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iPhone as a videogame Device

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This is our Moto Chaser game running on the official iPhone & iPod Touch 2.2 OS, but outputing the video to TV using iPod AV cables. We are using the MPT...

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Ars Technica - Infinite Loop:  Hidden SDK features transform iPhone into TV gaming device

Touch Arcade:  Playing Moto Chaser on a TV from an iPhone

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AppleInsider:  Hidden feature turns iPhone into TV gaming device

MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors:  Outputting iPhone Apps to a TV: Moto Chaser Demo

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Hidden SDK features transform iPhone into TV gaming device
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop — Hidden SDK features transform iPhone into TV gaming device By Erica Sadun | Published: December 05, 2008 - 01:08PM CT Look what we found

Playing Moto Chaser on a TV from an iPhone
Touch Arcade — It had recently come to light that the latest iPhone SDKs have an undocumented class that allows for apps to output its video to Video Out rather than to the screen. A couple of interesting examples had been produced, but Ars asked Freeverse to modify their Moto Chaser [App Store] game to try using the new feature. This is the result: Outputting to video-out resulted in a performance hit, so the TV version of the game can only reach approximately 20 frames per second. The game normally runs at 26 fps on the native screen. ...

News: Mix: MotoChaser video, Bose settlement, Dr Awesome, ComiXology
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — Following the discovery of an undocumented iPhone API which allows for the output of video through a Dock Connector-based video cable, Freeverse has created a demo version of its MotoChaser game that runs and displays on a TV. According to Freeverse Producer Bruce Morrison, who found the game ran best on the iPod touch 2G thanks to its faster processor, the game runs at 20 fps (frames per second) through video-out, compared to 26 fps on the device itself, and is “nearly playable,” despite only three hours of development time. A video of the demo in action is available on YouTube . As the API in question is currently unpublished and puts ...

Hidden feature turns iPhone into TV gaming device
AppleInsider — By Katie Marsal Published: 03:00 PM EST With a little work and the help of an undocumented feature in Apple's iPhone Software Developers Kit, one iPhone developer was able to turn its game into a version suited for playback on big-screen TVs. After discovering the hidden MPTVOutWindow class in the iPhone SDK last month, ArsTechnica's Erica Sadun got in touch with Freeverse, makers of Moto Chaser, and encouraged them to experiment with the APIs. A few hours later, the TV version of the iPhone game was born (video below). Though largely demonstrative, the game uses the iPhone's accelerometer for input and steering while routing ...

Outputting iPhone Apps to a TV: Moto Chaser Demo
MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors — Outputting iPhone Apps to a TV: Moto Chaser Demo Friday December 05, 2008 03:01 PM EST; Category: iPhone Written by Arnold Kim Rating (42 Positives; 5 Negatives) [ 33 comments ]

Hidden SDK Gaming Features, iPhone Games On Your TV
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — Ars Technica has been hard at work uncovering hidden features in Apple’s iPhone SDK. Today, they broke ground with their research and have turned the iPhone into a complete gaming device fit for the big screen. The following video is a demo that Ars Technica’s Erica Sadun, and Freeverse, makers of Moto Chaser, have collaborated to produce. It’s a tech demo showing off what is capable when applying some of the iPhone SDK’s hidden features. The iPhone’s accelerometer is used for input, which routes the game video output through a connected video cable into the television. ...

iPhone games now have a TV out option thanks to some tinkering
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — Erica Sadun over at Ars found a little tidbit of programming joy in the form of an undocumented way to push iPhone video to an external TV display. Freeverse, makers of Moto Chaser (iTunes link), took this information and got their application working on the external display in a few hours.   This obviously opens up the possibility for more gaming opportunities although, for many, the Apple Composite AV Cable on the iPhone/iPod touch is cost prohibitive. The hidden libraries, documented below: ...

Super-Secret SDK Video Out Feature Demoed
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — moto After finding some interesting undocumented features in the iPhone SDK, Ars Technica decided to get a hold of Freeverse and see if the company was willing to apply the MPTVOutWindow class to Moto Chaser. The MPTVOutWindow class allows the iPhone to push its screen to a TV instead of its display. The iPhone accelerometer continues to work normally, but the touch screen ignores all your tapping and swiping. Freeverse did a little coding magic and got Moto Chaser to display on a TV using a AV cable connected to the iPhone. The game plays at 20 FPS on a 2G iPod touch. That rate is means the game is "nearly playable" according to Freeverse ...

Playing with Your iPhone on a Big Screen TV Using Video-Out Feature
Touch Podium — Wow, would you have a look at this. I’ve never seen anything like it. This guy is playing with his iPod touch like a normal user would, but instead of looking off the tiny iPod touch screen, he’s got it hooked up to a big screen tv! Here, have a look at the video right away: Okay, so it is a bit laggy, but according to Ars Technica, hooking up your 2nd gen iPod touch to a big screen doesn’t lag at all. Reason behind this is because the 2nd generation iPod touch has a faster processor than the 1st gen iPod touch, or a 1st or 2nd generation iPhone for that matter. Anyway, fact is, video-out ...

iPhone Gaming Comes to Big Screen TVs
Cult of Mac — We reported last week on ...

Hidden feature transforms Apple iPhone, iPod touch into TV gaming devices (with video)
MacDailyNews — Hidden feature transforms Apple iPhone, iPod touch into TV gaming devices (with video) Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 10:38 AM EST "What do you do after uncovering undocumented SDK features ? I got in touch with Freeverse, makers of Moto Chaser, one of the top iPhone games in App Store. After a few back and forth e-mails, they agreed to try applying the MPTVOutWindow class to Moto Chaser to create a TV version of their game. A few hours later, they debuted their demo [see video below]," Erica Sadun reports for Ars Technica. Sadun reports, "This version of Moto Chaser is a tech demo. It uses the iPhone's accelerometer for input and routes the game ...

Games on the TV set from an iPhone
HardMac.com — Source : Ars TechnicaIn firmware 2.2 of the iPhone and of the iPod Touch there is an undocumented library that after study allows one to use a television set as external screen. Freeverse succeeded in very little time to make use of this feature in a special version of its software Moto Chaser and all functions perfectly. The display is done on the screen while the iDevice (that no longer displays anything) is used as remote control. Of course, since Apple have not made this thing official, no software using this library can be made available on ...

Freeverse Demoes TV version of Popular iPhone Game - Moto Chaser
iPhone Hacks — I had reported about the undocumented TV-out feature in iPhone Firmware 2.2 SDK which allow third-party iPhone apps to send video out through the dock connector to an external screen like a television. Freeverse, the developer of popular iPhone game, Moto Racer (now renamed as Moto Chaser) with help from well-known iPhone developer and blogger at Ars Technica, Erica Sadun has just created the TV version of Moto Chaser using this TV-out feature which is quite impressive.

Freeverse experiments with iPhone TV-out capabilities
Macnn | The Macintosh News Network — [image] Freeverse has dabbled with an undocumented iPhone SDK feature that allows apps to use the TV-out function, according to Ars Technica . The developer applied the MPTVOutWindow class to its Moto Chaser game, creating a demo that played on an external display. Users still control the vehicle by tilting the device, but view the racing action on a TV instead of the touchscreen. The experience also benefits from the sound output routing to the TV or other A/V system. The game ran best on the second-generation iPod touch, reaching a rate of 20 frames per second and considered "almost playable" by Freeverse producer Bruce ...

Freeverse shows off iPhone TV-out proof-of-concept
Apple Gazette — The team over at Freeverse have played around with the iPhone’s new undocumented feature that allows apps to use the TV-out function, and have added the feature to a version of their game Moto Chaser. The user uses the iPhone as a controller to tilt the bike from one side to another while racing down a track. There is one little problem, though. The phone’s screen doesn’t work while any of this is happening, so you can’t actually use it for any buttons. That’s a pretty serious limitation that will have to be overcome before this becomes ...

News Roundup for December the 8th
Apple Eclectic — We’ll begin today by squashing one of those crazy rumours which has been flying around recently. It’s okay, everybody. We can all rest easy at night now. President-Elect Obama does not use a Zune. He does not own a Zune. He has never owned a Zune. He has never even met a Zune, apart from that one time, and even then he didn’t inhale. (Of course, most of this hinges on your definition of ‘used’ and ‘Zune’.) Now on to tomorrow’s scandal, and it turns out that the New Aluminium MacBooks don’t play nicely with non-Apple 3rd Party RAM upgrades. Problems with the relatively new DDR3 ...

Is The iPhone Apple's Key To The Living Room? (AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider — Apple's (AAPL) Apple TV set-top box hasn't taken off. So might Apple's best entry into the living room be via some of its portable gadgets -- the iPhone and iPod touch? Below, a video of a very early example of what that could look like: Freeverse Software's Moto Chaser game being played on a flat-panel TV, via a simple A/V cord, via an undocumented bit of code in Apple's latest iPhone firmware. It's not perfect, and not even ideal. Blown up to hi-def TV size, Apple's graphics probably look more like a Super Nintendo than a PS3. Lots of room for performance improvement, provisions for battery life, etc. But ...

Game On Your iPhone, Watch On Your TV
iSmashPhone — Ever been disappointed with gameplay on your iPhone, because the screen's so damn small?  Well, hook it up to your TV, silly!  Handheld game control AND big-screen video -- sounds like a win/win to me! Well, not so fast; right now, the above scenario is still in the "experimental/neat hack" category.  On the plus side, though, it's got a major gaming developer on its side. Here's what happened: whilst poking about in the iPhone SDK last month, Erica Sadun of Ars Technica discovered an unpublished programming class (MPTVOutWindow) that routes the iPhone's video through the ...

iPhone as a videogame Device
The Daily Mac — hippiemanx asked: This is our Moto Chaser game running on the official iPhone & iPod Touch 2.2 OS, but outputing the video to TV using iPod AV cables. We are using the MPTVOutWindow class to do this. Thanks to Erica at Ars Technica for ...