I like the fact that Windows 8, and now Xbox One OS introduces the concept of having multiple application visible on the screen at the same time. Sick of Windows 7 (and earlier) where I can only have 1 single application visible at the time. This is progress guys, this is computer science at the maximum level. Multiple applications visible... W.O.W.
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Xbox One UI vid w/Snap
- Thread starter PhatSaqs
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rain elbows
Member
Snap, Microsoft's next-gen faceplate idea.
Sorry man, but Killzone ain't on the XBO.
PS4 has a similar reserve? You're going to have to back that up dude, because I certainly haven't heard it any where. Not with respect to the GPU anyway. Simply put, the PS4 doesn't need such a GPU reserve, but I'd be happy for you to prove me wrong with a link/confirmation.
Pumpkincutter
Banned
I would love to snap some Julia Child shows while playing games. Now that's multi tasking.
Hitmonchan107
Member
Haha, sorry, my brain has been on PS4 overdrive lately.
Seems pointless. When I game, and wanna check a walkthrough, I'll just pull out my smartphone. Same for watching TV. Also I don't mind having multiple apps open and switching between them like a smartphone. The only use for Snap is for Skype. Personally I think it's a waste of system resources.
No surprises in that post.
Looks cool if you have decent apps. I guess something like twitter or some sort of chat room on the side?
Having a web browser and a game running side to side looks terrible but I guess it may work for those achievement hunters.
What I dont like is the Windows 8 "metro" look being forced into gamers. This snap function works on a PC but looks really unnecessary for a console but as long as they fix the bugs and get it running properly, I give MS props for trying new things on the console space.
Having a web browser and a game running side to side looks terrible but I guess it may work for those achievement hunters.
What I dont like is the Windows 8 "metro" look being forced into gamers. This snap function works on a PC but looks really unnecessary for a console but as long as they fix the bugs and get it running properly, I give MS props for trying new things on the console space.
I said some people might like it, which is true. You might not like it, and find it "misguided", but it doesn't really change my point.
Either that's way overdone sarcasm or you just broke my head.
And here I thought I was so obvious that the "joke" was kind of lost.
Looks nice and smooth, keeping in mind that it's obviously pre release firmware.
This should be an obvious joke, but with you, I don't know, lol.
This should be an obvious joke, but with you, I don't know, lol.
Caayn
Member
I meant it more as an ingame snap feature, an overlay as you say it. It isn't crazy to have a stats bar in the right portion of the screen that is controlled in a similar as the official snap feature.
I do it right now, so I don't think it's much of a novelty. Playing the Vita while watching the WS. I used to play StarCraft on my laptop while watching TV/Sports in the background. If they integrate it into the UI, and allow me to watch TV or streams while I play games, I think that's a great feature. Not to mention being able to look things up quickly using voice commands, as well as the other planned stuff.
Plus if you are able to full control it easily and accurately via voice commands, you don't have to take your hands away from the game to a tablet or phone. If you could do it with one device rather than two, then why not? If it is accurate and correct. Shaving a little screen real estate is fine with me.
Hitmonchan107
Member
I think Microsoft wants to combine the second-screen experience into the main screen. I think it's a neat idea, but it has limited uses.
Honestly, I think the second-screen experience is personal. I don't think anyone in the room is going to want to see my Twitter feed while we're watching sports.
VanquishUK
Member
Looking better than I expected. What with all the panic about it being a mess.
So it was the first option, thank god.
Pop
Member
Voice commands through the headset on Ps4, no extra hardware needed. Dat Kinect value
Ninja Scooter
Member
Pretty much how I feel. I guess there could be some near usages with FAQs or walk throughs for a game like, say, Skyrim....but I wouldn't want that taking up a quarter of my screen. I do that now currently with a phone or tablet or even my laptop and don't fine it cumbersome at all. A solution for a problem that doesn't exist.
Am I reading right though that people want to have netflix up, taking up a chunk of the screen, WHILE they play a game? What in the actual fuck? I've heard of short attention spans but goddamn.
Perhaps you missed the many people in this thread alone who already found reasons to use it.
Yeah, I could never get down w/ those uses. For me, the stuff that I mighhtt be into are:
Skype
Music
Lol.
But seriously, it's a cool feature no doubt. Saves some time pulling out your phone or tablet to look up things. I would probably use it for walkthroughs. So I could see what I have to do as I go along instead going back and forth between different devices.
Hitmonchan107
Member
People are saying that they use smartphones and tablets for their second-screen experience. There are some people without those things who play games. Perhaps Snap was designed with them in mind.
Think of the bigger picture, that bar will be used for everything from looking at friends lists, lobbies and parties to viewing your active downloads.
Just as you do at the moment with the guide button, but instead of it blocking your game screen, it conviently appears to one side. I wish the 360 had have been like that.
Presumably a friend is going to be able to send me a funny video clip of what just happened to him in his game , while I confine to play my game.
I love that kid of shit!
It's interesting that people find Windows 8's metro interface hard to use because they have gone from being easily able to switch between multiple applications on the desktop to only having 1 or 2 visible. But for a console gamer, the concept of multitasking is literally disgusting.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Well well, would you look at that. It actually works. And the thing didn't blow up. 
People telling us what can be done with current tech are missing the point. We kinda don't care? We like that the console can do some different things, and gives us these kinds of options. It doesn't matter to us what we can already do on our cell phone, or our computers. People are largely missing the point. A lot of devices that get released nowadays are capable of doing things that you're just as capable, if not more capable, of doing elsewhere. That doesn't somehow make these kinds of features a useless thing for people interested in giving them a try.
People telling us what can be done with current tech are missing the point. We kinda don't care? We like that the console can do some different things, and gives us these kinds of options. It doesn't matter to us what we can already do on our cell phone, or our computers. People are largely missing the point. A lot of devices that get released nowadays are capable of doing things that you're just as capable, if not more capable, of doing elsewhere. That doesn't somehow make these kinds of features a useless thing for people interested in giving them a try.
IHaveCandy
Banned
I've come to find that I enjoy gaming a lot more when I turn off Skype, don't look on my phone, don't browse on steam's browser and just focus on the game. I really don't care for this experience MS is trying to sell.
Masked_Ninja
Member
Can the ps4 multitask like the one?
Say I'm in a multiplayer game can i multitask whilst playing.
Say I'm in a multiplayer game can i multitask whilst playing.
Nothing I enjoy more than rooting around my living room trying to find the headset when I want to issue a voice command. Huzzah!
And there are those of us that have tablets/phones that will never use them while playing a game. Why would I if I can snap in an app that already does what I want? Or at the very least multi-task fullscreen, which both consoles should be able to handle. "Just use a tablet" isn't a next gen experience I'm looking for.
I know what you're referencing but isn't this type of post similar to "hive mind" talk? People are referencing this in multiple threads, and it only originated from a select few users. Please give it a rest.
Or just maybe looking at a single screen could be useful?
... I'm assuming this isn't sarcasm. Voice control is about as close to replacing a keyboard and mouse as [too tired to think of good analogy].
This seems mostly appropriate for something you can oh on and jus leave there without having to do anything. Lengthy videos, Skype maybe...
Ol No Bones
Banned
Looks alright to me. I don't know what I would use it for honestly.
Good thing you aren't forced to snap then right?