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06-23-2009, 12:52 PM
|  | m00tini! | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Some Hotel Somewhere
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| | | Crysis On An Omnia Cell Phone? Yes, With OTOY!
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Crysis is the current standard bearer for PC game graphics. If your computer can run Crysis well, it's a pretty impressive setup. So it's pretty nuts to see Crysis running smoothly on a Samsung Omnia cellphone.
The Omnia isn't running the game, of course. Instead, its being processed remotely and streamed via OTOY, an upcoming server-side rendering service that'll let you play high-end 3D games on low-powered machines.
In this video, Crysis is being played through the Omnia's browser with no additional plug
| We have discussed this before on StrafeRight, but seeing it in action on Denny's beloved phone made it news worthy. Who here would pay for such a service to stream PC quality video to their laptop/phone/desktop computer? And what would you be willing to pay monthly for unlimited game access?
Link - Gizmodo and TechCrunch |
06-23-2009, 12:57 PM
|  | Jack pwns my FACE | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Well above sea level.
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| | | that is pretty awesome.
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06-23-2009, 12:58 PM
|  | All Hail Jesus Frankenstein | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: some western town
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| | | first of all, that's cool.
secondly, all my concerns remain - bandwidth to push video down, plus what happens when thousands of gamers start hitting these video farms?
thirdly, as for cost, it depends. If all of the latest games were available, I'd probably only pay about $15/month - I just don't buy that many games per year. I doubt any service like this will cost that little.
Plus, how would this work on multi-player? I assume it's like using a LAN center, where you just rent time on a game, so you wouldn't have your own stats or achievements - and what about saving games and continuing later?
Lots of questions, but I love the tech.
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06-23-2009, 03:11 PM
|  | sReckoner | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Delawhere?
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| | OMNIA!!! PRECIOUS!!! 
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06-23-2009, 03:22 PM
|  | Note: Huge Success | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England
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| | | Just another Obamnia Crysis.
lol @ joe
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06-23-2009, 03:32 PM
| | Jack pwns my FACE | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Well above sea level.
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| | Quote:
Originally Posted by CoffeeShark  first of all, that's cool.
secondly, all my concerns remain - bandwidth to push video down, plus what happens when thousands of gamers start hitting these video farms?
thirdly, as for cost, it depends. If all of the latest games were available, I'd probably only pay about $15/month - I just don't buy that many games per year. I doubt any service like this will cost that little.
Plus, how would this work on multi-player? I assume it's like using a LAN center, where you just rent time on a game, so you wouldn't have your own stats or achievements - and what about saving games and continuing later?
Lots of questions, but I love the tech. | yeah, probably have to have an unlimited data plan anyways.. probably screwed if you have a poor signal heh.
very interesting indeed! maybe they would have a place where you log in and it keeps a profile for you so it can save and store your saved games and achievements and such... something that can be easily moved to the desktop at home? that'd be cool.
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06-23-2009, 11:10 PM
|  | What's your's? | | Join Date: Dec 2007
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| | | It's neat, but as expected there seems to be that slight bit of lag. Games just aren't going to respond instantly to controller input. Again, not surprising, but I would find that annoying.
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06-24-2009, 12:09 AM
|  | Worst. Player. Ever. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oregon
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Originally Posted by MajorMalfunction It's neat, but as expected there seems to be that slight bit of lag. Games just aren't going to respond instantly to controller input. Again, not surprising, but I would find that annoying. | :yeahthat:
Perfect for Turn-based games that require minimal text-driven input though. 
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