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Apologies for the confusion (and yes, the website needs some love). To answer the questions, we are primarily building a streaming protocol that makes remote de

by DTE 12y ago

Apologies for the confusion (and yes, the website needs some love). To answer the questions, we are primarily building a streaming protocol that makes remote desktops usable for a broader range of applications (namely "media-rich" use cases like photoshop, CAD/CAM, etc) Behind the scenes we are using GPU tech originally developed for video game streaming, but using it primarily as a way to send a vanilla desktop. We are currently delivering this desktop to any webbrowser using a JS renderer. That said, we didn't want you to have to have an old machine to use this one, so thats where the paperweight comes in. VDI/remote desktops have been around for a while but they are usually really poor quality/hard to setup/etc. So we are trying to wrap that all in a simple package.

Mithaldu 12y ago
Now that's a great explanation of what your company does! That makes me really look forward to when i can use that technology to remotely access my own machines from my cellphone. :D
- mod 12y ago
  FWIW I already do this. It's not running a window manager, rather a command line, but it does what I need it to.
  - Mithaldu 12y ago
    Oh yeah, i also already do VNC into my windows machines from my android phone. But i'd like some more advanced software for it. :)
altcognito 12y ago
bare minimum: You should add a link at the bottom where you say "Get Yours First -- See our !!FAQs!! for even more details."
segphault 12y ago
Thanks for clarifying. This is a much better explanation than the copy on the website. I could see this being useful for me as a developer, especially if you make it as easy to spin up an isolated virtual Windows/Linux desktop as it is to spin up a server on something like Digital Ocean. I think you guys might be doing yourselves a bit of a disservice by promoting the hardware before you are in a position to really provide clear information about the actual service and the pricing. It creates a lot of confusion about what it is that you actually offer. Especially considering the fact that the site recommends a minimum of >20mbps download speed... I suspect that anybody with that kind of connectivity already has a computer. One more question: how are you handling the Windows licensing?
kuschku 12y ago
This answers the protocol question, but nothing about the actual data safety. Seems kinda fishy.

by DTE 12y ago

Mithaldu 12y ago

Now that's a great explanation of what your company does! That makes me really look forward to when i can use that technology to remotely access my own machines from my cellphone. :D

mod 12y ago
FWIW I already do this. It's not running a window manager, rather a command line, but it does what I need it to.
- Mithaldu 12y ago
  Oh yeah, i also already do VNC into my windows machines from my android phone. But i'd like some more advanced software for it. :)

altcognito 12y ago

bare minimum: You should add a link at the bottom where you say "Get Yours First -- See our !!FAQs!! for even more details."

segphault 12y ago

Thanks for clarifying. This is a much better explanation than the copy on the website. I could see this being useful for me as a developer, especially if you make it as easy to spin up an isolated virtual Windows/Linux desktop as it is to spin up a server on something like Digital Ocean. I think you guys might be doing yourselves a bit of a disservice by promoting the hardware before you are in a position to really provide clear information about the actual service and the pricing. It creates a lot of confusion about what it is that you actually offer. Especially considering the fact that the site recommends a minimum of >20mbps download speed... I suspect that anybody with that kind of connectivity already has a computer. One more question: how are you handling the Windows licensing?

kuschku 12y ago

This answers the protocol question, but nothing about the actual data safety. Seems kinda fishy.