Why Cloud-Based Rendering Could Be a Milestone in the Gaming Industry
Rendering via cloud services for high-end gaming is becoming more of a common sight, under the banner of accessibility to the masses.
Cloud-based animation tools allow game developers and animators to develop realistic graphics suited for very powerful games from a home PC, without need of expensive hardware. They design and develop the image or visual file from a cloud-based interface, and seamlessly render on powerful servers equipped with high-end graphic processors.
It is nearly impossible for people with limited financial resources to buy expensive graphic rendering machines, hence the cloud can help them collaborate with other developers and produce quality graphical game content. Experts believe such rendering capability paves the way for a future where consoles are modeled on cloud-based rendering services easily accessible by internet.
We might already be starting to witness evolution of Games as a Service (GaaS) platforms where a developer can run powerful games that require extensive graphic rendering capabilities on remote servers via a cloud service stream. The games rendering would have enough capability to stream the basic gaming platform to user devices and provide an operational platform for developers.
Such a system of using cloud computing for game rendering would result in significant cost reductions for gaming consoles thanks to a gaming cloud present exclusively for the required games.
Developers, meanwhile, need not make apps for multiple platforms nor test for adaptation in multiple platforms. They need simply create a single game file and submit to the remote server for rendering. The Games as a Service system would stream a compatible version of the game to every user device and realize multi-device portability for different stages of the games. Hence game rendering via the cloud facilitates game portability.
When game developers get cheap access to high-end gaming tools, they can concentrate more on developing more realistic and intense games without worrying about the possible resources needed to play the game.
Portable gaming solutions are almost here. Thanks to cloud.
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