Comments on: Video: Hands-on With NVIDIA’s Grid Gaming System on a Nexus 7 [CES 2013]

By: Kiril

Kiril — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:43:00 +0000

Right, and that’s great. However, most people will not have an optical connection for years, and they are releasing this right now. Plus, I am not so much concerned about distance as I am slow connections. When I was in the dorms in college (big gamer population), I had a hard time watching even YouTube videos in the evenings. My cable internet now suffers from similar problems with streaming video, and also takes a while to resolve random requests during peak hours.

By: Daniel Moreno

Daniel Moreno — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:59:00 +0000

There have been some advances recently that would mitigate the distance factor. Take for instance optical computing. If that were integrated into networking, then the only conversion points back to electric for data would be your router/computer and the server itself.

By: CapnShiner

CapnShiner — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:07:00 +0000

The real advantage of something like Grid, to me, is that it could work with something like Google TV. PC games require a controller or keyboard and mouse. I don’t know about anyone else but I don’t want to carry around peripherals for a phone or tablet. I would only use something like that at home. Google TV would be perfect for that. For gaming away from home, I only want to carry one device in addition to my phone. That may be where Shield comes in but that just seems a little redundant to me. We already have portable gaming devices from Sony and Nintendo with established ecosystems and I don’t think we need any more. The idea of playing PC games on such a small screen does not seem appealing to me. Mobile games are better suited for the small screen. A 15″ laptop is about as small as I would go for playing PC games. Why do we need another new portable gaming device?

By: normmcgarry

normmcgarry — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:32:00 +0000

The world would be a better place.

By: PrimalRage84

PrimalRage84 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:16:00 +0000

It’s simple just buy a few Grids. BaM 2013 arcade local gaming network. Throw one in all the malls and welcome back to the 1980s.

By: Joey Miranda

Joey Miranda — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:46:00 +0000

seems like onlive cloud gaming.

By: Otto Dieffenbach

Otto Dieffenbach — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:09:00 +0000

that is cool! there are plenty of pc games from yesteryear that i wish i had the ability to play. but then again i just discovered my wacom connects through otg, meaning no time for games. so i am now i am forced to break it to the n7 it is a productive tool and cant play with MOGA till it gets its work done.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:35:00 +0000

impressive

By: Blacksolid

Blacksolid — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:28:00 +0000

should have extracted the apk haha

By: Kiril

Kiril — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:28:00 +0000

The question remains, what will the experience be like in real life? I don’t doubt that it can be great over a local network, with the Grid running feet away from the tablet, but what will it be like for us real people with terrible cable internet and university routers that cut out all the time?

By: Tony Allen

Tony Allen — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:42:00 +0000

Imagine it like streaming youtube/netflix if you will. The video/content is actually on another device, you just choose to watch and interact with it on your ‘portal’. Very much the same as OnLive, except this one appears to, work.

By: EvanTheGamer

EvanTheGamer — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:55:00 +0000

Project SHIELD is a cool name, but the name doesn’t really match the product. It doesn’t even look like a shield! Damnit!

lol

By: EvanTheGamer

EvanTheGamer — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:52:00 +0000

That. is. awesome! EvanTheGamer is digging NVIDIA’s GRID Cloud Gaming. (Yes, I just typed in third-person, so sue me!)

By: JMonkeYJ

JMonkeYJ — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:45:00 +0000

unfortunately demos like these aren’t a good way to evaluate this technology because everything is set up for best-possible lag that can’t reasonably be hoped to be matched in the real world (everyone would need a server in their home to get the same lag conditions). still, i think this kind of thing is cool and it would be nice if it could ever work.

By: Kevin Kaykay Kim

Kevin Kaykay Kim — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:17:00 +0000

I’m pretty sure nVidia will try to market the two together.