Comments on: Could iPhones Control Avatars?

By: Two Worlds

Two Worlds — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:22:02 +0000

“(play) to the strengths of each device and objects around us to their own core strengths.”

I have no idea what that means. It’s in English, yet the words are indeciperable, save for a lot of vague-sounding buzzwords.

So, in other words, sounds about right for Rivers Run Red.

By: radar

radar — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:20:49 +0000

Stating an opinion is hostile? What’s the world coming to if I can’t reply to your opinion?

The iphone/ipod touch won’t last much more than a half hour under simultaneous heavy wifi and graphics load.

How is that hostile?

By: Adz Childs

Adz Childs — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:19:09 +0000

why so hostile?

By: radar

radar — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:12:13 +0000

I don’t think anyone doubts what the current iphone can do. But to run any kind of worthy SL client would suck the battery down in 5 minutes flat. You’d have the worst of both worlds – a need for constant 3g or wi-fi data sucking, “push me up against the wall and take my lunch money” cpu and gpu use due to the graphic requirements, etc.

I have an ipod touch and I can’t imagine getting more than a 1/2 hour use out of it trying to run any kind of such 3d VW client application. It would be great. But the horrific battery life in the face of harsh performance requirements is also part of what the iphone/ipod touch is capable of, Adz.

By: Adz Childs

Adz Childs — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:00:05 +0000

There’s a free First-Person-Shooter available for iPhone. It’s called called “Cube”. It’s in the app store. It might give you an idea of what the iPhone hardware is capable of.