And Now I Can Watch What I Play
[Via ITVibe] Microsoft has registered a patent (its 5,000th), which covers the technology that allows an online gamer to become a spectator in the games he/she is playing in!
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..