PCWorld got their hands on a new gadget called the “OnLive”. As they describe it:

This box (that fits neatly in the palm of your hand) has a couple USB 2.0 ports, Bluetooth support, optical audio and HDMI out jacks. That’s about it. The OnLive “microconsole” doesn’t have much in the way of juice (CPU-wise), but it just let us play Crysis at 720p on an oversized HDTV. It blazed through a couple races in Burnout: Paradise City and GRID.

Capable of 720p gaming at 30fps over a 5Mbps broadband link (Standard Def available over 1.5Mbps), and requiring servers within a 1000 mile radius, it probably won’t completely replace console gaming.  But the ability for me to run Crysis in HD on my home television, without having to buy a $2000 PC with all the top-of-the-line gaming hardware, that’s impressive.

I wonder if the same technology could be adapted for Remote Data Visualization?  IP Video Systems has a box to do this called “V2D”, but it’s a $30,000 investment for the Sender/Receiver pair.

via OnLive: Will it beat Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii at their own game? – PC World.

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