Microsoft is testing playing Xbox games in your browser

[daze23]

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-testing-playing-xbox-games-in-your-browser

Microsoft is a technology company and when they see a problem that they think they can solve, they put their best and brightest minds to a solution. So when the question arises as to why cloud-based gaming hasn’t taken off and the answer is lag (to put it simply), the company sees this as a time to get to work.

A few weeks back, a Microsoft research project showed that the company had built a cloud-based gaming service that reduced the lag by a significant margin. Of course, Microsoft has many research products that never seem to make it out of the labs for one reason or another, but this product is a bit different.

Microsoft is testing out playing games in your browser and not just any games. We're talking Xbox games - and not just last-generation titles either. In fact, even Xbox One titles are currently said to be in the works too.

And don’t think this is some watered-down experience; one source told us that he thought the experience was right around 60FPS, while another stated that this is going to be the company’s next killer gaming feature.

The Xbox 360 games offer up the full experience, including the dashboard running in the browser too. So don't think this is some hacked together project, this is the real deal. The product, as it stands right now, has Xbox branding and works outside the walls of Microsoft.

It makes sense too - think about how quickly you can connect to Microsoft’s Azure platform when using the Xbox One and then apply that to this service. Microsoft has already proven that cloud-based off-loads can work with Titanfall and this is the next extension of that concept.

The service is not perfect as there are many barriers to overcome to bring this product to market. One issue is licensing; Microsoft may have to work with publishers to allow for this type of gameplay as it could cut into their revenue from PC game sales.

The implications here are huge for Microsoft as it removes the console from the equation to tap into the gaming market. Also, by off-loading the processing power needed to run these games, it means that they can run on any type of device. Microsoft’s current solution is not browser-locked either; it runs in Chrome as well as it does in Internet Explorer.

It was about this time last year that Microsoft showed off Halo 4 running in the cloud on various devices at the company’s all-employee meeting, and this project is the on-going work from that demo to bring it to more users. Our understanding is that significant progress has been made from that demo and it is now being rolled out to more users.

Microsoft is not the first to do this, with the most popular service being OnLive, proving that the model works - but putting Microsoft’s Xbox muscle and game library behind the service will certainly give it credibility.

There are still many questions about how well it will scale as right now the user testing is limited and with millions of Xbox users out there, Microsoft has to go forward carefully as they only get one shot at launching the service.

We also don’t know when this feature will go live either. Based on the current level of testing, it is beyond the concept stage and it is looking increasingly likely that this feature will be released at some point in the not-too-distant future. But, as with anything not officially announced, it could be killed before it launches but seeing how Microsoft is moving everything to Azure, we expect this product to be released at some point down the road.

 

[ChrisDorner]

finding less and less reasons to even cop an Xbone everyday

Lemme find out I can play halo MCC on my computer

 

[MeachTheMonster]

This ones the most important part

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsof...ked-the-nut-to-low-latency-cloud-based-gaming

The idea of cloud-based gaming has been around for a long time but nobody has seemed to have nailed down the functionality because of one major issue, latency. Microsoft has a vested interest in both gamingand cloud based services, so finding a way to resolve the latency issue could be a big win for the company.

And that's exactly what Microsoft Research has done with a project called DeLorean. You can read the full paper at the source link below but what they have done is created a way to render frames before an event occurs in a game and based on your inputs, the platform delivers the correct set of frames to your device. The paper says that using this method they can mask up to 250ms of latency and they do this by combining future input prediction, state space subsampling and time shifting, misprediction compensation and bandwidth compression. When you combine all these features together, Microsoft refers to it as DeLorean.

If you are thinking that cloud based gaming is only good for RPGs and other slower paced games, think again. While Microsoft did test out the service with Fable, they also used Doom 3 as a benchmark too. The end results were that the user preferred to use the DeLorean setup for cloud based gaming over that of traditional cloud based gaming technologies that are currently available.

The implications of this technology, if it works in the real-world as well as it does in a controlled environment, will be a way to deliver Xbox style gaming on any screen that has a solid Internet connection. It's easy to see why Microsoft would want this feature as it could be a huge addition to its Xbox Live Gold product offerings.

 

[ItWasWritten]

Ye I say unto you:

The devil has many tricks and will deceive many, but in the end only the truth will stand.

 

[PS5 Pro]

finding less and less reasons to even cop an Xbone everyday

Lemme find out I can play halo MCC on my computer

You will need an XB1 to stream that from, genius

Ye I say unto you:

The devil has many tricks and will deceive many, but in the end only the truth will stand.

Yup, one of those tricks was getting its consumers hyped up over the acquisition of "Gaikai" before realizing they planned on making YOU fit the bill for it

I can't wait to rent MGS4 for a month... $79.99
"Its not about the price, its about the convenience for those who never got to play that game"

- Random 3cept

 

[Plexxx]

Trying to be like ps now I see

 

[PS5 Pro]

Trying to be like ps now I see

Not at all, this isn't something they just started. Had an article last year, here it goes
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/26/4...alo-4-streaming-from-the-cloud-to-windows-and

Here's what Microsoft said about the technology. They said that the consumers didn't ask for it so it wasn't important to them. If that is something consumers want, they will try to accomodate
And that they are looking into making X360 games backwards compatible via this
And best of all, this would cost us NOTHING as opposed to sony buying a bootleg version of what Microsoft has (servers) and they want to charge you to use it.

Microsoft lets all devs use there servers free of charge bruh. This has been in the making for YEARS
Which is why they can do what they are doing.

So for you to go "Look at them copy sony" is so ass backwards that I should slap you
Who the fukk wants to stream PS2 games and overpay to do it? That is all PS-NOW is for
Not something to brag about bruh :ez:

 

[Plexxx]

Not at all, this isn't something they just started. Had an article last year, here it goes
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/26/4...alo-4-streaming-from-the-cloud-to-windows-and

Here's what Microsoft said about the technology. They said that the consumers didn't ask for it so it wasn't important to them. If that is something consumers want, they will try to accomodate
And that they are looking into making X360 games backwards compatible via this
And best of all, this would cost us NOTHING as opposed to sony buying a bootleg version of what Microsoft has (servers) and they want to charge you to use it.

Microsoft lets all devs use there servers free of charge bruh. This has been in the making for YEARS
Which is why they can do what they are doing.

So for you to go "Look at them copy sony" is so ass backwards that I should slap you
Who the fukk wants to stream PS2 games and overpay to do it? That is all PS-NOW is for
Not something to brag about bruh :ez:

I'm not reading all that shyt

 

[-DMP-]

Now this, is dope.

-DMP-

 

[PS5 Pro]

I'm not reading all that shyt

Not joking, I feel sorry for your mother

 

[Plexxx]

Not joking, I feel sorry for your mother

And I feel sorry for your kids for having you as a role model

 

[PS5 Pro]

And I feel sorry for your kids for having you as a role model

Here, lets speed this back n forth up ok.

Court, you got kids so
Court, you got a dirty mattress for your family
Court, you uh... got a Luigi hat
Court, you ride with a system that sold less total overall than the PS4... wooooooo


Like, lame ass bytch nikka. How are you insulting me by using "Community insults"
You lame fukk can't even produce an original insult
So when I said I really feel sorry for your mother, I'm being dead serious.
The last post was too much for you to read aka your a fukkin moron

You can't create an original insult aka you lack the mental capacity to create a thought of your own

You think repeating the same internet jokes/lies trumps your stupidity?


yeah, ok

 

[Plexxx]

Here, lets speed this back n forth up ok.

Court, you got kids so
Court, you got a dirty mattress for your family
Court, you uh... got a Luigi hat
Court, you ride with a system that sold less total overall than the PS4... wooooooo


Like, lame ass bytch nikka. How are you insulting me by using "Community insults"
You lame fukk can't even produce an original insult
So when I said I really feel sorry for your mother, I'm being dead serious.
The last post was too much for you to read aka your a fukkin moron

You can't create an original insult aka you lack the mental capacity to create a thought of your own

You think repeating the same internet jokes/lies trumps your stupidity?


yeah, ok

I just don't want to read it cause you type paragraphs full of nothing

 

[Rekkapryde]

Still using 3cept... .

 

[Liquid]