Xbox IllumiRoom concept blends screen and wallspace

Shown as part of a Samsung presentation -- with whom Microsoft's Xbox division has been in partnership since 2005 -- the IllumiRoom concept ties in with a Microsoft patent application published in September 2012.

Like Philips's Ambilight technology, IllumiRoom is intended to make for a more immersive viewing experience. 

And Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have all been expanding the scope of their game consoles to allow for a more diverse range of home entertainment uses, competing for space under the television along with media streamers such as the Roku, Boxee Box and Apple TV.

Though IllumiRoom's presence at CES was explained as a proof-of-concept, more information about it is expected to emerge from the Computer Human Interaction conference that this year is being held in Paris, France, from April 27 to May 2.

IllumiRoom at Microsoft Research: http://research.microsoft.com/projects/illumiroom/
IllumiRoom trailer: youtu.be/re1EatGRV0w