Halo 4: Xbox SmartGlass "could work well" with Halo Waypoint

Halo 4's executive producer Jerry Hook has shed a bit of light (the very faintest beam) on Halo 4's possible Xbox SmartGlass functions. That pop-up encyclopedia stuff we saw at E3? We can probably expect the finished article to pursue similar ideas.

[secretcode]

Honestly, I hope Waypoint/Atlas is all that they do for Smart Glass and Halo 4. Neat little extra, but nothing gamebreaking or something that gives players too big of an advantage.

[Loki86]

I would enjoy being able to see the map and making up routes and strategies on a tablet or smartphone before the game got underway. Then sharing it back on the xbox so your team can review. I think it would really revolutionize online competitive gaming if this was possible.

[Goldenarmz]

that would be pretty sweet, specially for tactical games.

[secretcode]

Halo Waypoint does that on the iPad app, through the Atlas subsection.

[Zha1tan]

Smartglass is just a convoluted way to navigate menus and a gimmick.

[Loki86]

I don't see where this comes from, Smartglass is the evolution of syncing between devices. If anything is a gimmick it's that Storybook thing.

[dirigiblebill]

Agreed - SmartGlass isn't a "thing", it's a way of bringing other things together.

[nukeitall]

People with limited imagination tends to dismiss things. When it starts to arrive, everybody will be loving the seamless syncing experience.

[Zha1tan]

yeah im really looking forward to making a play up on madden on my windows tablet....

[Loki86]

Zha1tan you are completely missing the point. The uses for this are endless, it's not just between games and SG either. It's movies, music, youtube, netflix, and so many more applications, I really want to see how creative the developers get with the usability of this software.

[nukeitall]

@Zha1tan :

"yeah im really looking forward to making a play up on madden on my windows tablet...."

What did I just say?

"People with limited imagination tends to dismiss things."

[Shadonic]

time to start moveing towards the future bro its not a gimmick say watch dogs what if we could use our say phones to scan those codes to recive messages and help or even interact with the game world using your device with smartglass.