There’s a video playing on your car’s dashboard, and it looks like an Android app: Android Auto is just one of a growing number of platforms using video streams to virtualize apps.
Orange is already a big G-Cluster customer, offering a rebadged version of the Japanese firm’s cloud gaming services to its Orange TV customers in France.
The Game Developers Conference said more than half of its attendees last year were from mobile game development companies and the trend is likely to continue this year as Google, Qualcomm and RIM pour more money into mobile-focused developer days and booths at the show.
OnLive’s game service is already available for Android devices, but there’s an iOS version in the works. Here’s a hands on demo with the beta client on an iPad, along with the OnLive wireless controller, which I think brings a much better experience than the touchscreen.
OnLive is taking another big step in its evolution, with the launch of apps for mobile phones and handsets to make any device a gaming device. Users can now play high-quality games on devices with a fraction of the processing power included in high-end gaming PCs.
OnLive has a new iPad client as of yesterday, Dec. 7. It won’t let you play games, but it will let you watch others doing just that. The press release talks about “gaming as a spectator sport,” but that’s the least interesting thing about this app.