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beisun
Well done, I like using QR code for that iPhone to computer connection
jaylin
Ping me if you want to see more cool stuffs on de Mobo.
ronaldylee
pretty neat. your mobile phone becomes a Wii-mote, and any online games can become a Wii game.
jayliew
Very cool. Does this work with Android too?
jaylin
Yes, android and ios.
theFenrir
That's sick, I think I can throw my wii away. =)
geoffrey1211
Does this only work for browsers? How about the iMac itself, or Windows? If that works I can throw my keyboard and mouse away.

Also I have a question - how does the iPhone communicate with the browser? Is it through 3G/4G network to a web server which in turn talks to the client - being your browser? If so, this delay is a significant problem. If there's a way to communicate directly between the browser and iPhone thru wifi this would make you millions and millions of $$$$$

As always, fascinating stuff from Jeff, my great project teammate from Berkeley!

jaylin
HTML5 browsers only. Mainly targets smart TV market in the future. It works with 3G/4G and wifi. Hey, Geoffrey, interested in making some cool HTML5 apps together?
geoffrey1211
yes interested as always, but this yr I'm totally swamped with house search, exam, and keeping my job. When i'm as good a developer as you, maybe i can free up some time... ask my frd Ken Wu! He's constantly motivated about technology
geoffrey1211
oh i mean if you could manufacture a wifi hardware component for a PC/Mac, then your iPhone signal wouldn't need to go around the world before it comes back to the browser
kolinko
well - the problem with doing this through WiFi would be that the setup would be so much harder because of all the various wireless router settings, firewalls etc.
jaylin
exactly. Not all the web application needs <100ms roundtrip anyway.
jtchang
Nice work...got to play with a bit of it tonight and latency is not noticeable at all.
jaylin
It all depends on the location of server. The wifi version will be better.
nt901
Cool. Does it has a SDK for developer?
emiliebadin
cool jeff ! I wanna see it in real (today?). a bluetooth version is the logic way to run. I wanna use it for games wherever I want, by any other computer and play in real time with many other guys based in different locations. what about real time cloud ? using iPhone as a mouse, a remote, it's a very good idea.