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Gaming / The Future of Gaming
« on: September 27, 2014, 08:40:56 AM »
The Generation game... Console
The first time I ever played on a game console; I was visiting my uncle and managed to get my hands on an Atari 2600! I was mesmerised, glued to the screen for hours on end. It was the ultimate child silencer. From that day forward the gaming industry had me by the thumbs (or 'hand' as it was a joystick).
"Uncle said the internet made fizzing noises!"
I now have 3 nephews and 2 nieces ranging from 6 months to 13 years old and like so many things they take 'the digital age' for granted but understandably since they were born into it not knowing what the gaming industry consisted of back then.
They're growing up touching screens, connected to people all over the world and playing on machines that provide them with beautiful graphics, smooth gameplay and not having to perform 'the magic blow' on a cartridge to get it to work.
It's a story of 'back when I was a kid' that will be told and retold, generation after generation. It's for that exact reason I had to explain how the then new VCR worked to my nan and just like the time I showed her the 'new' iPad before she passed, she had that 'I have no idea what this is or what magic makes it work' glazed look on her face.
So that got me thinking.
Will we reach a stage in our lives where our grandson/daughter is showing us the latest gaming... thing and we'll be astonished at what it can do? I'd like to think I'd be 'in the loop'.
If so, I wonder what it will be.
With virtual reality headsets making a comeback and technology moving as quickly as it does...
What do you think gamers will be using in 50 years time?
The first time I ever played on a game console; I was visiting my uncle and managed to get my hands on an Atari 2600! I was mesmerised, glued to the screen for hours on end. It was the ultimate child silencer. From that day forward the gaming industry had me by the thumbs (or 'hand' as it was a joystick).
"Uncle said the internet made fizzing noises!"
I now have 3 nephews and 2 nieces ranging from 6 months to 13 years old and like so many things they take 'the digital age' for granted but understandably since they were born into it not knowing what the gaming industry consisted of back then.
They're growing up touching screens, connected to people all over the world and playing on machines that provide them with beautiful graphics, smooth gameplay and not having to perform 'the magic blow' on a cartridge to get it to work.
It's a story of 'back when I was a kid' that will be told and retold, generation after generation. It's for that exact reason I had to explain how the then new VCR worked to my nan and just like the time I showed her the 'new' iPad before she passed, she had that 'I have no idea what this is or what magic makes it work' glazed look on her face.
So that got me thinking.
Will we reach a stage in our lives where our grandson/daughter is showing us the latest gaming... thing and we'll be astonished at what it can do? I'd like to think I'd be 'in the loop'.
If so, I wonder what it will be.
With virtual reality headsets making a comeback and technology moving as quickly as it does...
What do you think gamers will be using in 50 years time?