[X3D-Public] Fwd: OnLive One Step Closer [ death of 3D web? ]

[Dave]

It's niche. Even if they could solve MMO and all that, would you want 
one company
to hold all 3D on the web? Would it be responsive interactively? Look great?
Could you pipe real-world data in/out of it? Ensure your IP? I think 
what we do will be around
for quite a while yet.

DA

GLG wrote:
> Hello John,
>
> I do not see how or why this would threaten X3D in any way
> shape or form. They are promoting processing centers where
> specialty CPUs and software run games online, which are then
> delivered to phones and PCs used as tin client devices via
> high-loss but rapid video compression technology.  They then
> add IP Multicasting to allow the games to be seen (but not
> played) in a higher quality video stream by a large number
> of viewers. Most are single player games while support for 2
> to 4 players is said to be available. Looks to me like the
> intent is more to change the business model where game
> publishers sell games on DVDs to a new paradigm where the
> games would be sold (and played) online. This is similar to
> what we are seeing with the music and movie industries. They
> do not make any claim to that effect and the system doesn't
> even close to touch X3D technically (it would actually
> crumble under the weight of a true MMO - massively
> multiplayer online game).
>
> Lauren
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> Subject: [X3D-Public] Fwd: OnLive One Step Closer [ death of
> 3D web? ]
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> The end of the 3D Web?
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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> Date: December 29, 2009 11:10:00 PM PST
> Subject: OnLive One Step Closer
> Source: Slashdot
> Author: Soulskill
>
>
> hysma writes "It looks like OnLive, the remote gaming system
> that streams HD video over the Internet, is one step closer
> to becoming reality, according to an article on DSL Reports
> in response to a lengthy video presentation by founder & CEO
> Steve Perlman at Columbia University. Perlman demonstrated
> the UI, spectating, using the service on an iPhone, and
> other features."
>
> Read more of this story at Slashdot.
>
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