Amazon streams games, apps, and desktops from the cloud with new web tools

Youbetternot · November 13, 2013

Looks like Amazon is going to make a new program for game streaming. Hopefully the program is not so hard too use and not that expensive. I mean it can only stream at 720p and 30 fps max. Also I think it will work for your phones too because it lists android and iOS as softwares compatible. However mac user will have to wait till 2014. You can sign up for a preview right now.

Amazon wants to see apps, games, and entire desktops run out of the cloud, and it's launching two new Web Services products today to see that happen. One tool, called AppStream, will allow developers to completely run and render an application in Amazon's cloud, which can then be beamed down to users on a variety of different platforms. Someone running the app theoretically wouldn't know the difference between something running over AppStream or their local hardware, though that would depend on how quickly the hardware was able to receive the stream.

APPSTREAM CAN REACH 30FPS AT 720P

AppStream isn't a perfect solution yet though, as it will only work on Windows, iOS, Android, and — naturally — Kindle Fires for now. Amazon says that it'll support Macs sometime next year, but it doesn't mention the possibility of it working on other platforms or inside of a browser. AppStream also isn't the best solution for serious games yet, as it can only stream a maximum of 720p at 30FPS. However, Amazon does say that only portions of an app could be streamed, allowing the cloud to just assist in rendering, rather than doing all of it.

source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/13/5100616/amazon-launches-appstream-workspaces-aws-cloud-tools

Sign-up: http://aws.amazon.com/appstream/