Running Doom on the MacBook Pro’s TouchBar shows innovation isn't dead

The TouchBar on Apple's new MacBook has been pretty controversial, but there's one thing fans and haters alike can agree on: this thing was definitely made to run Doom. Putting the classic shooter on any given piece of hardware has become something of a minimum viable hack in the tech community, and as the TouchBar is essentially a mini Apple Watch jammed above the laptop's keyboard, there's no reason it too can't get involved. iOS developer Adam Bell stepped up to the plate for this one, uploading the video above to YouTube.

As you might expect, the TouchBar's 2170 x 60 resolution doesn't exactly make this an easy way to play Doom, although the game's sound effects are so evocative you could presumably navigate levels based on audio...

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via The Verge
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