End-User Tools: Desktop™, Remote Play™ and Web Plug-In™
The Gridmedia® Computer Game Framework™ offers three software tools for end-user
computers. The Desktop Application™, available in the system tray, offers essential computer game
functionalities, such as efficient local management of computer games and resources, in-game
heads-up display with social media features, etc. The Remote Play™ tool enables users to try
out games by playing them remotely over the Internet, and the Web Plug-In™ enables computer game-based
Web sites that run computer games inside Web browsers.
Web 3.0 Computer Game Experiences™
With the increasing popularity of both broadband and multicore CPUs, along with the growing
sophistication of game engines and community-driven game development, the stage is certainly
being set for sophisticated 3D content in the Web 3.0 era. Our end-user software tools make it
possible to create Web 3.0 Web sites that use high-end game engines to provide unique and
spectacular user experiences.
Remote Play Experiences™
We can offer end-user and server-side tools to provide remote play experiences where computer
games execute on servers. Our in-game heads-up display (HUD) is inserted into the game on the
server. The HUD can be inserted into any DirectX-based computer game (i.e. most games). Our
end-user remote play tool can connect to the game on the server to display a real-time audio-visual
feed of the game play, and transmit user input data to the game (i.e. keyboard, mouse,
game pad, etc.). Remote play experiences are great for offering demonstrations of games.
Desktop Experiences™
Computer games are usually very large (often several tens of gigabytes). We can offer desktop
tools that make it easier to manage local and remote computer games, as well as enabling new
social media features inside the computer games with our in-game heads-up display.
Licensing the End-User Tools
The End-User Tools are included in the Gridmedia Computer Game Framework. The tools are primarily
licensed as parts of the Gridmedia Partner Program to
providers of computer games. End-users can download the tools as a part of the services that are offered by our partners, or
as a part of the services we offer in our Samples.
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End-User Tools Brochure
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Selected Research Papers
Ole-Ivar Holthe. "A Multimedia Presentation Framework for Web 3.0 Computer Game Experiences." IEEE MultiMedia, October-December 2010, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 70-79.
Ole-Ivar Holthe. "Player GX: Safer Content Only Techniques." Proceedings of the 7th IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference 2010.
Ole-Ivar Holthe, Ola Mogstad, and Leif Arne Rønningen. "Geelix LiveGames: Remote Playing of Video Games." Proceedings of the 6th IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference 2009.
Ole-Ivar Holthe and Leif Arne Rønningen. "GX: Web Browser Plug-In for GPU-based Video Effects." Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference 2008.
Ole-Ivar Holthe, Kristian Amlie, Richard Tingstad, and Leif Arne Rønningen. "Geelix HUD: Capturing and Sharing Live Video and User Input from Computer Games." Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference 2008.