1. A content presentation device for increasing user efficiency and interaction performance while consuming content, the content presentation device comprising: one or more processing units that execute computer-executable instructions; a graphics hardware interface communicationally coupling the content presentation device to a physical display device such that the computer-executable instructions being executed by the one or more processing units cause physical changes to the physical display device, thereby generating display content on the physical display device; a content presentation application comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by at least some of the one or more processing units, cause the content presentation device to perform steps comprising: displaying, to a user, user-desired primary content on the physical display device; receiving content pod metadata specifying a plurality of subdivision time slots of a content pod; receiving a first auxiliary content to display on the physical display device during a first time slot of the content pod, the first auxiliary content differing from the user-desired primary content, wherein a first auxiliary content duration of the received first auxiliary content is equivalent to a first time slot duration of the first time slot; commencing display of the first auxiliary content on the physical display device within the first time slot of the content pod; receiving user input during the display of the first auxiliary content on the physical display device, the user input indicative of a user interest in the first auxiliary content; extending, based on the user interest that is indicated by the received user input, a duration of the first auxiliary content, the extending occurring during the display of the first auxiliary content on the physical display device; and transitioning from the display of the first auxiliary content on the physical display device to a display of the extended duration first auxiliary content on the physical display device during the first time slot.