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iPhone Moto Chaser on TV

Posted December 5, 2008 at 4:15pm by iClarified · 6813 views
Freeverse, makers of Moto Chaser, have demoed a test version of their game being outputted from the iPhone to a TV.

Ars Technica contacted Freeverse asking them to try applying the MPTVOutWindow class to Moto Chaser to create a TV version of their game. A few hours later they had a demo...

This version of Moto Chaser is a tech demo. It uses the iPhone's accelerometer for input and routes the game video out through a connected video cable to TV. Freeverse quickly found that the program played best on the second-generation iPod touch. The newer touch is built on a 532MHz CPU versus the original iPhone's 412MHz. This extra speed helps up the frame rate produced by the device, the key component for any first person interactive video game.

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