One word: commands.

Until now, the job of any device connected to Overlay.live was to stream telemetric data. It’s simple: stream the data and use it to generate real-time telemetric overlays for broadcast and live streaming. But what if we could go the other way around?

What if with the press of a button you could affect systems or certain behaviors on a device. Well, this is now possible. Here are commands!

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It’s been a little more than a year now that we’ve semi-privately released the first beta version of the Overlay.live android app on the plays store. Now after several months a re-design and development, the new app version is and publicly listed! Whohooo \0/

You can download it from here on the Google Play store.

Overlay.live Android App Features

If you tried the very first beta version of this app, you won’t recognize the new one. We pretty much redesigned the whole thing. We’ve taken a very different approach and baked into the app more usefulness. Here are some of the key new features and functionalities. Read more

Air quality in our modern cities is a big concern. Most often poor air quality is due to industry but also the masses of cars (in western countries) and scooters/motorbikes (in Asia) that crowd the streets of our cities.

To raise awareness about air pollution in your city, you can simply setup quickly a Facebook stream with a camera facing out at the skyline and overlay the current Air Quality Index (AQI) read-out for your district. Here is how. Read more

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The ROG_EXT is by far the most popular Managed Device at Overlay.live. This very simple but effective connector helps PC enthusiasts to monitor readings from sensors on select ASUS Motherboards.

Today we are releasing our first fully fledge video tutorial of the overlay.live platform – and it’s using as an example device the ROG_EXT. Read more

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We receive many questions from users about what USB WiFi adapters they should use on the Raspberry Pi. Surprisingly this is not just a request from Raspberry Pi 2 users – which doesn’t come with on-board wireless functionality. It seems also that “a lot” are having issues with Raspberry Pi 3 itself and deal with broken on-board wireless. Ouch :/

So to narrow down the choice for you of alternative adapters, here is a list of the known to work WiFi adapters that are fully compatible with the host OS we use for Overlay.live.

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We just published a hands-on video with the ROG_EXT by elmorlabs. The ROG_EXT is a Managed Device for Overlay.live which we introduced a few months ago. It is now available in stock and we wanted to share with you some more information about what it can do and most importantly show you what it actually looks like.

In this video we run you through some of the specifications of the product. We also show you how to connect the ROG_EXT to the ROG_EXT port on an ASUS APEX motherboard and to the pins of a RaspberryPi. Super simple!

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Quick news to share a little video we shot thanks to our friend Karl at CES in Las Vegas. That’s right, we’ve been to Vegas earlier this month to run a small exhibit on the CES 2018 Cooler Master suite.

Over there, for four days, we demoed overlay.live along with French Pro-Overclocker Wizerty which we mentioned in an earlier news on our blog. The experience was very fun and we could introduce media and visitors to two Managed Devices on the platform:

But enough talking, check out the video to learn more: Read more

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Telemetry is one way to highlight valuable information from your rocket launch … hmm well in this case, it’s not a rocket, it’s a PC. Pro Overclocker (no1 in France) Wizerty is a seasoned enthusiast involved in an extreme eSport known as “overclocking”. His thing? Cranking up the gigahertz on his PC, cooling it down with liquid nitrogen and racing against others in the chase for world records.

Just like in any sports, the saying goes:

if it isn’t done live, it never happened!

Overclockers like Wizerty turn to live streaming on platforms such as Twitch or YouTube Gaming to showcase live their achievements. Wizerty uses a highly entertaining medium to educate and share what makes them tick with other like-minded enthusiasts. Read more

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In this guide, we will show you how to overlay Telemetric data from your ASUS ROG Motherboard using Overlay.live. For this guide we will be using Overlay.live’s Managed Device functionality.

No coding skills or linux knowledge required here. With Managed Devices it is super simple. All you need is; a RaspberryPi (2 or 3), the TeVo X2 telemetry hat and the ROG_EXT. Let’s get started! Read more

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If you’ve been following this project, you may know that streaming telemetry from PCs holds a very special place in our hearts. After several months of development and collaboration we are proud to announce that this is now fully possible.

Today you are able to read, stream, and overlay telemetry from nearly all ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) motherboards with Overlay.live. Using an Overlay.live Managed Device is extremely simple and … automagical.

Here are the features: Read more