Microsoft"s Internet Explorer team has worked on their own second screen experiences such as the DailyBurn exercise and health service and more recently with the Nokia Music powered Mix Party music and social service. Today, Microsoft announced a new partnership with the app developer Polar; its iOS app is now available to download, but it can also link up to IE 10 on a Windows 8 tablet.
While a person watches a TV show on a Windows 8 tablet, such as Futurama as shown in the above video, the Polar iOS app connects to a snap view version of IE10. The app then lets users vote in polls based on what they are seeing on the screen; the user can see the overall results on the snapped view version of IE10 while still watching the TV show.
Microsoft says that this is just the beginning of their Companion Web plans and we can expect to see even more of these kinds of experiences over the coming months. It adds, "We’re going to keep spending time in front of our many screens, and the Companion Web emphasizes our ability to engage with the media we’re consuming."
Source: Microsoft