(02-25-2014, 12:54 AM)pauldacheez Wrote: There's still enough inherent latency to that, at least in our current reality where data can't be transmitted faster than light, that plenty of processing still needs to be done on-device. You wouldn't want UI responsiveness, input lag, or audio latency to be dictated by network speed.
Well with regards to gaming the latency is always going to be there one way or the other. I'd rather see input lag as opposed to shooting a guy in the head and then him miraculously flying across the screen.
But away from gaming it's inevitable. Image and video prepossessing is all going to be done server side and not at a device within your home. Lag isn't going to be an issue for any of this kind of stuff.