The creation of true virtual reality

[Iɴsɪɢɴɪᴀ]

True virtual reality and the future of gaming

 

Okay, so we all know that tech is coming along in leaps and bounds these days, and this is something I have given a lot of thought to.

 

Okay, so although it is in early stages, the technology already exists to control certain devices/gadgets with your mind, using a series of electrodes and the such like. And there are robotic prosthetics, that although rather primitive in function, work by placing sensors over certain nerves or muscles in the body.

 

I feel that this is something that game developers will look into as we learn to perfect it, and in some cases already have, at a basic level. Like the game of pong that is controlled using your mind.

 

 

Video source: The verge

 

 

On a more advanced level, this technology would allow us to effectively ditch the controller/keyboard and give us a more controlled and more immersive experience with the way we play games. Couple that with gadgets like the Oculus Rift, and various feedback devices that allow you to feel things from the game and we will start truly moving into the world of true virtual reality.

 

Of course, the feedback devices we currently have are also very primitive, but again, these are things that will only continue to improve. Maybe one day, even allowing us to not only feel the impact of bullets and various vibrations, but a more diverse range of sensations, right up to texture.

 

We may only be in the early days, but let me know in the comments what you expect or want from the future of gaming.

 

If time allows around my work routine, I may try to explain this in more depth with a youtube video. 

Edited May 19, 2015 by Iɴsɪɢɴɪᴀ

[Melody]

Does this mean SAO could be possible in the future?

 

But seriously that is so amazing, first we start from controllers or whatever, now we can use our MIND! xD That's a leap in technology for sure!

 

Sounds really neat, can't wait to learn more about it. Thanks for the news. 

[Wam]

Can't believe this technology was only MAYBE an idea/fantasy only 10 years ago.

Good post ^^ 

[rrhuntington]

We must go back to Pong to further advance in gaming. hmm...

 

Anyway, I'll probably be one of those old people on "Old people play" or whatever it's called playing this by the time it comes out.

 

The place where I do think Virtual Reality could shine is Horror games. The scares could be numerous in games not even meant for it. Even Halo could turn Horror when actually faced with the seven foot tall monstrous looking elites or *gasp* The flood... if they looked real enough.

 

Gud news.

[Caboose The Ace]

Interesting news but I still don't buy into the whole VR idea.

 

I maybe because I was stupid enough to buy a Kinect..... but regardless VR really dosent seem something I would really be into.

 

Its partially because any game that's not 100 percent made from the ground up for VR makes people throw up.

 

But then again, only time shall tell!

[MCPO Mayh3m]

Kinect is nowhere near VR @@Caboose The Ace.

[Caboose The Ace]

^

 

I know that, trust me VR is a totally different thing.
 

I'm just wary about this kind of stuff though.....

[Pbrabbit]

Glad to see this is now a thing of reality and not just an idea of the past. The innovation and the technology of the world has advanced so much, there's nothing we can't do; in the future of course.