Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Gaming on tablets really...?

Article Title: Phones get game power in Cloud

Article Author:Nick Wingfield

Url of article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/technology/phones-and-tablets-getting-game-power-in-the-cloud.html

Summary of article: Tablets are a device that are known for reading and regular media. But can it also be used for hardcore gaming? With the use of the cloud server it is possible to play games by the biggest home console. With games of that mass of size on a sever has it's challenges due to the fact these have to be streamed in a manageable way also able to have stable GUI for most Tablet platforms. With all that done working out the little issues. Tablets may be welcomed to audience of the gamers.

Relevance to class: With the study of how internet is made up it's pretty amazing how this new service of the cloud sever is able to pack so much power to stream a full game. Considering each game is at 6 to 10 GBs. And manageable on a Tablet. Having people using the Tablets being pulled in is like another way to consider how the Web is becoming more of living necessity.

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