I'm still maintaining that AirPlay holds a LOT more in store than just video streaming.
iOS 5 will be all about streaming your content via wifi to other devices. That includes apps...for example, imagine using your iPhone to control an Angry Birds game on your TV screen.
When I first heard something like this a while back with just Apple TV I thought...ehhhh, nothing great do you shake the whole TV??
But reading your comment and using the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch as a remote (WiiMote) I can TOTALLY see this as Apple's step into the Video Game console!!
This would totally kick other consoles in the butt allowing you to essentially play any games you have anywhere on the go and at home.
Apple as a Media center....not a particular device but all of them.
Imagine this...
You're watching reruns of Arrested Development on Hulu Plus on your iPad, and you walk into your living room, hit the AirPlay button, and it's streaming on your TV.
Or you're reading a comic book from Marvel or Comics+ or whatever other app you prefer. Hit AirPlay, and you're reading your comics on your TV, using gestures on your iDevice to flip through the pages, and pinch to zoom.
Or your favorite baseball team is playing, but the game is not showing in your area, so you pull up MLB At Bat on your iPad, stream the game to your TV, and the iPad still shows all the stats of the game.
Or (here's my favorite one) you're playing Star Wars: Trench Run on your iPhone. You hit the AirPlay button in the app, and, boom, you're racing down the Death Star trench on your big screen while using the iPhone as a controller. (SW:TR already does this on a computer, to a less elegant degree.) Taking it to the next level, you also have your iPad there next you, and you use it to control speed, shields, your ship's power settings...
This would definitely make things more interesting. Kind of convoluted- feeding video to the iOS device (likely via WiFi) and then back out to theThat's what I am wondering..
wow...people are getting WAY ahead of themselves here. Apple has ONLY shown being able to play iTunes bought material through airplay. Considering that they STILL only allow iTunes material to be streamed to ATV (v1), I think everyone is going to be GREATLY disappointed when they learn that AirPlay only works with Apple iTunes video.
There is absolutely NO evidence to believe otherwise at this point...
You theoretially should be able to watch Hulu Plus so long as it is encoded in H.264 (and doesn’t get blocked once the networks figure out what Apple has done here).
I use AirVideo to play my mkv's, does this mean, I will be able to stream my MKV's to the new ATV?
Of course it was intentional.
I am waiting for googletv to stream content from the android tablet man.
That's what I am wondering..
If the upcoming VLC app and RMXO's treasured AirVideo gets Airplay support...
...game, set, match.
Well, AirVideo uses the standard video controller (right?). Based on this early testing, it certainly seems like it would work, too. Of course since it's likely the same video feed coming through the iOS device, it will be at that res, scaled up for your TV. Yay for the iPhone 4 having such a decent resolution (even though not HD, still better than DVD resolution).
I really really hope this standard functionality sticks in 4.2 final and doesn't get watered back down.
well i might just be getting an apple tv then
I assure you they have figured out what Apple has done here, and they will quickly figure out how to block it.
Using the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch as a remote (WiiMote) I can TOTALLY see this as Apple's step into the Video Game console!!
This would totally kick other consoles in the butt allowing you to essentially play any games you have anywhere on the go and at home.
I was wondering in another thread what happened to CBS' announcement of an app similar to ABC Player. I guess this is what happened. At least I hope so.
Nice "Go To Market Strategy", Mr. Jobs. Very well played sir.![]()