Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, not a day goes by without him getting into a controversy, either because of his controversial decisions or because of his political views; Perhaps that’s why the billionaire decided to take a momentary break like everyone else: play.
[Elon Musk habla abiertamente sobre el posible móvil de Tesla]
As part of the “Christmas update”, Tesla cars are now also video game consoles, an addition that seems incomprehensible, but makes more sense than you might think.
video games in the car
Far from being simply a coup to attract attention, everything indicates that this feature is well worked and goes well beyond the simple insertion of a few “toys” as a joke. No, what Tesla did is very different, he put in place steam on the dashboard screen
And how did they get there? For starters, Tesla’s cars already have the hardware to run games, as the internal system uses Ryzen processors made by AMD; They are not exactly like those of a conventional PC, but they are quite similar and above all, they have the power to display 3D graphics, something that is normally used in the interface of the infotainment system.
The next piece of the puzzle can be found on the Steam Deck, the handheld console released by Valve, the creators of Steam. It is also based on AMD hardware, but uses a Linux operating system. To aid compatibility with games developed for Windows, Valve developed Proton, a layer that “translates” system calls made by the game into what the Linux system is able to understand.
Everything indicates that Tesla uses the same operating system as the Steam Deck, since the cars are compatible with the exact same 6,000 games that have already been marked as “playable” on the portable console. And since you can connect a controller, keyboard and mouse via Bluetooth, it’s perfectly possible to play hits like elderberry ring
Of course, not all Tesla cars will be able to run all of these games. only new ones Tesla Model S and Model X sold in 2022 They are compatible with Steam, thanks to the fact that they have 16 GB of integrated RAM memory. Also, the high resolution of the screen will mean that we will probably have to lower the quality of the graphics to get a good experience.
But it’s Steam in the car. This alone should already arouse interest, but not surprise. After all, Tesla is still determined to advance the arrival of the fully autonomous cars; and when they arrive we will have plenty of time while the car takes us to our destination. What’s better than playing a game while waiting?
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