News from the HomeZIX front keeps on coming. First came the add-on enabling control with instant messenger; now the folks at Automation Vista have added voice recognition to the growing list of HomeZIX features. (To read up on another new product using VR, check out the Voice Activated TV Remote by InVoca). Users of HomeZIX can go to www.automationvista.com and download the VoiceZIX application. The instructions on installation and set-up are right there and look pretty easy to follow. Control…
I TRY to stay optimistic about such things, but I suppose there is no avoiding the sad reality that we ask for a lot more from these VR applications than they are able to deliver.
One day…
Ben is immersed in the world of home automation, home control, and home networking. 
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“Again, the ability to use C# scripting empowers users to customize any number of ways.”
The only one who gets empowered here is the .Net technologist, Ben :). Btw, the concept of VR dimming the lights, if the TV, other audio device or fore/background noise is audible, well, it ain’t happening. VR is dependent on unkamboozled processing only.