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OnLive CEO Provides Details On Cloud Gaming

Posted by Soulskill on from the attack-of-the-jittering-packets dept.

eldavojohn writes "OnLive is a new cloud gaming service that is in beta testing. While it might sound like nothing more than corporate buzzwords creeping over into the gaming world, a new video reveals how the CEO claims his service will work. Perlman explains OnLive's solution to the video game compression problem and talks about the '80 ms latency budget.' It's pretty interesting to listen to him figure out this budget and where the 'costs' come from. (Video only.) Now, this all hinges on the 'microconsole,' which — as he reveals at the beginning of the video — is so cheap they plan to give it away. We may also see it incorporated with TVs and other electronic devices. He goes on to talk about perceptual science and dealing with packet irregularities on the internet."

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  1. Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Does it run on Linux? I mean I know this question is often used in jest, but I'm serious.

  2. Oh yes by Zouden · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "is so cheap they plan to give it away"

    Hey Perlman (if that is your real name): the dot-com bubble called. They want their failed business strategy back. Subsidise the hardware, sure, but don't give it away. That's just asking for financial disaster. Your business is risky enough as it is.

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    1. Re:Oh yes by psergiu · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Shhh ... shut up. They might hear you.

      I DO want a free box with Ethernet, wireless, HDMI, surround audio, USB (for wired controllers) and maybe Bluetooth (for the wireless ones) and with a CPU wih enough oomph to decode HD streamed video. If we manage to port XBMC on this ... :)

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    2. Re:Oh yes by slim · · Score: 5, Funny

      the dot-com bubble called. They want their failed business strategy back. Subsidise the hardware, sure, but don't give it away.

      My mobile phone company must be crying into their balance sheet.

    3. Re:Oh yes by Diabolus+Advocatus · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sshhhh. If they give it away I'll collect a few thousand and build a free beowulf cluster.

  3. What's the problem? by iCantSpell · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I live in Japan, and it only cost $60-80 USD a month to have a 100MB up & down fiber optic connection in every room of my house. I know Japan is only the size of California, but come on. Seriously, the US spends millions on beach sand and damn near nothing on real connections.

  4. Re:Oh! by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You want to roll out in a market you're familiar with first (your home market), and during that time, you can have people do research on other markets and line up all your local people and resources.

    You don't want to just jump into an unfamiliar market right away, that leads to problems.