iPad and Gaikai game streaming could make for better bathroom experiences.
What do you do when you want to go on your World of Warcraft raid but you can't be at your desktop (for example, when nature calls). Online game streaming service Gaikai may have the answer for you.
Dave Perry was walking through the Gaikai office when he spotted an iPad streaming World of Warcraft.
Perry wrote in his blog:
Was walking through the office, saw this, thought you'd like to see...
Soon I'll be able to play WOW with my Cornflakes!
We're really interested to see what works well with streaming and will be trying just about every genre of game, on every device possible as we explore server-side computing.
This is World of Warcraft streamed from a Gaikai server over regular Wifi.
There is a reason WOW is a keyboard and mouse game, and one which hardcore players utilize most of the keys on a keyboard and mouse.
...They are only demonstrating WoW because of the huge following. If you read the article it tells you that they are not trying just WoW, they are going to try every genre of game.
at least, I don't think I'd be able to play like that
There is a reason WOW is a keyboard and mouse game, and one which hardcore players utilize most of the keys on a keyboard and mouse.
oh wait, is there already an app for that?!
And before someone says so, showing a single lvl 1 char standing on an empty road to Goldshire is Not playing WoW, any serious hardware running the game needs to push at least 25 fps on a current 25-man raid all the time, otherwise you can't call it *playable*.
What ?
There isn't any ?
And I almost thought that it was NOT fake, 'cause the ipad could run a port of this game actually.
What part of "streaming" don't you understand?
True, but the hardcore addicts who do play 24/7 already now have the option of at least being part of the real world and might actually be able to maintain a job...
Bluetooth keyboard would obviously be the way to go here, but it would be unweildy as you'd still have to touch the screen.
An interface would have to be made to handle this, somehow replacing hotkeys and maybe using the accelerometer for movement.
Yes I will cary a keyboard with me when go take a dump and then wipe myself with it..
Its not running WoW, its streaming video of WoW running on their servers.
This would be awesome if you mounted the iPad on a stand and had a keyboard and mouse (i.e. a laptop w/ mouse). To me, this tech could be useful streaming to a laptop. If it can run the latest games at low latency, this could allow even midrange laptops to game.