Tl;dr: The Parsec team is supper excited to announce our link sharing feature, which lets you invite your friends to play PC games with you over the internet via URL links. Download Parsec here. We are so excited to officially reveal our newest feature — link sharing. Now, with link sharing, you can play games with your […]
Tag: Streaming
Parsec allows you and your friends to connect to one another and play co-op games online over the internet at 60 FPS with HD video. Our streaming software enables new ways to connect and play couch games with minimal lag over large distances. Cuphead is a new game that feels like an homage to Mega […]
By James Stringer Parsec allows for ultra-low latency connections between two gaming devices. With our technology we wanted to allow friends to co-play PC games that don’t have an online mode when they’re not sitting in the same room. We miss the days of sitting on the same couch and playing GoldenEye or trading turns […]
At Parsec we believe that ownership of computers will phase out and be replaced with accessing powerful processing from the cloud. This will eliminate the constant upgrade cycle and replace expensive hardware that you buy with cheaper, lower-powered devices. Nowhere is this need more acute than in gaming. That’s why we believe cloud gaming is […]
By James Stringer We believe that a new era of computing is approaching. Access to high powered computing, rather than ownership, will define the thin-client era, eliminating our constant upgrade cycles and giving everyone the power of a super computer while simply carrying a cheap device. To make this future a reality, a streaming protocol […]
By Benjy Boxer We previously analyzed the performance of our game streaming product, Parsec, versus Steam-in-home-streaming + a VPN (Steam + VPN) over the internet. This set up is your only option for accessing your gaming PC using Steam’s streaming product while you’re outside of your home. It was also the default method for hacking […]
By Benjy Boxer For many experimental projects in cloud gaming, Steam-in-home-streaming + VPN was the original hack that demonstrated the opportunity and potential for cloud gaming today. Larry Gadea wrote this post that got significant traction on Hackernews and elsewhere and helped create a community of enthusiasts on Reddit for cloud gaming. It was our […]
By Spencer McGuire Ever since the release of Windows 10, with its Xbox game streaming feature, I have tried to use the feature when I am not at home. My friends all like to play in the same house, and now that we are all grown up, it’s not as feasible to pack up the […]
by James Stringer Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) provide a secure environment to connect two or more machines. They’re extremely useful for security, but you can also use them to mimic a local area network for other purposes. In the case of low latency game streaming to play computer games over the internet, a VPN can […]