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Okay, so the title is not accurate. I know very well what the fourth dimension is, and I know how difficult it would be for a game to exist as such. But this is beside the point. Games currently are described as 3D, but this is simply not true. The closest I have found so far is the wonderful Thief II the Metal Age, one of the few games I have encountered with 3D sound. Try listening with headphones on and you'll hear what I mean. Turn your character right and (gasp) the sound comes from the right 'phone. In the future all games should include this. But this is only the start...
Remember virtual reality. You know, all those stupid clunky headsets, featured over and over again on innovation programs, and each time hailed as 'the system of the future', and each dwindling into obscurity. Why is this? The idea is sound. The headset could be redesigned, and it would infinitely improve gaming. Imagine using the headset the look and hear and the mouse for movements and actions. That would be about as close to enacting Thief (i'm on commision from Eidos) in real life as it's possible to come without collecting a criminal record.
Remember virtual reality. You know, all those stupid clunky headsets, featured over and over again on innovation programs, and each time hailed as 'the system of the future', and each dwindling into obscurity. Why is this? The idea is sound. The headset could be redesigned, and it would infinitely improve gaming. Imagine using the headset the look and hear and the mouse for movements and actions. That would be about as close to enacting Thief (i'm on commision from Eidos) in real life as it's possible to come without collecting a criminal record.
This is the earliest topic in the Future of Gaming.
I just thought that special reserves most frequent user is Ant!!! I have wizzed through the pages and all I saw was:
Ant
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wow. What a long forum life. Well done Special Reserve
I just thought that special reserves most frequent user is Ant!!! I have wizzed through the pages and all I saw was:
Ant
Ant
Ant...
etc...
wow. What a long forum life. Well done Special Reserve
Okay, so the title is not accurate. I know very well what the fourth dimension is, and I know how difficult it would be for a game to exist as such. But this is beside the point. Games currently are described as 3D, but this is simply not true. The closest I have found so far is the wonderful Thief II the Metal Age, one of the few games I have encountered with 3D sound. Try listening with headphones on and you'll hear what I mean. Turn your character right and (gasp) the sound comes from the right 'phone. In the future all games should include this. But this is only the start...
Remember virtual reality. You know, all those stupid clunky headsets, featured over and over again on innovation programs, and each time hailed as 'the system of the future', and each dwindling into obscurity. Why is this? The idea is sound. The headset could be redesigned, and it would infinitely improve gaming. Imagine using the headset the look and hear and the mouse for movements and actions. That would be about as close to enacting Thief (i'm on commision from Eidos) in real life as it's possible to come without collecting a criminal record.
Remember virtual reality. You know, all those stupid clunky headsets, featured over and over again on innovation programs, and each time hailed as 'the system of the future', and each dwindling into obscurity. Why is this? The idea is sound. The headset could be redesigned, and it would infinitely improve gaming. Imagine using the headset the look and hear and the mouse for movements and actions. That would be about as close to enacting Thief (i'm on commision from Eidos) in real life as it's possible to come without collecting a criminal record.