WoW on the iPhone-- just barely
by Mike Schramm 
Jul 9th 2007 at 4:00PM
Apple's little sliver of gadget joy supposedly has a full installation of OS X hidden somewhere in there, and since WoW is available on OS X, you just knew WoW was going to appear on the iPhone sometime. It hasn't happened yet, but as the video shows, we're getting there.
In this case, the magic key is a little program called Telekinesis (created by the same guy who created Quicksilver, if you're part of the Cult), which lets you channel monitor output to your iPhone, as well as allows mouseclicks and even simply typing back into your computer.
So it's not really WoW running on the iPhone (yet), but rather an instance of WoW controlled by an iPhone-- it still has to be run on a separate computer. Unfortunately, implementation actually turns out to be pretty poor-- this is not even barely playable. The guy who did it says he can chat, so I guess it's a first step. But while I'm sure we'll get there, we've got a long way to go.
[ via a newly redesigned Joystiq ]
Filed under: Tricks, Fan stuff, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mystery Jul 9th 2007 4:17PM
This isn't horribly revolutionary news. VNC clients for Blackberries have been around for a while, and it affords me the ability to check on my auctions and run Auctioneer scans while away from my computer quite easily.
As for moving around, I wouldn't suggest using it as a playing platform. The most I've been able to do is navigate using the "click to move" method, as using WASD is a horribly inefficient way of moving from place to place.
The Cannabis Connoisseur Jul 9th 2007 5:27PM
It's great how you can sorta play WoW on an iPhone but you can't send a picture message on it. gg Steve Jobs...
CVJ Jul 9th 2007 5:28PM
yeah just what we need, people driving like morons talking on phones, now we got people scanning the Auction House while driving :)
harrison Jul 9th 2007 6:05PM
fake..
probably a VNC Client on the Iphone hahaha
jose lara Jul 9th 2007 6:48PM
@4 Didn't you read the post before making a stupid comment? Or did you just watch the video?
MartinC Jul 10th 2007 6:14AM
Wow, that looks horrible.
Snipes Jul 10th 2007 2:45PM
These are merely screenshots the iPhone user is scrolling through. There is absolutely no playability and this is an absolute hoax.