Systems and methods to transform events and/or mood associated with playing media into lighting effects

A method comprising:

• identifying, by executing an instruction with the processor, metadata associated with content presented via a media presentation device;
• detecting, by executing an instruction with the processor, a characteristic of the content based on the metadata;
• determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, a lighting effect to be produced by a light-generating device in the environment in which the content is presented based on the characteristic;
• and
• transmitting, by executing an instruction with the processor, an instruction including the lighting effect to the light-generating device during presentation of the content.

A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause at least one machine to at least:

• identify content presented via a media presentation device based on a fingerprint associated with the content;
• derive metadata from the identified content;
• determine a light effect to be produced by a light-generating device based on the metadata;
• and
• direct the light-generating device to produce the light effect during presentation of the content.