Networking iPhones With iPads For A New Group Gaming Experience
When brainstorming where and how we'll use the iPad, we considered group gaming as one potential use case. We also imagined its possible relationship with TV-based content. One idea that did not come to mind however, was networking iPhones to the iPad for a new interactive gaming experience.
A group of friends is huddled around a coffee table to play Zynga's Poker Live. On the table as a centerpiece is an iPad--it shows a 6 and a pair of Aces as the flop, with a current pot of $100,000. Each player looks at their hand on their iPhones, considers how much they are going to bet. One player taps their bet higher and then flicks their chips off of their iPhone screen and onto the pot pile on the iPad. That's how you do touchscreen Texas Hold'em.
Other possibilities include Scrabble, Settlers of Catan, Risk, etc. With companies like EA already developing creative mobile apps for the iPhone, we look forward to what is in store for this space. Surely there are other applications for this iPhone to iPad network. We salute Fast Company for their imagination, and hope to see this concept become reality one day.
[via kylecameron]
