PlayKey: Play Games for Windows on a Mac without a virtual machine

As we all know, with games on computers from Apple is a very big problem, in contrast, it is necessary notice from mobile solutions, where the games much more than the competition, and the quality of their implementation significantly it's better. Recently, however, on OS X started to appear not only game projects AAA-class, but also a variety of indie titles. But the theme of this post a few of the other - on the development of so-called "cloud gaming".

If my memory serves me, it all started a couple of years ago with the company GaikaiWho has decided to donate all indifferent to the games a "New Game Experience", as it is now fashionable to call. This new gaming experience was the fact that it is now spending time in your favorite universe can be virtually any device that has a display and access to the Internet. All calculation operations GaiKai taking on itself, giving the user a video stream to the display of the mobile device or computer monitor.

The air smelled of the revolution, but then bought a promising project company Sony, developments which started to implement in their products. So the opportunity to continue to stream games from the PS 4 to PS Vita, and the summer will start a full-fledged analog which allows to stream games from Sony older systems to their new PS 4.

Some time later, after the appearance of Gaikai, appeared similar service - OnLiveWhich, unfortunately, is not so "fired", but continued to exist and develop to this day.

Of these services has been known for quite outside of Russia (mainly in the US and Europe), which is not surprising - after all they are made far outside the Russian Federation. But, as if this were not enough, the former Soviet Union also developed similar projects, such as the newly opened service cloud PlayKey games.

Perhaps the most interesting things you already know: the principle of operation is similar to foreign analogues. First, you install a special plug-in for your browser, and then connect to the service to your Facebook account and get access to a library of games on the site. Now simply select a game from the list and click on its cover. After a few seconds in your browser you will see a window in which to broadcast your running game. Straightforward combination of keys Alt + Enter to deploy applications on the entire screen, and voila! - you can begin to flow. As you can see, everything is simple. In addition, you do not need additional configuration.

Now the bad news. First we need to understand that such stream is strong enough clog your channel. Therefore, if you want to enjoy high-quality picture without delay and various "artifacts" in the video, you need to have a speed of at least 5 Mbps. Naturally, the higher - the better.

The second unpleasant moment - the very game library. At the moment, they are very few. Although it can be attributed to the novelty of the project - PlayKey service just over a month, so the more you can expect as a major, new titles and classic, proven project time.

Well, the last drawback: the supported platforms. In contrast to Western competitors, PlayKey only works on Windows and Mac - Produce it means that the game can only run on these operating systems. Support for iOS, Android and Windows Phone is not yet implemented.

Nevertheless, this is a small step into the future, to evaluate which jobs you can now on the official site of the project. Let's hope for the rapid development and stable operation.