Is Microsoft breaking into, or rather creating, the games broadcasting market? They just filed their 5,000th patent in the US and funnily enough it is for a technology that allows people to join games as spectators from anywhere in the world.
Apparently users will be able to control instant replays, create highlight reels and also use the multitude of virtual cameras that will be positioned around the particular game they are watching - sound a bit like Gotham TV?
Patent no. 6,999,083 provides for technologies that allow people to not just play video games against each other online, but to join the game as a spectator from anywhere in the world.
The patent, which covers technologies that will be featured in Xbox 360 games, brings new innovation to online gaming by allowing consumers to tune into a video game much as they would a sporting event broadcast.
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