Hands-on with OnLive's New Tablet App - IGN I found an interesting article on IGN. There is a new app that is coming for iPad. It allows the iPad to basically become a Xbox 360 or a PS3. It uses video streaming to allow an iPad to play a game it's processor can't handle. And while it wouldn't be good for a 1st person shooter, for a game that's slower, like our Home, it would work pretty well. Imagine being to take out your iPad while miles from home, and logging on Home. I think that would be pretty cool. There are already making the app capable of playing Saint's Row and LA Noire. There is on screen controls, but there is also Xbox and ps3 controllers that work with iPad. Anyways, check out the article if you are interested. While they don't mention Home, home is a perfect program to be adapted to this app.
Sorry FF, but your statement above is rather misleading — OnLive's application does not actually allow your iPad to "become" a PS3 or X360, and there is nothing in the original article that even remotely supports such a connection. This app cannot actually play any games you already own for your PS3 or X360 systems; the app cannot connect to any PS3 or X360 consoles; the app cannot connect to the PSN or XBL services nor your accounts; and lastly, OnLive's service & app is not an emulator compatible with PS3 or X360 games. The 25 so-called "PS3/X360" games currently compatible with this iPad app are actually the concurrently-released retail PC versions of the games licensed for the OnLive service,… but with some additional minor modifications to make it compatible with their iPad app (touch controls, overlays, etc.). The article doesn't specifically mention Home because it's not something being worked on, nor will it be. Sony would never license their console-exclusive Home to run on OnLive's service, especially as Home doesn't exist as a standard PC-format game which can be installed onto OnLive's own servers (as all their games are). It's even more unlikely that Sony would allow OnLive to tie their own servers into Sony's proprietary PSN and/or Home servers. I agree, it would be wonderful to whip out your iPad and access Home anywhere… but it's never going to happen via this OnLive application or service. Just being realistic here…
My personal thinking is that any official app allowing PS3 games to be played on anything "apple" won't ever happen, If Sony did release a way of using home on their own tablets though that would certainly give me a huge reason to consider a purchase ;D
[MENTION][/MENTION]Oh yeah, there's lots of things it can't do. Sorry, i didnt mean to make this sound like a sony announcement. Its just conjecture. But I wouldn't say it's impossible. If someone thinks they can make a profit, and Home does seem to be making money, then it's possible it can happen. I just think its amazing technology where you can play like that on iPad. We"ll see how this tech develops. It could be the next big thing. Or it could go the way of 8track tapes. Btw, I think home would run great like this. home generally has a low 720hd picture. Much easier to stream than a 1020hd Killzone video. And the graphics are a bit simple compared to what real game programs do. I'm no expert, but the main obstacle I would see, is that Home does a decent amount of updates. And that each update would have to be coded for this app on the server side. Which takes time and labor. And beauracracy. But it's definitely feasible.
Well, the article did mention two mainstream Sony ps3 games that will be played on it. LA Noire, and Saints Row. Of course that's assuming that has Sony's endorsement. But it's possible they don't have that. In which case it may be like when there were some Playstation emulators in the past that produced a much higher resolution picture than the ps, but was sued out of existence by Sony lawyers.
If anything this will be on the sony tablet which now has support for the Sixaxis controller. If Home was possible also on that I would run right out and buy one instantly, a sale I wouldn't even bat a lash at even though I already own an iPad!:yes:
If we take the Vita as an example of Sony market principles, we can make some educated guesses on how likely remote Home connections are. 1) Vita has social functions, but it isn't Home-like, it's called Near and it looks similar to Nintendo's StreetPass. 2) Remote Play may offer a roaming way to access Home, leveraging a powered and networked PS3. How would one get a keyboard in this situation? Can you connect a USB keyboard to a vita? Could you use a Bluetooth keyboard? Personally, I find a keyboard mandatory for Home interaction. 3) as Gary notes, mobile networking isn't quite where it needs to be yet to support a good Home experience. I think it will be there in about two years. (reliable 1Mbps+ mobile data) 4) there is still an issue of display. I don't think it will be equivalent to the console experience until one of two things happens: a) computer goggles (whether immersive or augmented) inexpensive and of sufficient quality, b) plastic electronics and/or projection technology makes it feasible to carry and set up a large display Honestly, I think the paradigm will change and mature. The current impetus in VR from the game companies is in the direction of Augmented Reality where the computer generated elements are in an environment *with* the real world, instead of replacing it. The value of telepresence alone to businesses will maintain investment in immersive virtual reality, it's not like one is going to win out over the other. The point is that as people become accustomed to AR, their online experiences will also change/adapt to that fact. Lord knows, our HCI paradigm is getting stale (desktop paradigm goes back to Xerox PARC in the 70s). I've rambled a bit more than I intended, I hope I didn't bore.
I actually saw an anime about a future like that. Every one had a pair of glasses that would let you see virtual items in the real world. Like you could go outside and take a walk with a virtual dog. It was also a useful tool for teaching as all the students used one in class. It was also tied in to virtual computer keyboards and cellphones that worked, but the interface controls could only be seen when wearing the glasses. There was also some gaming aspects where kids would buy VR armor and weapons to use against each other. And of course there were hackers that cheated. It was cute. Btw, i forget the name of it....
Let me know if you remember the name of it. Gibson has already proven prophetic, Arthur C Clarke predicted many things before they occurred, so speculative science fiction is not uncommonly the first place the future is seen. I think the Ghost in the Shell series has shown the most detailed view of a future with common access to VR/AR, but whether they're correct has yet to be seen. The only thing I can tell you for sure about the future is that it is not going to be what we expect.
I think there's been more than one. But the one I'm thinking of was Denno Coil. Or Denno: A Circle of Children in its english release.
