Innovation and invention is constantly playing a massive part in the revision and expansion of scientific knowledge and current technology. In a little over a century our technology limit has lifted such that we have moved from riding on the back of horse-drawn carts to sending people to other planets. Computing power has significantly jumped leagues ahead – a computer which once took up a whole room has been not only surpassed in processing power and capabilities but shrunk to the size of one’s palm, so it seems only natural that the games industry should also seek to expand and review its practices to change with the times.
By Christopher Money
Innovation and invention is constantly playing a massive part in the revision and expansion of scientific knowledge and current technology. In a little over a century our technology limit has lifted such that we have moved from riding on the back of horse-drawn carts to sending people to other planets. Computing power has significantly jumped leagues ahead – a computer which once took up a whole room has been not only surpassed in processing power and capabilities but shrunk to the size of one’s palm, so it seems only natural that the games industry should also seek to expand and review its practices to change with the times. By Paul Robert Scott The future seems rosy for virtual reality. With products like the Oculus Rift and Sony’s Project Morpheus for the PS4 currently wowing tech junkies, and rumours abound that Microsoft will announce their own system for the XBOX One it seems more and more likely that there will come a day when we won’t be playing our favourite games in front of the TV, but with a VR headset strapped over our eyes. But while this certainly sounds like an exciting way forward it is not the first time that the gaming community has been promised a Virtual Reality revolution, and as players have consistently sought greater immersion in their gameplay, so too have developers tried to create new technologies that have turned out to be little more than gimmicks in the long run. In many ways the quest for Virtual Reality has become the white whale of the video game industry. |
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