Cyrus Saihan
Digital Partnerships
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Feeling the weather: the future of the forecast?
Cyrus Saihan explains how haptic technology is being used to help the audience actually feel weather conditions
Could smartglasses and holograms transform TV, news and education?
Cyrus Saihan explains how the BBC is experimenting with augmented reality using smartglasses.
BBC experiments with speed reading technologies
How the BBC is experimenting with a new speed reading technology to help users read content faster than they ever have before.
An experiment with voiceprints
Exploring how your TV - using the unique sound of your voice - could give you a more intuitive and personal service in the future.
Innovation, start-ups and the future of music
For our Future of Music conference, we invited along some interesting start-ups to demo the UK’s music industry's future products and services.
BBC experiments with ‘Holographic’ TV
Although the famous Princess Leia hologram from Star Wars was set a “long, long time ago”, this type of audience experience might not be that far away. Holographic experiences offer audiences a level of detail and realism that a short while ago seemed impossible but that are now becoming a reality.
Mind control your TV
For our latest project, we took a simple low cost brainwave reading headset and created a ‘Mind Control TV’ prototype. It allows users to open an experimental version of BBC iPlayer and select a TV programme to view, using nothing but their brainwaves.
Virtual reality: the future of TV?
If you have an Oculus Rift developer kit, you can download the experience yourself on a MAC or on a PC. Try it out and let us know what you think.
Mobile partnerships at the BBC: Microsoft
As mentioned in my post yesterday, in Business Development at the BBC we partner with a range of companies in the digital and technology space to keep the BBC at the cutting edge of...
Digital and technology partnerships with the BBC
Hi I’m Cyrus Saihan, head of Business Development in the BBC’s Future Media division. In Business Development we work with third party digital and technology companies to make sure that we are using the latest technologies and platforms to help us make BBC products...
Start-ups, digital media trends and the BBC
Hi my name is Cyrus Saihan and I work as Head of Business Development in the Future Media division of the BBC. In Business Development we work closely with a range of companies in the digital media and technology space to ensure that the BBC has a high quality presence on consumer devices (T...
