Will Today's Video Games Become Tomorrow's Reality?

By Philip Woods

The economy may be in a recession, but the sale of video games has not suffered. Since the early part of 2008, video game products have sold topping $1.7 billion. What does this tell you about the future of the video gaming industry? The video gaming companies continue to release new systems and games and the public continues to buy them.

The beginning system that we were once happy with is a far cry from what new systems are like today. New systems today make the Magnavox odyssey seem like just a figment of people's imagination. One day due to the technology we have today and the technology we will have in the near future, the new game systems like the PS3 and DS will suffer the same fate.

Kids are not the only ones playing video games anymore. Millions of adults and all ages are playing their PS3, Xbox 360, and even the DS games. Back in time, this was just an activity for the younger generation, males in particular. Now with all the interesting graphics seem to bring a lot more interest to them.

Motion sensitive controls are the direction where the gaming industry hopes to be heading with their new gaming systems. Removing all limits and focusing on the virtual reality world is the ultimate goal. Most people believe this is the future of the video games.

A virtual reality experience instead of just a game is where it's all headed in the game industry. Kind of like the holodeck we've seen in Star Trek. Virtually interacting with characters is now being explored. Most people would agree that it would be such a neat thing to have your own holodeck that will create scenarios for your enjoyment.

Currently, virtual reality research has shown limitations to the movements you can make while sitting in your living room. This is what the gaming industry is working on right now. Being able to read brain activity is one way to get around this. Don't laugh; there was news in May 2008, that the scientists at Pittsburgh University had a real breakthrough in this area of development.

A monkey was able to have his brain waves converted to movement within a game. A monkey used his brainwaves to control the robot's arm. The arm of the robot was manipulated by brain waves to feed the monkey. With more research, they were able to realize the monkey could control its own arm at the same time it was controlling the robot's arm.

The precursor to virtual reality games for the home is using controls that are motion sensitive. Wearing a headset and controlling actions through brain waves is the idea behind this. It's not improbable to happen in the near future. The speed of evolution within the gaming industry has been miraculous.

Games will eventually become a lot more realistic. The only issue that is holding back the gaming world from developing such a game is the cost to make the motion sensitive controls. The gaming manufacturers will not create a very expensive gaming system that consumers wouldn't buy because they couldn't or didn't like the price.

People today are much more likely to play a game that mocks the actions of real life rather than using a controller. The future is unseen in the gaming world, but video gaming may surprise us all soon. - 29872

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