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Title: Controllers unleashed: Apple TV gaming is about to get a Kraken-sized upgrade! Post by: HCK on July 29, 2016, 04:05:20 pm Controllers unleashed: Apple TV gaming is about to get a Kraken-sized upgrade!
Brianna Wu is the head of Development at Giant Spacekat, host of Disruption and Rocket on Relay, and co-author of Women in Tech. She also lives to troll iMore senior editor Georgia Dow. */ /*-->*/ /*-->*/ By removing the Siri remote requirement in tvOS 10, Apple is making a big improvement to Apple TV gaming. In every way, the new Apple TV is a step up from the version it replaced. The interface is better, its channel selection is massively expanded, and forget the haters — I find the new remote a blast to use. But as much as I love it, I found it hard at first to not feel a bit frustrated by the state of gaming on the platform. Thankfully, I have hope that this will soon be changing — starting with restrictions being lifted on custom controllers. Remote limitations The Siri Remote makes a lot of sense for watching TV and navigating content. It offers a touch area a bit larger than a postage stamp at the tip of the remote — just large enough for your thumb... Source: Controllers unleashed: Apple TV gaming is about to get a Kraken-sized upgrade! (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/z0F4vxhPKn0/apple-tv-about-to-release-gaming-kraken) |