[CONFIRMED] Smartglass will function as a game controller and second screen.

[Adinnieken]

lt_dan_27 said:

Adinnieken said:

lt_dan_27 said:
I don't know what you mean by game controller. Does that mean that you can control the menu? I don't see how it could be used as a game controller. Also, tablets and smart phones will also be usable in PS4 games as well for secondary screens.

In this case, a second screen as done with the Wii U controller. 

The Xbox One is running the game, but it's being played on the Smartglass device.

I'm not an idiot lol. I understand that the xbox will be running the game, just like how vita remote play will work. I just don't get how a smartphone could be used as a controller to replace an actual controller.

Depends on the game, but as an exmaple, Ilo Milo, if it was an Xbox One game, you may have areas on the screen where your thumb postion is resting on "virtual" analog sticks, and as you move them up, down, left, or right, you move the stick.  Face buttons likewise would be a location on the screen. 

Alternatively, a game could re-map for Smartglass.  So, running from the Xbox One, it uses the controller.  However, operating through Smartglass it becomes a swipe-based game.  With Ilo Milo as an example again, you could drag your finger on Ilo or Milo to where you wanted it to go.