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Apple releases AirPlay video for 4.2 iPad feature

Apple has released a new promotional video that informs customers about AirPlay, the iOS 4.2 (and iTunes) feature that lets customers stream movies, music and photos from an iOS device to a current-generation Apple TV, Airport Express-connected speakers or AirPlay-enabled speakers.*

We’re testing this now, but the happy actor in the video makes it look easy. Just tap the AirPlay icon on your iOS device to send video, audio or photos to the appropriate device. With the multitasking power of iOS 4.2, you can even leave the video app playing, for example, and knock off a game of Angry Birds while you watch your show.

Note that AirPlay is very much a one-way street. That means you can send data from an iOS device to an Apple TV or speakers, and that’s it. No iPad to Mac, for example, or Mac streaming to iDevices (although you can use third-party tools like Air Video and AirFoil to get the effect). Still, it’s a swell feature that we’ll cover more in-depth for you soon. In the meantime, enjoy the video after the break.

*From partners like JBL and iHome.

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Airplay SDK – Free Commercial Game Framework For Indie Devs

I came across a game engine that I had not previously mentioned on this site, the Airplay SDK thanks to a visitor comment on my iPhone game engine post listing open source game engines. While this is not an open source game engine, it is free to publish iPhone games provided your company has net earnings of less than $100k US dollars per year (with a splash screen).

The engine is also cross platform supporting iPhone OS, Android, Samsung Bada, Symbian, Windows Mobile, BREW, Palm/HP, webOS, and Maemo. It is not specifically a game framework, and can be used to make rich applications of all sorts, but high profile games have been created using Airplay including Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies.

As far as graphics go, the SDK supports 2D and 3D graphics, and something I really like is that it loads in models from Maya and 3D Max. I haven’t had a chance to check everything out, but there are many examples included and the game examples look excellent.

There is also support specifically for the iPad.

You can find it here:
Airplay SDK

You will need to register to download, and then obtain the $0 iPhone indie license.

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