The Mirage MCS service hooks into media content stored on a PC and interfaces with Windows Media Centre, Windows Media Player, iTunes, Pandora Internet Radio and XM Radio. Its client UI can be accessed from any browser that supports Flash and there is also a client application, compiled as a programme (.exe) file, that can be run on any PC. Stardraw Control provides the UI for overall system control.
Stardraw.com CEO David Snipp explains how the software works together, "The design of Stardraw Control is such that it is easily and infinitely extensible; this is one important benefit of an open architecture platform. Using our WebBrowser control we can host any web page or browser interface, and with our ApplicationHost control we can embed any application inside the Stardraw Control UI. Working with Mirage MCS couldn't be easier: you just set the WebBrowser address property to the IP address of the browser-based client, and there you have it - full control of any media on any computer, without writing a single line of code. This is just one example of how we can work with third-party technologies within the Stardraw Control platform: the only limit to what you can do is set by your own imagination."
Michael de Nigris, CEO and co-founder of Autonomic Controls, sees the integration as a positive step for all concerned. "There's a clear, complementary relationship between our products, and we're impressed with how simple it is to run Mirage from within Stardraw Control. Autonomic provides the media content and control while Stardraw handles the hardware, no-one has to be a computer scientist and everybody benefits."
(Jim Evans)
