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It’s a great way of showing slideshows from Photos or movies in QuickTime Player on your TV if you don’t have an Apple TV to use with Airplay. Out of focus in the background is the television with the Chromecast displaying the game play. Google’s Chromecast allows you to stream video from the likes of YouTube, Netflix, and Hulu, as well as audio, and even your Mac’s entire screen to your TV. Notice that there are two screens shown in the demo.
Here’s a proof of concept for playing emulators on a Chromecast which uses the original Game Boy as an example. It’s small, it’s blurry, but it’s working.