Tao Breaks Through to the Next Level of Mobile Gaming with intent GamePlayer; Software Platform for Mobile Devices Delivers First Truly Portable, Native 3D Experience on your Mobile Phone.READING, England -- Tao Group Tao Group was a software company headquartered in Reading, Berkshire,UK. It developed intent, a software platform. intent enabled content portability by delivering services in a platform independent format called Virtual Processor (VP). announces availability of the intent(R) GamePlayer, a high-performance, portable platform that delivers console-quality gaming to mobile devices. With native-level performance, in a portable format, the intent GamePlayer has the power to unify the fragmented mobile device market and create a compelling revenue opportunity for major developers, content owners and service providers alike. The opportunity for mobile gaming is enormous, with the total market value predicted to exceed $18 billion by 2009 (BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. Online). However, to date there has been a scarcity of premier 3D content because the economics have not supported its development. The handset market is fragmented with thousands of variations in technology. Java has provided a cross-platform option with which to address the market, but it does not deliver an experience on a par with today's consoles. Developing games for a specific combination of hardware and software offers greater performance, but is time consuming and costly. With binary portability, the intent GamePlayer offers true 'write once, run anywhere' capabilities across each class of hardware and across any underlying operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . And it unlocks the native performance capabilities of the smartphone to deliver a compelling 3D experience that for the first time is competitive with dedicated gaming devices. "Tao has the only credible path to native 3D gaming performance with full portability, ," commented Ray Burgess, chief executive of Tao Group. "Premier games content written in native code can be ported to the player in days, rather than months, and this binary becomes portable across all comparably equipped devices enabled with the intent game player! The opportunity for game developers and network operators is tremendous." Tao's announcement follows the creation in January of a new open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced working group for mobile gaming, the OpenKODE (Khronos Open Development Environment) initiative, of which Tao is fully supportive. Tao will be demonstrating the intent GamePlayer at 3GSM Barcelona, 13-16 February. Discover more at the Tao Roadshow, directly outside the main halls, locations AV20-25. ABOUT TAO GROUP Tao has created intent(R) a seamlessly integrated, high-performance multimedia software platform for embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. , mobile, consumer electronics and automotive devices. An open platform intended for network operators, manufacturers and content publishers alike, intent's feature-rich multimedia capabilities facilitate the development, interaction and execution of applications in - C, C++, Java(TM), assembler Software that translates assembly language into machine language. Contrast with compiler, which is used to translate a high-level language, such as COBOL or C, into assembly language first and then into machine language. and scripting languages A high-level programming, or command, language that is interpreted (translated on the fly) rather than compiled ahead of time. A scripting, or script, language may be a general-purpose programming language or it may be limited to specific functions used to augment the running of an . intent supports dynamic, downloadable content and the execution of services on the most pervasive range of digital appliances Any apparatus controlled by a computer. It may refer to an actual household appliance (coffee maker, toaster, etc.) that is computerized, but often refers to a handheld device such as a pager, cellphone or PDA. See Internet appliance. , achieving industry-leading benchmark performance through efficient coding. The Company is headquartered in Reading, England with offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Japan. http://tao-group.com intent is a registered trademark of Tao Group Ltd. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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