya worked on a project meant
> for smart tvs based on Plasma, which would become a KDE project.
> The code for this is on invent
> (https://invent.kde.org/adityam/plasma-big-launcher)
> The topic of the project is:
> * runs on small arm devices (we'll release an image ready for raspberry pi 4)
> * it shows the user a big fancy looking menu to launch
> bigscreen-tailored apps (being kodi, a web browser, a game...)
> * it's tightly integrated with Mycroft: it can be controlled with
> voice (works with remote controls which have an integrated mic)
> * as first demo, it has a fullscreen Yuoutube app that can be
> controlled both via a remote control, or completely via voice alone.
> 
> we don't know yet a final eta when we'll be finally happy with the
> raspberry image but is realistically in the next couple of months,
> keeping in mind it would be an early "beta".
> We would like to craft some kind of announce by then that can get
> people interested in the project, could the promo team help with this?
> 
> --
> Marco Martin

This is a most-excellent idea! Obv. there's been a bit of a gap since
the (not-really-ever-actually-realized) Plasma Media Center fell off the
radar. I will do everything in my power to help promote this once it's a
bit further down the development line. 

Cheers, 

James