At this year?s Mobile World Congress, Jibe Mobile will host a mobile air hockey tournament. The game will run on the Vodafone IMS network and is designed to showcase the network?s speeds and handset capabilities.
Jibe Mobile will host a mobile air hockey tournament, to be played out at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, to demonstrate the capabilities of the Jibe platform.
The tournament, open to all attendees at the conference, is a cooperative effort involving Jibe, game creator MTI and network operator Vodafone.
The game, Air Hockey developed by MTI, will run on the Vodafone IMS network and showcase both the network?s speed and handset capabilities. Players will compete for medals and a grand prize with daily shootouts on February 27, 28 and 29 at noon, 2 and 4 pm at Hall 1, Stand A50.
While consumer adoption of mobile games is growing rapidly, real-time social, mobile gaming capabilities have lagged in comparison to console and PC-based gaming. This is a missed revenue opportunity for mobile operators and developers alike, since multi-player gaming is inherently viral. Jibe?s App-to-App Platform changes this. With just a few lines of code, developers can incorporate powerful in-app features for mobile network-based gaming, including:
Discoverability: Using the address book built-in to their mobile, users can find friends who have the same game installed, and send invitations for instant app-to-app play.In-App Communications: Developers can enhance the social experience for multiple users by adding features such as voice, video and chat.
Rapid App-to-App Reply: Mobile can match console and PC-based multiplayer experiences by adding rapid app-to-app reply (no lag in gameplay) for hard-core games.
?Jibe?s Mobile Platform helped us to enter the fast-growing mobile real-time gaming market,? said Toshihiro Maeta, CEO of Tokyo-based MTI. ?By partnering with Jibe, it was simple to deliver real-time features and in-application communication making multi-player gaming come alive for end users. Without Jibe, we wouldn?t have been able to introduce real-time features.?
The Air Hockey game that will be showcased at Mobile World Congress was built by MTI, using the Jibe software developer?s kit, which streamlines creation of premium applications. Air Hockey features head-to-head play and fast action that highlights both the speed of the mobile network and newest devices. One of the latest devices will be offered as a prize to the winning contestant: a Sony Ericsson Xperia, which is the first PlayStation Certified Android smartphone.
At the Jibe stand, developers will demonstrate the following RCS-e applications built with the Jibe SDK:
? Jibe ON: Consumer messaging application featuring group chat, file transfer, VoIP and video calling
? Kodo: Multi-player arcade game with instant play and real-time fast action
? Reversi: Board game with embedded voice and video features plus mobile address book friend discovery and instant play invitations
? Car Racing: Real-time multi-player auto racing game with mobile address book friend discovery and instant play invitations
? View Together: Tablet-based audio and video collaboration suite including live document co-editing
? Mobile Advertising: In-app advertising using context aware placement and ads via the inMobi mobile advertising network
? Remote Device Customer Care: Enables live over-the-air device troubleshooting and remote device control
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