chickdigger802
Banned
Looks like win 8. It was kinda cool for a day on pc. Not sure if this will have any use on a tv.
It could be cool though.
It could be cool though.
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Xbox One UI vid w/Snap
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Yeah, definitely agree.
How do we know it was live?
Instead of bickering over previous rumors, can someone please answer me if we know yet whether or not we can keep the original aspect ratio when snapping instead of squishing the screen?
Also, can I move the snap window and overlay it on the screen anywhere I'd like?
Basically I don't want to squish the picture, but it would be great to be able to put a walkthrough video wherever a game has less use of the screen. So for example, you can take over part of the HUD on the lower right corner instead of squishing the whole picture.
Thanks!
This would be great
Would be cool if you could have the game running in the background and have the web browser on top of it, semi-transparent. Well maybe it would work, maybe it wouldn't. Options would be good.
ZedIndyLil
Member
I'm still a little unconvinced that I'd use this feature all the time, but I'd really need to play around with it firsthand to know for sure. And an absolutely necessary predicate for me adopting this feature is that it be really snappy and flawless to execute. The video seems to support that, but one of the things causing all the hubbub over the last week is accounts that Snap doesn't play nice with the other apps and causes frequent crashes right now. So we'll just have to see when this thing enters the wild.
Yep, it's super dumb.
It's a positive X1 video.
It probably isn't due to being posted on Gaf though because almost every X1 vid I have seen has a pretty bad like/dislike ratio.
By the looks of it I'd have died half a dozen times by the time I find what I need. I'd rather just pull out my smartphone for a quick google search.
Snapped tv on the other hand is a different story. That is a feature I would want.
Zombie James
Banned
Working, but looks to be on the rough side. I don't think using IE made for a pretty good example, either. It would be much quicker for me to just whip out my phone if I wanted to check something online.
I guess. For things that you want instant notification of - eg scores, twitter updates etc it might be useful to have it in your line of sight but not necessarily fully focused on it. It will be interesting to see what people come up with for that area.
Sutton Dagger
Member
I'm still not sure why I would ever want to use this? I'm just not seeing the usefulness in a world with smartphones/tablets.
But which one is which, derFeef? BUT WHICH ONE IS WHICH!?
There have been various videos demonstrating various dashboard features since E3. Have a look around and you'll find them on wired and other places.
There are also numerous shaky cam videos that people have taken and snippets from streams that have been done.
Microsoft have released 2 videos that show a working interface or a 'sequence shortened' interface in the last month.
On the flip side of this you have got Sony who have shown EVEN less and are launching 7 days earlier.
I don't think you have looked hard enough before making those comments.
Opinions. How do they work?
Caayn
Member
How do we know it was Live? It could have just as well been staged, much like every other E3 presentation.
Looks okay.
Should get better as it comes long. Compare original 360 dash, to what it is now. Night and day.
I think that being able to follow a stream while you play would be great. Can you display a cable signal (HDMI) through the Xbone? Would be great to hook up the cable box, and watch a football game while playing on the other side. Might be compressed, but worth it if you could do something like that.
Should get better as it comes long. Compare original 360 dash, to what it is now. Night and day.
I think that being able to follow a stream while you play would be great. Can you display a cable signal (HDMI) through the Xbone? Would be great to hook up the cable box, and watch a football game while playing on the other side. Might be compressed, but worth it if you could do something like that.
Brain of J
Banned
Is the Snap feature supposed to also work without Kinect? I'd love to never plug that thing in...
Syphon Filter
Member
Good question.
That's because we haven't used it. I think once we get hands on, we'll love this feature.
Unconfirmed, but looked to be operated via controller only in the video.
The snap window is too small. It's the same deal on Windows 8. The tiling implementation is just not big enough to do anything besides load a small list (like a build order for SC2, skill order for League/Dota, Tweets). The tiling is just bad. I wish MS would give us more robust tiling options. Not even awesome or xmonad levels, but just something a little more.
That video showed them snapping it without kinect.
You select the app then choose 'snap' from the menu that appears. On the machine I tried there was even a specific option to 'snap and app' on the main dash.
Just telling the machine to snap a particular app seems more convienient though.
Change the settings so that it only shows mobile sites, then browse mobile GAF while playing a game. Some people might like that.
HarryDemeanor
Member
That was one of their examples I believe. Having a NFL or any sports game snapped to side while playing a Xbox game.
It's actually better if they use the notification for that instead of wasting 1/4 of the screen.
Sutton Dagger
Member
Sorry I should have reiterated in my post, what application does this have in a world full of smartphones/tablets?
Really do not see the point of this feature. With everyone having phones and tablets. Seems this would have been cool on x360 when most people didnt have a second screen with them.
Hope they have some good ideas down the road for this. I hope the rumors of the performance problem from this feature are just bugs in the code. I would hate it if a lot of the system resources are reserved for this "feature."
Hope they have some good ideas down the road for this. I hope the rumors of the performance problem from this feature are just bugs in the code. I would hate it if a lot of the system resources are reserved for this "feature."
digoutyoursoul
Member
Agreed but that's how it is, awful community in my opinion especially some of the personalities that post videos there. Good luck to them anyway, hope things get better.
Skype could be cool. Tv watching could be cool. Walkthrough + gameplay could be cool.
I dunno. I don't know that any of those are super compelling, but I think the possibilities are cool and theres potential for awesome stuff.
lastflowers
Banned
Assuming they do dash updates like last gen, I hope they bring Win8.1's 1/2-1/2 snap feature. That will be perfect for me. Already I'm foresee using this snap feature as it is currently a lot.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
It actually looks functional but I hope they give you the option to just overlay and swap instead of it just sitting there in the corner.
False edit, I just got to that part but the game looks squished. I'm pretty sure you can just got from game to browser so the end product should be fine.
False edit, I just got to that part but the game looks squished. I'm pretty sure you can just got from game to browser so the end product should be fine.
It snaps any app doesn't it?. Skype etc. Video calls while still playing etc. Music apps. Video apps. Your recorded video apps. There's loads of great uses.
Yes, I know you can with Netflix and imagine it would be the same for the others.
I'm not disagreeing with you and I see your point but the benefit of this is that you don't have to look away from the screen. Also, you can be watching tv and have espn snapped like the fantasy football feature that they're promoting. I'm not a fan but that's pretty cool. Multitasking isn't forced. I'm sure you'll find a good combo.
maybe then you are waiting for the multi game to fill with players and start. snap mode could be useful to check your twitter or have a news reader and check the latest news etc.
flamingotripod
Member
Because the smaller PiP screen would be so small it would be unusable unless you had at least a 60inch TV.