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At this year's show, Microsoft made its hardest push yet for content other than gaming on its console. Trying to entice a general audience rather than just hardcore gamers, Microsoft showed that SmartGlass could work with television shows, movies and Web browsing.

In one example a promotional video showed how gamers playing Madden NFL could craft a play on a tablet, then execute the play in the football game. Once a gamer picked up a tablet, the game would pause, then resume once the settings were adjusted. In another example, a gamer playing Halo 4 could access additional information after reaching a waypoint in the game. The tablet content included player statistics and a closer look at the game's plot line through a series of videos.

Microsoft also showed how a user could start watching a movie on a tablet, pause it, and then resume watching it on a television.

Marc Whitten, vice president of Xbox Live, demonstrated how SmartGlass could be used with TV shows. While playing a clip from HBO's "Game of Thrones," a tablet displayed a map of where the scene was taking place.