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OTOY Demonstrates Its Server-Side Rendering System

Posted 06/19/09 at 06:11:13 PM  by Andy Salisbury

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Sure, everyone’s heard of OnLive when it comes to gaming in the cloud, but few have heard of OTOY.

OTOY is a small company that’s looking to bring server-side 3D rendering to any client. Sure, this sounds pretty standard, but where it differs from OnLive is key – it allows you to play these games from any browser, and any platform with no plugins or downloads. And, thanks to two big partners that go by the names AMD and EA, it could become a reality.

All that’s required of the gamer is a broadband connection and a computer, and you can get games at up to 720p graphics (again, with no plugins or downloads). There’s reportedly also a way to get 1080p graphics, but it’s a bit more intensive.

No word yet on how much this service will cost or when it’ll come to fruition, but it’s looking pretty slick. You can see two videos of it in action here and here.

 

Image Credit: TechCrunch

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TAGS: amd, gaming, EA, OTOY
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avatarKorea here I come!!!

Submitted by k11k on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 8:51am

I would totaly be into it if I had the ISP speed of Korea or any other ASIA country (plus no cap). I feel even more sorry for those in Canada. Here in the states I get a whopping 6Mb from ATT, I use to get 15Mb from Comcrap till they decided that I was a bandwidth hog (15Gb a month, that what I get for complaining about outages and lack of service).

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avatarCan you say

Submitted by MeTo on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 9:02pm

Can you say bandwidth cap. How long will it take for all ISP to impose them. Also you better have the fastest cable internet to stream full 3D 720p or 1080p game. Good luck with that.

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avatarOh My God Its Spreading...

Submitted by Havok on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 3:48pm

Hey, you can play games on a mac now!!!

Check out this Rooster Teeth video! URL: http://roosterteeth.com/archive/?id=118

It 'splains it all.

 

 

OMGWTFBBQ

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avatarI love competition

Submitted by etsugua on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 3:39pm

nothing like a little competition to keep the price in check!  I hope these services work -- then I will finally have a reason to leave Windows once and for all.

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