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Spawn Labs
on: September 16, 2009, 00:18:40 AM
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   * When someone else is watching the TV at home, you can go to a different room in the house, plug your gamepad into a USB port on your computer, and play the games from your computer while they run on your console across your home network. Since you are playing at home, you have plenty of bandwidth, no Internet bandwidth caps, and minimal latency.
    * If you want to play a game with one of your friends, but they can’t come over, you can grant them access to play with/against you on your console from wherever they are (provided they have access to a broadband Internet connection). They can simply download the Spawn Player and install it on their computer (free of charge), plug a gamepad into a USB port on their computer, and play in multi-player mode on your console remotely while you play in the same session on your console & TV.
    * If you are travelling – at a coffee shop, airport, hotel, etc. – you can play your games using the Spawn Player from anywhere you can get a broadband Internet connection as if you were at home. You can even power your console on and off from the Spawn Player so you don’t waste energy.
    * If you are travelling, you and a friend can both play a game running on your console at home. You can each run the Spawn Player on your computer to play remotely in multi-player mode at the same time.
    * If you want to show your friends some tricks or moves you’ve learned in a game, you can have your friends use the Spawn Player in "watch" mode to watch you play a game on your console in real-time from their computer.
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Re:Spawn Labs
Reply #1 on: September 16, 2009, 02:12:45 AM
Or you could move the console and plug it in locally. Its an interesting idea but I dont see many buying it.

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Reply #2 on: September 22, 2009, 12:41:11 PM
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Or you could move the console and plug it in locally. Its an interesting idea but I dont see many buying it.


Did you actually read the info? Your missing the point of about 70% of its functionality - playing games when on the move etc.. or when someone else is using the TV etc.. Id be tempted with one of these if they work effectively. Theres many a time the missus is watching TV when I want to be play my 360 - plus I could use it on my laptop and still be sat in the same room as her. I also like the idea of playing remotely - a bit of CoD at lunch time sounds good to me!

Theres also scope for console and games sharing- you buy a PS3 your mate buys a 360 and you could use each others consoles and stuff.
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Spawn Labs
Reply #3 on: September 22, 2009, 17:33:23 PM
The only issue I see is input lag. The moment you start transmitting video any distance at all input lag can become an issue. Also I am guessing gigabit will be required to stream the video and compression will become an issue especially with hd content.

It is a nice idea, but impractical in this day and age with the communication technology we have.

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