10-foot user interface

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In computing, a 10-foot user interface, also known as a 10-foot UI or three-meter user interface or UI, is a graphical user interface designed for televisions. Compared to desktop computer and smartphone user interfaces, it uses text and other interface elements that are much larger in order to accommodate a typical television viewing distance of 10 feet (3.0 meters). In reality, this distance varies greatly between households. Additionally, the limitations of a television's remote control necessitate extra user experience considerations to minimize user effort. In the past, these types of human interaction design (HID) interfaces were driven by remote controllers primarily using infrared (IR) signals, which are increasingly replaced by other two-way radio-frequency protocol standards such as Bluetooth while maintaining the use of IR for certain wake-up situations. Voice control is also available with many devices.

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