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Re: Chrome World Wide Maze

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post #38

I would love to see some apps better integrated - basic stuff like calendar and todo (BTW check out http://drive.google.com/keep - it's a rival to Evernote) That was solved and properly done tens of years ago on the palm. Why can't I have something at least as good right into the browser, synced with my google account?? (Edit: not the wrong place since you already do your mail with a browser... and keep your contacts…

Wrong place?

Re: Chrome World Wide Maze

#42

The reason this is so impressive is that it brings together three technologies that people aren't used to even seeing one good implementation of yet: * HTML5 accelerometer support * Sync between mobile/desktop using websockets * Web page slicing based (by the look of it) on DOM and image processing …and of course this is in a nice responsive WebGL-rendered package, which people are getting more used to thanks to the…

Well, good is bit of a stretch. On first try I got disconnected during loading the level. On the second the level loaded but accelerometer does not work, only the buttons do. Also the screen on the phone (Galaxy Nexus) is upside down.

Re: Chrome World Wide Maze

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post #29

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Yes, that's what I've been dreaming of ever since I first saw a smartphone. I'm very surprised it isn't as obvious to other people how cool it would be. The smartphone is the perfect game controller. For example a strategy game played on a TV together with friends where each phone is not only used for controls but also showing (private) game data and more!

No, it's not a perfect game controller. A convenient one maybe, but not perfect, not even good. It has the same problem that you would encounter if you tried touch typing on an iphone keyboard. It has no physical feedback so you have no idea if you are pressing the correct button (or any button at all) on the phone screen unless you are actually looking at it. Which means you won't be able to look at the TV screen at…

So you think it would suck or what?

Re: Chrome World Wide Maze

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The connect doesn't work for me. I tried using the TabSync method and by typing the code manually. It just keep saying "please enter the 6-digit code". Does this try to do a direct connection? In my network, that probably wouldn't work because of our firewall. Or it might if the port it listens on is high enough.

had the same issue, type the url on your pc into your phone and it will connect for you.

Re: Chrome World Wide Maze

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The connect doesn't work for me. I tried using the TabSync method and by typing the code manually. It just keep saying "please enter the 6-digit code". Does this try to do a direct connection? In my network, that probably wouldn't work because of our firewall. Or it might if the port it listens on is high enough.

I had to pause Ghostery before it would allow me to connect.

Re: Chrome World Wide Maze

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Working perfectly with Version 25.0.1364.160 Ubuntu 12.10 (25.0.1364.160-0ubuntu0.12.10.1)

but i got directed to this page: http://chrome.com/maze/pc/not-supported/ on Ubuntu 12.10 Chrome Version 25.0.1364.172

It depends on your video card and drivers whether WebGL will be automatically enabled / supported. I had to go to chrome://flags and enable the

Override software rendering list Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android Overrides the built-in software rendering list and enables GPU-acceleration on unsupported system configurations.

Option to get WebGL enabled by default

Re: Chrome World Wide Maze

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post #2

I think this is the first time I've been genuinely impressed with a Chrome Experiment. They've recreated Super Monkey Ball entirely inside the browser, with the option of using a device as a controller. Certainly an interesting concept for multiplayer gaming, imagine Chrome running on a Smart TV(Chrome OS TV?) and a couple of friends can hook up their mobiles as controllers, and play some casual party style games lik…

While I can't test the demo as I don't have an iOS or Android device around I don't think this is anything special. It's been done already, see for example: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brassmonke...
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