Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Limelight, your PC games in Android

A new application brings the possibility of playing streaming in your Android smartphones and tablets your PC games, all without paying an exorbitant price to do so. During 2014, NVIDIA introduced its range of Shield devices. These devices, in addition to the enormous power of Tegra K1, included an interesting technology that NVIDIA dubbed as gamestreaming. 


Androids devices are very weak in power really good PC, that's why Limelight allows you to continue your  PC games in Shield and other Android devices. so with gamestreaming permitted you can play them while your PC is the one that does all the work.

But as any owned technology, everything is not as nice. To use this new form of game we needed a good PC and a Shield device. And this is where Limelight, an open source client that let us enjoy gamestreaming technology on any Android (with a minimum of power).


Although Limelight works with a touchscreen, it is better for gaming experience for many current games to use a gamepad. Limelight supports a few Bluetooth drivers, including Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Moreover, even supports NVIDIA Shield as a controller in case someone who would pique the curiosity in this matter.

The configuration of the app is simple. In terms of resolution and framerate, Limelight gives the option of streaming both 720 and 1080 points and a speed of 30 or 60 frames per second.

Limelight, your PC games in Android