Flash Player 11 and AIR 3: For HD Video and 3D Gaming on Multiple Platforms
By Dennis Kuba
September 22, 2011
September 22, 2011
- Adobe announced this week Adobe Flash Player 11 and Adobe AIR 3 software to enable “console quality” 2D and 3D games and scientific visualizations for multiple platforms including Android, Apple iOS (via AIR), BlackBerry Tablet OS, Mac OS, Windows, connected TVs and others.
- Adobe touts 1,000 times faster rendering performance over Flash 10 and AIR 2 enabling 60 frames per second rendering and console-quality games on Mac OS, Windows and connected TVs. A production release for mobile is coming.
- Content protection is available using Adobe Flash Access 3 on supported platforms — “including support for mobile platforms,” explains the press release — with support for rental and subscription options “to more than 80 percent of the U.S. pay TV subscribers.”
- HD full frame video quality can be displayed on iOS devices using H.264 hardware decoding to deliver 7.1 channel surround sound.
Topics: 3D, Adobe, Adobe AIR 3, Air, AirPlay, Android, Apple, BlackBerry, BlackBerry Tablet OS, Connected TV, Flash, Flash Player 11, Gaming, Google, HD, iOS, Windows
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Adobe continues to impress me.
Adobe continues to impress me.
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