Otoy’s HTML5 client is powered by ORBX, a new “high-performance media codec built from scratch to decode 1080p video entirely in JavaScript”. Performance is slightly, but noticeably better, in the streamed version, with viewport previews resolving faster.Īccording to the news release, Otoy has also demonstrated the system in use to stream Valve’s Steam client and Photoshop CS6, although we haven’t been able to locate a video of the latter. The demo above shows a test scene running locally in 3ds Max 2014 on a $5,000 Alienware portable and being streamed from Otoy’s cloud service to the browser of an (unspecified, but presumably cheaper) MacBook Pro. Watch 3ds Max running faster on a Mac than a PC – kinda The system works on all HTML5 browsers, including Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari and IE10, including those running on tablets – and yep, on Macs and Linux machines.

Cloud services specialist Otoy has unveiled ORBX.js: a JavaScript library that enables tools like 3ds Max and Photoshop to be virtualised in the cloud and streamed to any HTML5-enabled browser*.

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