General questions about Nexus Player / software

So I know the Nexus Player has an atom processor, so its running some form of Android x86. I have an Asus Chromebox, which I have previously loaded up with Android x86 in the past. Does anyone know if there is a way to get the Android TV interface on generic Android x86, or is Google doing something different here (and not entirely open sourced)? I am pretty interesting in trying to get the Android TV experience on the Chromebox to see how well that works.

-If this should be in one of the dev areas please feel free to point me in that direction.