Gaming CES 2013: Nvidia Unveils Project SHIELD Handheld

[David Sanchez]

Nvidia has announced its latest endeavor, a gaming handheld currently dubbed Project SHIELD. From the looks of it, the SHIELD features a full-sized controller with standard analog sticks, a D-pad, face buttons, and shoulder buttons. It also has a five-inch screen that can display games in 720p.

The SHIELD can run both Android and PC games, giving it access to quite the vast library.

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[slicer4ever]

so, it's essentially streaming from your pc?

that's not too bad, it would really come down to pricing for me.

 

[LocutusEstBorg]

The best part was when that rendered video above turned out to be realtime.

 

[FrozenIpaq]

It's pretty much a combination of existing technologies and concepts. I just wish companies would understand that putting analog sticks directly next to each other never works out well for FPS games.