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"We’re led to believe that the game integration will utilize existing iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches as controllers" This wouldn't come as a surprise, but us
by doomlaser 13y ago
"We’re led to believe that the game integration will utilize existing iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches as controllers"
This wouldn't come as a surprise, but using a buttonless handheld touchscreen as a controller would be a terrible interface for gaming on a tv.
- lstamour 13y agoMore and more, I'm thinking iOS 7's new APIs were preparing for Apple's products in 2014 a year in advance. For instance, they now have physical controller support and a few controllers shipping, if that's your preference.
- siglesias 13y agoIf you're trying to model something like an Xbox controller with a touch surface, then, as you say, no chance. If you're trying to model something simpler like a WiiMote, then I think you might hit closer to the mark. Let's keep in mind too the fun possibilities of asymmetric information games that are possible because of the display (think poker, football, Scrabble, Wii U type-games, etc).
- mortenjorck 13y agoI actually wrote about this three years ago (has it really been that long that we've been anticipating an Apple TV SDK?) with some thoughts about what a remote-slash-game-controller for iOS TV apps might look like: http://interuserface.net/2010/08/rethinking-the-remote/ http://interuserface.net/2010/08/rethinking-the-remote/