What is xCloud? I don't know what it does.

xcloud is a great engineering thought

What is Project xCloud?
Project xCloud is the codename given to Microsoft's forthcoming cloud gaming platform that is planned to be a complementary service to its Xbox
One and forthcoming Project Scarlett games consoles.

It is a streaming service, in that all games will be hosted on remote servers and live gameplay video will be sent to a compatible device over the internet. In return, controller codes are sent in the other direction so, for all intents and purposes, it
feels like you are playing a game loaded on the device itself, whether it be a smart TV, PC, tablet or smartphone.

a type of gaming steaming service

Hi there,

It may be worth doing a internet search, which will more than likely answer your question.

Here's a link to the
Xbox page on Project xCloud.

Best,

L

xCloud isn't so much of a physical thing like Stadia so much as it is digital. Its an project that's for use of video gaming using the cloud. The cloud is basically a big storage area for data that's transmitted about the internet by a lot of means. Its
what's called on-demand computing where computers are rapidly sending data back and forth on-demand of that data. In this case its taking cloud computing and making it for gaming.

You don't need a degree to understand it. Its really simple. Computers talk to each other in a similar way video game consoles do. So through the use of how servers and computers talk, the idea is to put video games in the cloud so you can then download
an app on your phone and play them anywhere you want. Its basically taking the Windows and Xbox feature "Play Anywhere" which lets you download games you own on either PC, console, and mobile and download them to the latter two you don't own it on and play
it... to a whole new level. Say if I owned Gears 5 on console, PA would let me play it on PC because its compatible. If I had xCloud and Gears 5, I could play it on my phone without having to download over 60Gb of data to my phone... because science!