The Future of Video Gaming?
I saw this post on Geekologie earlier today. Here is what they said about a new product coming out this winter that could revolutionize video gaming:
OnLive promises to change the way we game by requiring no heavy-duty consoles or gaming rigs in the future, just a simple box and high-speed internet connection.
The brainchild of Rearden Studios founder Steve Perlman, formerly of Atari, Apple, WebTV and more, and Mike McGarvey, formerly of Eidos, the technology looks to revolutionize the way computer games are brought home. Instead of spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on the latest video game hardware that will make games like Crysis playable at nearly maxed settings, let OnLive’s servers handle the processing. All that’s required is a low cost “micro console” or a low end PC and a broadband internet connection.Using patented video compression in tandem with algorithms that compensate for lag, jitter and packet loss, OnLive delivers video at up to 720p resolution at frame rates up to 60 frames per second. Of course, the quality of the video feed relies on your connection.
Here’s a link to the product homepage: http://www.onlive.com/
Here’s an article about it from Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/5181300/onlive-makes-pc-upgrades-extinct-lets-you-play-crysis-on-your-tv
From: OnLive.com
posted by Popular Front on March 25th, 2009 at 3:02 pm Permanent link to this post
One Response to “The Future of Video Gaming?”
A friend of mine got to demo this @ GDC yesterday with Mirror’s Edge. His quote: “Assuming there were no Wizard of Oz shenanigans employed, it was absolutely amazing.”