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Entertainment is driving the 'Internet of Things'

According to consumer research firm Parks Associates' president, Stuart Sikes, consumers are responding to devices and systems that are intuitive. "Solutions which simply work are the ones that simply sell," he explains. In many cases that means that interoperability is lower on the list of criteria, for the moment at least, , although progress in this area is taking shape.

From the article "Entertainment is driving the 'Internet of Things'" by zeenews.india.com.

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