Remote Buddy Display: screen-share Mac from Apple TV, use Siri Remote to control

https://www.iospirit.com/products/remotebuddy/display/

by felix_schwarz • 11 years ago

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Sujan• 11 years ago

Sweet.

Windows client please :)

zuck9• 11 years ago

Would be amazing if Microsoft made a Remote Desktop app for tvOS just like iOS.

Personally, I just like to have a minimum list of apps to install after a clean install of Windows.

montibbalt• 11 years ago

I mean, if your laptop or phone have Miracast support you don't have to install anything or buy the Apple TV or remote thing. Maybe just a dongle if the tv itself doesn't support it.

_b8r0• 11 years ago

This is weird. I have a 3rd gen Apple TV and have been able to use screen sharing to have my Mac screen show up on my projector. The siri remote control integration is interesting, but when you're normally using a wireless keyboard and mouse with a mac anyway, it seems a bit odd to reinvent the wheel.

felix_schwarz• 11 years ago

A few ways this is different:

With AirPlay, you can't initiate the connection from your Apple TV. With Remote Buddy Display, you can.

With AirPlay, you can't control your apps with the Apple TV remote. With Remote Buddy Display, you can.

With AirPlay, there is a delay between the physical movement of the mouse and the movement of the mouse cursor. With Remote Buddy, there isn't as the mouse position is tracked directly by the Apple TV app on the Apple TV. This kind of WYSIWYG makes hitting small targets a lot easier.

With AirPlay, you'd need a wireless keyboard and mouse. Most Macs sold today are portables, however, where a wireless keyboard and mouse is not commonly used. And then, there's the range problem. If your Mac sits downstairs and the Bluetooth signal is blocked by the floor/ceiling inbetween, how do you control it with these? With Remote Buddy Display, the Mac, keyboard and mouse can stay out of the living room - and the Macs Bluetooth range does not play a role.

I don't think Remote Buddy Display reinvents the wheel, but in general I'm a big fan of reinventing it, because it's the only way to remove limitations of the previous design. Wheels themselves show this quite nicely. The world would still be stuck with this if nobody had ever reinvented it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel#/media/File:Roue_primiti... ;-)

Remote Buddy Display: screen-share Mac from Apple TV, use Siri Remote to control

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