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WikiPad & Ouya Interaction

fatalCombofatalCombo Posts: 6Member
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It appears second screen gaming is going to grab hold of the living room. I was wondering if anyone has started working on a way for the WikiPad and Ouya to interact. Seems logical, both devices run on the same android level, etc... This would give us devs more control options and actually gives the Ouya a fighting chance for the future. Soon we will see a 3DS revision that controls the Wii U, and you can bet that the Vita will double as a controller on the PS4. Second screen gameplay is the future.

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  • HicsyHicsy Posts: 177Member
    it would already be very easily possible, you would just have one device act as a master and one as a slave (to load the different functions in your app) and then they will just "talk" to each other over your wifi network. Easy peasy.
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  • fatalCombofatalCombo Posts: 6Member
    So then it would be possible for the Wikipad to basically double as a portable Ouya? Could the Wikipad login to the Ouya services while on the go using wifi at Starbucks? Access to the Ouya marketplace on the go would be so sweet. Anyone know how this will work in he future?
  • HicsyHicsy Posts: 177Member
    you missed a bit of the background behind them i think...

    Firstly, the Wii-U has a graphics card with 2 outputs - much like most pcs now run 2 or more screens... the second screen is streamed wirelessly to a special receiver; said second-screen also happens to have buttons and a touch-screen controller that is connected back to the Wii-U... but essentially all this is run by the Wii, hence why only ONE gimmick-controller works (the rest are the same old pez-dispenser remotes).

     The gameboy can hook up in a similar way, and you wouldnt notice the difference really... but its not "streaming" the video signal... its just running another copy of the game - networked to the console and probably displaying a different viewpoint/controls. The processing is being done by the NDS though, not the Wii-u this time.

     see the difference yet?

     The PSP was supposed to do the same with PS3 (managing car tune in realtime in GT5 for example) but it looks like they're now saving that for the Vita/PS4(orbis?)
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  • HicsyHicsy Posts: 177Member
    Now as far as the other tech goes - streaming the video output to other devices - i doubt you'll be able to videostream per-se, (i think intel might have patented it) the main device will just act as a media server to share video files. The ps3+psp combo already does this.

     But getting around that will you be able to install OUYA OS on an alternate device? Sure, my xPeria Play already dual-boots between CyanogenMod10 (android 4.2) and android 4.1 with OUYA launcher...

     Boxer8 could (in theory) lock that down later with encryption and CPU-serialNumber checks... but then they are dooming themselves to being hardware-based instead of service-based (which is the future $$$)
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  • BalbiBalbi Posts: 198Member
    To add to your service based statement, Boxer8's monetization plan seems to be entirely based around service and not hardware profits. That's reason enough to assume they wont lock it down too tight, but I'm sure we can't expect any sort of support for hacked roms or OUYA software on different hardware :)
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