Today, NVIDIA is releasing an update to their SHIELD handheld console that brings much appreciated improvements. GameStream, the ability to stream PC games to your SHIELD, has been boosted to support 1080p and 60 frames per second when connected through an ethernet cable. You still get 60 FPS when on WiFi, but you’ll drop to 720p. This means you can play some of your favorite games on SHIELD rather than staring at a computer screen.
GamePad Mapper, which allows you to customize your controls, has been given the option to share, download, and rate mapping profiles created by the community. Also, the gyro sensors can be mapped through to analogs to simulate the activity. The right thumbstick can be mapped to look around (like a conventional controller) for games that regularly change perspective via swiping on the touchscreen.
Other updates include enhancements to full-screen mode, GRID Cloud Gaming, and TegraZone. Full-screen mode now has an option to automatically hide the status bar and displaying it by swiping down from the top of the screen. GRID Cloud Gaming adds the NVIDIA Grid app to allow instant streaming for PC games if you live near NVIDIA’s cloud gaming servers in California. TegraZone, the spotlight sections for games, now highlights which games support the aforementioned GamePad Mapper Android games.
Source: NVIDIA
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