Nvidia has made three big
announcements before CES starts, its latest mobile processor, a new
handheld gaming console, and a cloud gaming service.
Nvidia has
been sending some major shockwaves throughout the gaming community and
CES hasn’t even started yet. Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has been on stage
pre-CES, making some major announcements like the introduction of a
cloud based gaming system, a new optimization tool for the PC gamer and
the clincher, a new handheld portable gaming system that can also be a
proper console.
Nvidia has announced Project Shield, a prototype Android-based gaming system running on Nvidia’s new Tegra 4
chip. The handheld gaming console can also output full HD (or 4K) video
to a screen without any lag (as seen in the image below). Ports
included on Shield include an HDMI port, micro-USB, and a microSD port
for storage expansion.
What’s also great about this little guy
is that it comes with a 5-inch 720p HD screen which folds out to reveal
the controller. The console is supposed to be able to play all Android
games given it is Android based, but will also stream their PC games and
Steam
titles thanks to a built-in app that will give them remote access to
their Nvidia Kepler-based machines, via 'GeForce Experience' software,
over Wi-Fi.
Nvidia also rebranded GeForce Grid to
Nvidia Grid, essentially a server rack packed with a multitude of GPUs
that will be capable of pushing 3D and HD gaming content to the cloud.
Nvidia Grid enables users to synch their games and devices with the
cloud (like with Project Shield), so that any game that’s started on a
tablet or a PC can be continued on the other device, which is great.
Nvidia Grid is currently in testing phase and will be available to
partners soon.
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The last announcement by Nvidia is aimed
at PC gamers, who might actually be pretty excited. Nvidia launched the
Nvidia GeForce Experience (which we've briefly touched upon above), a
nifty utility for auto-optimizing graphics settings. Based on the PC
configuration and setup, Nvidia GeForce Experience tunes the game
settings automatically, eliminating the need to tune them manually.
All in all, it’s been a pretty big day
not just for Nvidia, but also for a lot of gamers and enterprises.
Between the new handheld console and the cloud gaming, Nvidia is
definitely starting to push boundaries. For more details about the Tegra
4 processor, check out our in-depth article.
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