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Second Life on your Mobile Phone? Thanks to Vollee, the Answer is an Intriguing 'Yes'

Newsweek
April 21, 2008
N'Gai Croal

We've never quite been able to appreciate the phenomenon that is Second Life. Nevertheless, even the metaverse-averse like ourselves can appreciate the wizardry involved in our exclusive video demonstration of Second Life on a mobile phone. That wizardry is made possible by a startup called Vollee, which is capable of serving up games whose graphics and CPU requirements are more demanding than a typical phone can handle to the Vollee client which users install on their handsets. The folks at Vollee remap the menus and controls for each game to optimize them for the smaller screen and the limited controls. During a recent demonstration at Level Up HQ, we saw a PS2 board sports game running reasonably well on a phone. We'll have more coverage of Vollee in the weks to come, as well as our thoughts on the implications of this technology, but for now, enjoy the video.

Video tutorial on Second Life running on mobile phones via Vollee.

Description: The latest in mobile gaming, Vollee streams PC titles to mobile handsets

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