Nvidia revealed today that it will enter the console market with plans to introduce its own handheld later this year, in a move that surprised industry observers.
Known as Project Shield, the Android-based device matches a 5-inch 720p multitouch display with an Xbox 360-like controller and comes powered by Nvidia's latest Tegra 4 micro-processor.
The console also has the ability to stream more advanced games over a home Wifi network by tapping the power of Nvidia's graphics cards for PCs.
The console can connect to Google's Play app store and Nvidia's own Tegra app store, giving it access to thousands of games and applications and comes with a reported battery life of 5-10 hours for gameplay or up to 24 hours of HD video playback.
Jen-Hsun Huang, Nvidia's chief executive, demonstrated Project Shield at Nvidia's CES press conference. He used the device to stream games from a local computer, as well as showing its capability to bounce the game's view from the console's 5-inch display to an HDMI-connected external display, powering a resolution of up to 4k.
Mr Huang explained this feature was the solution to a problem that had frustrated gamers for a long time, the inability to bring games from their computers to their living room TVs. "We're about to change all that," He said.
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