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iPad 2双屏幕运行游戏及其作为游戏设备的优势

发布时间:2011-04-27 10:24:33 Tags:,,

4月20日,本文作者Darrell Etherington曾发布视频展示Firemint游戏《实况赛车2高清版》在iPad 2和40寸液晶电视上运行双重任务的情况。玩过这款游戏后,他向Firemint询问了些许关于iOS游戏未来的想法。Logan Booker(游戏邦注:Firemint公司媒体联络人。)为Etherington提供了关于《实况赛车2高清版》的某些深刻见解,以及未来游戏的走向。

据Booker所述,《实况赛车2高清版》的题材已证实本作是对双屏幕高清输出的绝佳应用。他在邮件中表示,iPad有自然而且出奇精准的控制方法、出色的视觉效果和独有的优化配置,竞速类游戏可完美融合其中。使用iPad 2操控电视上进行的动作确实显得很自然。

iPad 2 双屏幕运行

使用竞速题材首次尝试双屏幕iPad游戏或许很适合Firemint,但Logan也指出之所以这种想法如此有吸引力,正是因为iPad 2轻松地解决了卧室游戏和移动游戏间的分歧。他说道,多亏iPad 2具有准确无误的连接功能,为移动和家庭控制器式游戏间的跳转提供了最简便的方式。如果爱人或室友想要看电视,抑或是你想要外出,不必暂停游戏,只需拔出AV适配器即可在不干扰游戏进行的前提下将iPad 2带走。Booker认为,此特色包含诸多供将来开发新游戏的机会。

如果想知道iPad 2未来在游戏上能够有何表现,最好看看它现在的状态。Firemint设计的《实况赛车2高清版》可在电视屏幕上输出1920×1080的图像,同时在iPad 2驱动1024×768分辨率的图像,Booker指出这其中包含许多处理过程。苹果在iPad 2上花了大量精力,但其最终在游戏领域的表现才刚刚开始呈现。

Etherington本来想让Booker谈谈苹果能在iPad上添加哪些其他特色,让其更像游戏设备,但后者似乎并没有领会他的意思。Booker表示,iPad、iPhone和iPod touch都已经是非常吸引人的游戏设备,也是开发游戏的绝佳平台。Booker总结道,iPad 2强大的硬件、1080p输出功能和新增陀螺仪增加了它在游戏业界的地位。花大笔时间玩过《实况赛车2高清版》后,作者较为同意这种说法。(本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译,转载请注明来源:游戏邦)

What Does the Future of iPad Gaming Look Like?

Wednesday I posted a video of Firemint’s Real Racing 2 HD doing double-duty on my iPad 2 and 40-inch LCD TV (included below). After playing the game, I pinged Firemint for some thoughts regarding the future of iOS gaming. The company’s media liaison, Logan Booker, provided me with some insight regarding Real Racing 2 HD and what could come next.

Real Racing 2 HD proved the perfect opportunity for a first-run implementation of dual-screen HD output, according to Booker, because of the game’s genre. A racing title makes perfect sense, he said via email, “when you consider the natural and incredibly precise control method” and “the fantastic visuals and iPad 2-specific optimizations.” It’s true that using the iPad 2 as a steering wheel for the action going on on the TV immediately felt natural.

Racing may have been a natural fit for Firemint’s first foray into dual-screen iPad gaming, but Logan also pointed out that what makes the idea so appealing is how easily the iPad 2 straddles the divide between living room and mobile gaming. Thanks, he says, in particular to “the seamless connect/disconnect functionality,” the iPad 2 represents the easiest way to jump between mobile and home console-style gaming yet. If you need to vacate the room to open up the TV for a spouse or roommate, or to catch a ride somewhere, you don’t have to stop gaming: just unplug your AV adapter and take it with you without skipping a beat. Booker sees “plenty of compelling opportunities to build on this feature in the future.”

When considering what the iPad 2 may be capable of in future gaming applications, it’s good to look at what it’s already doing. Firemint designed Real Racing 2 HD to output a 1920 x 1080 image to your TV screen, while at the same time driving 1024 x 768 resolution on your iPad 2, which, as Booker points out, represents “a lot of processing going on.” Apple put a lot of muscle under the hood of the iPad 2, and how that will ultimately play out in the gaming realm has only begun to be uncovered.

I tried to get Booker to muse about what other additional features Apple could add to the iPad down the road to make it even more capable as a gaming device, but he wouldn’t bite. Instead, he argued that the “iPad, iPhone and iPod touch are already very compelling gaming devices and great platforms to develop on,” and concluded that “[t]he powerful hardware in iPad 2, along with its 1080p out functionality and added gyroscope, just bolster its credentials.” After having spent quite a bit of time already with Real Racing HD 2, I’m inclined to agree. (Source: Gigaom)


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