With the announcement of the Microsoft Surface Tablet and features (including Xbox intergration and smart glass), what could this mean for future games?
More specifically, what could it mean for Halo 4?
With the Wii U bringing tablet intergration into the console mix, it’s not hard to imagine Sony and Microsoft bring something to compete.
Microsoft have pretty much confirmed this with the announcement of smart glass. This does however put the responsibility in the developers hands to make it all relevant and worth having.
Since not everyone own a tablet, it’s not a likely thing to have deep game mechanics built for tablet use.
However tablets do offer a stand alone use.
We’ve already seen this with the Halo waypoint apps and Atlas feature, but as a tablet platform, there are more possibilities to be explored.
Such as:
Video streaming
Allowing guests to play on a secondary screen (tablet) instead of sharing
Replay your entire campaign playthrough as a cinematic experience, but with the option to control the camera at will if you wish
Replay CGI scenes
Play away from console
Streaming save clips from your fileshare, without needing to render
Mobile forge
Forge on the go using the touch screen and accelerometers for manipulation
Mobile theatre
Edit entire film clips entierely on the tablet
Control the in theatre camera with the table touch screen and accelerometer
Edit and share snapshots seamlessly
Those are the obvious features I could think of.
What would you like to see? I personally would love to have a Surface tablet, they look awesome!!
Halo 4 + Surface = More Win