Google announces game streaming project 'Project Stream', Chrome can make the latest game possible

On October 1, 2018, Google officially announced the development project " Project Stream " of a new game streaming service. From 5th October, we plan to conduct limited tests on "Google Chrome" that you can play " Assassin's Creed: Odyssey " for free.

Pushing the limits of streaming technology
https://www.blog.google/technology/developers/pushing-limits-streaming-technology/

Some of the latest games require quite a high spec, and there is a problem that you can not play unless you have an expensive high-end PC. However, in game streaming, you run a game on the cloud server, and receive and play video and audio. Therefore, players can play the latest games without depending on their own environment.

Google has been rumored that full-scale entry into the game business using the cloud has been done before, and in February 2018 it was reported that it is developing a unique game streaming service.

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This time announced that Google will launch a test to distribute Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, a new work to be released on October 5, 2018, to Ubisoft , a leading game publisher, streaming to Chrome browser from the same day about. It is said that the test will be held until early January 2019.

The streaming of "Assassin's Creed: Odyssey" will also be done targeting Nintendo Switch for Japan only from 5th October. However, while the streaming of Nintendo Switch is limited to 30 fps, "Project Stream" can be played at 60 fps. A movie shows the actual situation of "Assassin's Creed: Odyssey" playing at 1080p · 60fps on Google Chrome.

Project Stream Official Gameplay Capture - YouTube


Since it is a mechanism that exchanges signals, video and sound through the Internet from a server in the distance, the biggest barrier of game streaming is "delay". For example, from the time you press the jump button, the lag slightly enters until the character actually jumps in the game. In the case of streaming delivery of television and movies, some rags are not particularly worrisome, but it will be a great stress for players if a few seconds of lag is born in the game. Mr. Catherine Hsiao, Google product manager, said, "Project Stream measures delay in milliseconds and there is no graphic degradation."

The number of test participants in "Project Stream" is limited, and the qualification for participation application is below.

· Be living in the United States.
· Be at least 17 years old.
· You have a Google Account.
· You must have an Ubisoft account.
· You have the latest version of Chrome on your PC.
· It must be in a stable Internet connection environment of 25 megabits per second or more.

At the time of writing the article, it is unknown whether "Project Stream" will be expanded even in Japan.