The Future of Gaming

The way we see games might also be due for a big change. Since the 1970s we have played games on televisions. Some people think that we may someday play within virtual reality, wearing headsets so that the game world is visible all around us. There are many astonishing games out there for example Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Robinson: The Journey and The Climb that are based on VR technology. Although conventional games are still popular it is believed it is only a matter of time before all the best games come in VR. Imagine playing a COD game where you can simply turn your head to follow a spaceship as it crashes and burns across the sky of an alien world. Pretty awesome isn’t it?  

Game developers are still figuring out what video games can be and do. Games have already moved from computer labs to living rooms to the palms of players’ hands. Where will they be tomorrow? Will new technologies change the way we play? How can the player be more fully absorbed in the world of a video game? And how will he or she control it? There’s no telling what new thrills and challenges the future of gaming might bring!  There’s no way to predict what games will be like in the future. Imagine you are standing around talking to gamers thirty years ago making predictions about games today. Could anyone possibly have guessed that graphics would become as crystal clear and convincingly realistic? Or that video games thousands of times more powerful that the best consoles of the 1970s would fit into a pocket or even into a phone? Would they believe that motion controls would let future gamers go bowling, become a rock star, or play tennis in their living rooms?

Trying to imagine video games thirty years from now is just as tough. But people are still making guesses. Some people think that we’ll eventually control games using only our brains. That’s right “mind control” is a possibility, you need to be able to see the future in order to be of any significance. It’s not as crazy as it sounds. Even today, scientists are working on artificial arms for amputees that can respond to brain activity like a normal arm would do. This technology can actually be used for gaming purposes!