Amd Boosts Android On Windows Pcs And Tablets Powered By Its Chips

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Rather, it will sell a version of the Google-backed OS packaged as a Windows executable by BlueStacks, a software company in which AMD Ventures owns a stake. BlueStacks’ version of Android runs from within Windows, allowing it access to PC hardware including cameras, accelerometers or gyroscopes, and to the Windows file system. “It’s a virtualized Android experience as a Windows app. The two worlds can talk to each other,” said AMD’s senior director for mobility solutions, Kevin Lensing, showing off the software on the company’s stand at Mobile World Congress. The software forms part of another demo in which AMD uses the front-facing camera on a tablet as a gesture-based controller. The demo software draws on the graphics processor to track the user’s index finger and move the cursor accordingly. Bending the finger generates a click. In this way, Lensing was able to play the Android version of “Angry Birds” on a Windows tablet without touching the screen and without the need for additional controller hardware.
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