Game Streaming Service - Leap Computing
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I'd be very interested in the streaming tech used. We do Cloud desktops in work for customers (+500 users) we've been looking at doing stuff like AutoCAD too, but even RDP 8.1 doesn't cut it.
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Yeah I assumed this but good to know what its built on, Wonder how they will manage if I leave a game open and expect to return to it 2 days later?
By the sounds of it you could only do this if you have left the link open.
They have said they don't care if you do like a 7day encode. So they don't have an issue with how long you are logged on.
But I wouldn't expect the system to run if you terminate connection.
I would expect it to run for a short time e.g 20mins in case of a network drop. But maybe they will suspend the session or something like drop all ram contents to disk. Not sure how easy that is to do though.
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How would this impact steam guard as I believe that records your motherboard serial number? If they 'dynamically' switch your machine for some reason I wonder if you would need to resign into your game/application.
I think for fps games (certainly online fps) this isn't going to be ideal but for something like gta5, perhaps racing games it could be mega. I have went for tier 2 with a Titan X, they said on Twitter you can switch to an amd machine for better latency if you want.
Actually I'm interesting in the leap software as a remote access; as citrix does run that painfully slow at times while working on client machines........
If it runs that smooth - we have a winner... at least in that respect and companies will want to license that big time......I know I would for my company
If it runs that smooth - we have a winner... at least in that respect and companies will want to license that big time......I know I would for my company
Do think of this as one or the other.
some could use it just to do rendering or live streaming
Some people will use it when their away from home
Addition too not replace
Network lag and input lag are entirely different things - network lag is annoying, input lag can cause motion sickness.
It's actually an imbalance between what the brain expects and what the brain perceives - which yes, in the case of actual motion can be cause by the difference between what you see and what you feel, which is why sitting in the front seat of a car helps (you see the turns etc. approaching, so your brain knows what to expect).
In the case of gaming, if you move the mouse and your brain expects the visual field to move a certain way, but it doesn't, this can cause a similar motion sickness effect.
Surely racing games are going to be even more sensitive to input lag than FPS?
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Again, are you talking about input lag or network lag? Because comparing loading a web page to moving your entire field of view is about as accurate as comparing looking at a picture of a chicken to driving a car
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Same here. I would love to see the actual numbers for the Delay induced by encoding, above the network latency though. RDP 8.1 is pretty good, but is not at this level of performance.
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That's why I can't see it really working, Citrix spend millions on reducing lag and bandwidth usage and it's still an awful experience once you start doing anything remotely bandwidth-heavy. Hell, even using an excel spreadsheet there's enough delay over a remote connection to be bloody annoying.
