Comments on: Advanced video games coming to Android devices http://armdevices.net/2010/08/12/advanced-video-games-coming-to-android-devices/ Blog on ARM Powered® devices Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: cambin hill http://armdevices.net/2010/08/12/advanced-video-games-coming-to-android-devices/comment-page-1/#comment-11911 cambin hill Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:13:00 +0000 http://armdevices.net/?p=1996#comment-11911 That is really good, this advance video games give lot of achievements. With the connection of  HDMI to the HDTV lead to give a powerful graphics acceleration which is one of the best and the possible development. <a href="http://www.farango.fr/" rel="nofollow">acheter r4</a> That is really good, this advance video games give lot of achievements. With the connection of  HDMI to the HDTV lead to give a powerful graphics acceleration which is one of the best and the possible development.
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]]> By: Moneymakerjfire83 http://armdevices.net/2010/08/12/advanced-video-games-coming-to-android-devices/comment-page-1/#comment-7037 Moneymakerjfire83 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:34:00 +0000 http://armdevices.net/?p=1996#comment-7037 Yeah that's a cool one I had something else in mind a wireless bluetooth controller and make it connect to the phone attached or the phone attached to the wrist my style yup Yeah that’s a cool one I had something else in mind a wireless bluetooth controller and make it connect to the phone attached or the phone attached to the wrist my style yup

]]> By: Bob http://armdevices.net/2010/08/12/advanced-video-games-coming-to-android-devices/comment-page-1/#comment-3982 Bob Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:10:01 +0000 http://armdevices.net/?p=1996#comment-3982 I've been waiting in agony for just such a device since Android was first announced. Gamepad buttons are essential but so are analog controls (like ps2/ps3/xbox/360 controllers). A few notes:<br><br> I'm also VERY optimistic about the addition of fast-acting 3-axis gyroscopes. Samsung claims Galaxy S has six-axis "gyroscope-like" sensors but it's the same exact slow-acting 3-axis accelerometer plus slow-acting 3-axis compass as any other Android device (teardowns seem to reveal NO gyro). Android also needs to include "sensor fusion" to combine readings from these sensors so developers don't need a physics PhD. This could even be done in hardware so that both the OS and the app are saved a lot of work.<br><br> 1080p doesn't sound very realistic right now but 720p with alpha-blending disabled and 16bit color instead of 32bit would still look spectacular and seems much more feasible.<br><br> If you're familiar with the Pandora handheld homebrew console, it seems to have an ideal (although large) button layout. Put that into a thin Bluetooth device, replace the LCD with a multi-touch touchpad found on many laptops, add accelerometer, compass, gyroscope and we're in business on ANY Android device with TV-out or HDMI (assuming the HDMI isn't locked down and crippled). It'll work like a dream on Google TV too. I think Logitech is the ideal company for such a device. They already make the similar diNovo mini keyboard and they're invested in Google TV so an updated version with these features would put me in heaven.<br><br> I honestly figured Sony-Ericsson would be the last company to do this for fear of cannibalizing existing sales. Maybe they've wisely recognized the inevitability of all this and want to get ahead of the curve. I've been waiting in agony for just such a device since Android was first announced. Gamepad buttons are essential but so are analog controls (like ps2/ps3/xbox/360 controllers). A few notes:

I'm also VERY optimistic about the addition of fast-acting 3-axis gyroscopes. Samsung claims Galaxy S has six-axis “gyroscope-like” sensors but it's the same exact slow-acting 3-axis accelerometer plus slow-acting 3-axis compass as any other Android device (teardowns seem to reveal NO gyro). Android also needs to include “sensor fusion” to combine readings from these sensors so developers don't need a physics PhD. This could even be done in hardware so that both the OS and the app are saved a lot of work.

1080p doesn't sound very realistic right now but 720p with alpha-blending disabled and 16bit color instead of 32bit would still look spectacular and seems much more feasible.

If you're familiar with the Pandora handheld homebrew console, it seems to have an ideal (although large) button layout. Put that into a thin Bluetooth device, replace the LCD with a multi-touch touchpad found on many laptops, add accelerometer, compass, gyroscope and we're in business on ANY Android device with TV-out or HDMI (assuming the HDMI isn't locked down and crippled). It'll work like a dream on Google TV too. I think Logitech is the ideal company for such a device. They already make the similar diNovo mini keyboard and they're invested in Google TV so an updated version with these features would put me in heaven.

I honestly figured Sony-Ericsson would be the last company to do this for fear of cannibalizing existing sales. Maybe they've wisely recognized the inevitability of all this and want to get ahead of the curve.

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