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Gaming in 100 years? What a concept. What do you think will happen with gaming in 100 years? To truly get into the new year's spirit, here's my predictions for the year 2100 (well, it's roughly 100 years, eh? :P):
- We'll still have a kickabout in the park, using jumpers for goalposts.
- We'll have a Holodeck from Star Trek to play our games.
- Perhaps there will be a return of virtual reality, this time using 3D holograms to make the gaming experience far more personal.
- The Sims will come out on budget.
- The Sims add-on packs will, obviously, remain at full price for another half-a-century or so and a 500th expansion will be released, making Will Wright the richest man alive.
- Duke Nukem Forever will finally recieve a release date of "next spring", although it will obviously be five more years before you can even hope for a beta code to be completed.
- The Halo PC conversion is finally finished. It turns out to be pure cack.
- There will be a new meaning to gaming in 100 years, "First Person Shooters" will be just that. Imagine Minority Report (which we are pretty close to in reality) mixed with virtual reality that seems real in all aspects except physical pain of course.
- I don't think you will be staring at a screen any longer more. Virtual reality mixed with true reality to make entertainment and gaming even more realistic, graphics will be true to real if we go by the current rule that every 2 years the current generation of games only just catches up with hardware capability which is 2 years old (GeForce 2/3 and Direct x8 being prime examples).
- We will be too old to enjoy such pasttimes, we will be reading our daily "Virtual Times" and taking our "Breakfast In A Pill".
- We'll have gone full circle, and we'll all be queing in arcades to play Pong.
- We'll still be playing Counterstrike.
- Doom 3 will be in the Sold Out bargain bins for 99p.
- Plumbers Don't Wear Ties 2 will be released.
- It'll be a direct neural-feedback system. The audio-visual data will be pumped directly into your brains!
- Quake 3 Arena will stay full-price.
- The hard-light holographic version of Sim Factory Worker would have been released. "Re-live the working class fantasy of the 20th century." The special "Be a foreman" add-on will be released a year later. The "Chasing and Packing Chickens" mod will also be a massive hit.
Or if you want the fantasy version:
2010 - Holograms released.
2011 - Duke Nukem Forever released.
2020 - Hologram laws passed for porn.
2030 - Massive engine released, big battles occur.
2050 - War starts with hologram AI.
2080 - War ends, AI destroyed.
2100 - The Sims: Classic Houses released. SR gives it 50%
2101 - The SR Forum is comended as the best forum in the world and given an award, along with every member getting an award as well.
Or perhaps, just perhaps, we will all be dead in 100 years, so we'll never know. Speaking only for myself, I really hope I am dead in 100 years. There is nothing more undignified than living past your sell by date. According to the Book of Revelation we're likely to be all gone on 2006. Sorry to disappoint you all. Not sure about 100 years, after all, that is asking a bit much of our perceptions but it the next 20 years seem apparent:
http://www.theonion.com/onion3 847/ghost_of_christmas_future.html
(Ironically though, the processor is a fraction of the speead the PS3 is touted to be, when it's launched in 2005/2006.)
Thanks for reading,
Flux.
- We'll still have a kickabout in the park, using jumpers for goalposts.
- We'll have a Holodeck from Star Trek to play our games.
- Perhaps there will be a return of virtual reality, this time using 3D holograms to make the gaming experience far more personal.
- The Sims will come out on budget.
- The Sims add-on packs will, obviously, remain at full price for another half-a-century or so and a 500th expansion will be released, making Will Wright the richest man alive.
- Duke Nukem Forever will finally recieve a release date of "next spring", although it will obviously be five more years before you can even hope for a beta code to be completed.
- The Halo PC conversion is finally finished. It turns out to be pure cack.
- There will be a new meaning to gaming in 100 years, "First Person Shooters" will be just that. Imagine Minority Report (which we are pretty close to in reality) mixed with virtual reality that seems real in all aspects except physical pain of course.
- I don't think you will be staring at a screen any longer more. Virtual reality mixed with true reality to make entertainment and gaming even more realistic, graphics will be true to real if we go by the current rule that every 2 years the current generation of games only just catches up with hardware capability which is 2 years old (GeForce 2/3 and Direct x8 being prime examples).
- We will be too old to enjoy such pasttimes, we will be reading our daily "Virtual Times" and taking our "Breakfast In A Pill".
- We'll have gone full circle, and we'll all be queing in arcades to play Pong.
- We'll still be playing Counterstrike.
- Doom 3 will be in the Sold Out bargain bins for 99p.
- Plumbers Don't Wear Ties 2 will be released.
- It'll be a direct neural-feedback system. The audio-visual data will be pumped directly into your brains!
- Quake 3 Arena will stay full-price.
- The hard-light holographic version of Sim Factory Worker would have been released. "Re-live the working class fantasy of the 20th century." The special "Be a foreman" add-on will be released a year later. The "Chasing and Packing Chickens" mod will also be a massive hit.
Or if you want the fantasy version:
2010 - Holograms released.
2011 - Duke Nukem Forever released.
2020 - Hologram laws passed for porn.
2030 - Massive engine released, big battles occur.
2050 - War starts with hologram AI.
2080 - War ends, AI destroyed.
2100 - The Sims: Classic Houses released. SR gives it 50%
2101 - The SR Forum is comended as the best forum in the world and given an award, along with every member getting an award as well.
Or perhaps, just perhaps, we will all be dead in 100 years, so we'll never know. Speaking only for myself, I really hope I am dead in 100 years. There is nothing more undignified than living past your sell by date. According to the Book of Revelation we're likely to be all gone on 2006. Sorry to disappoint you all. Not sure about 100 years, after all, that is asking a bit much of our perceptions but it the next 20 years seem apparent:
http://www.theonion.com/onion3 847/ghost_of_christmas_future.html
(Ironically though, the processor is a fraction of the speead the PS3 is touted to be, when it's launched in 2005/2006.)
Thanks for reading,
Flux.
Oh no, I'm sure it will suck.
lol gr8 ideas but im not sure about halo
Gaming in 100 years? What a concept. What do you think will happen with gaming in 100 years? To truly get into the new year's spirit, here's my predictions for the year 2100 (well, it's roughly 100 years, eh? :P):
- We'll still have a kickabout in the park, using jumpers for goalposts.
- We'll have a Holodeck from Star Trek to play our games.
- Perhaps there will be a return of virtual reality, this time using 3D holograms to make the gaming experience far more personal.
- The Sims will come out on budget.
- The Sims add-on packs will, obviously, remain at full price for another half-a-century or so and a 500th expansion will be released, making Will Wright the richest man alive.
- Duke Nukem Forever will finally recieve a release date of "next spring", although it will obviously be five more years before you can even hope for a beta code to be completed.
- The Halo PC conversion is finally finished. It turns out to be pure cack.
- There will be a new meaning to gaming in 100 years, "First Person Shooters" will be just that. Imagine Minority Report (which we are pretty close to in reality) mixed with virtual reality that seems real in all aspects except physical pain of course.
- I don't think you will be staring at a screen any longer more. Virtual reality mixed with true reality to make entertainment and gaming even more realistic, graphics will be true to real if we go by the current rule that every 2 years the current generation of games only just catches up with hardware capability which is 2 years old (GeForce 2/3 and Direct x8 being prime examples).
- We will be too old to enjoy such pasttimes, we will be reading our daily "Virtual Times" and taking our "Breakfast In A Pill".
- We'll have gone full circle, and we'll all be queing in arcades to play Pong.
- We'll still be playing Counterstrike.
- Doom 3 will be in the Sold Out bargain bins for 99p.
- Plumbers Don't Wear Ties 2 will be released.
- It'll be a direct neural-feedback system. The audio-visual data will be pumped directly into your brains!
- Quake 3 Arena will stay full-price.
- The hard-light holographic version of Sim Factory Worker would have been released. "Re-live the working class fantasy of the 20th century." The special "Be a foreman" add-on will be released a year later. The "Chasing and Packing Chickens" mod will also be a massive hit.
Or if you want the fantasy version:
2010 - Holograms released.
2011 - Duke Nukem Forever released.
2020 - Hologram laws passed for porn.
2030 - Massive engine released, big battles occur.
2050 - War starts with hologram AI.
2080 - War ends, AI destroyed.
2100 - The Sims: Classic Houses released. SR gives it 50%
2101 - The SR Forum is comended as the best forum in the world and given an award, along with every member getting an award as well.
Or perhaps, just perhaps, we will all be dead in 100 years, so we'll never know. Speaking only for myself, I really hope I am dead in 100 years. There is nothing more undignified than living past your sell by date. According to the Book of Revelation we're likely to be all gone on 2006. Sorry to disappoint you all. Not sure about 100 years, after all, that is asking a bit much of our perceptions but it the next 20 years seem apparent:
http://www.theonion.com/onion3 847/ghost_of_christmas_future.html
(Ironically though, the processor is a fraction of the speead the PS3 is touted to be, when it's launched in 2005/2006.)
Thanks for reading,
Flux.
- We'll still have a kickabout in the park, using jumpers for goalposts.
- We'll have a Holodeck from Star Trek to play our games.
- Perhaps there will be a return of virtual reality, this time using 3D holograms to make the gaming experience far more personal.
- The Sims will come out on budget.
- The Sims add-on packs will, obviously, remain at full price for another half-a-century or so and a 500th expansion will be released, making Will Wright the richest man alive.
- Duke Nukem Forever will finally recieve a release date of "next spring", although it will obviously be five more years before you can even hope for a beta code to be completed.
- The Halo PC conversion is finally finished. It turns out to be pure cack.
- There will be a new meaning to gaming in 100 years, "First Person Shooters" will be just that. Imagine Minority Report (which we are pretty close to in reality) mixed with virtual reality that seems real in all aspects except physical pain of course.
- I don't think you will be staring at a screen any longer more. Virtual reality mixed with true reality to make entertainment and gaming even more realistic, graphics will be true to real if we go by the current rule that every 2 years the current generation of games only just catches up with hardware capability which is 2 years old (GeForce 2/3 and Direct x8 being prime examples).
- We will be too old to enjoy such pasttimes, we will be reading our daily "Virtual Times" and taking our "Breakfast In A Pill".
- We'll have gone full circle, and we'll all be queing in arcades to play Pong.
- We'll still be playing Counterstrike.
- Doom 3 will be in the Sold Out bargain bins for 99p.
- Plumbers Don't Wear Ties 2 will be released.
- It'll be a direct neural-feedback system. The audio-visual data will be pumped directly into your brains!
- Quake 3 Arena will stay full-price.
- The hard-light holographic version of Sim Factory Worker would have been released. "Re-live the working class fantasy of the 20th century." The special "Be a foreman" add-on will be released a year later. The "Chasing and Packing Chickens" mod will also be a massive hit.
Or if you want the fantasy version:
2010 - Holograms released.
2011 - Duke Nukem Forever released.
2020 - Hologram laws passed for porn.
2030 - Massive engine released, big battles occur.
2050 - War starts with hologram AI.
2080 - War ends, AI destroyed.
2100 - The Sims: Classic Houses released. SR gives it 50%
2101 - The SR Forum is comended as the best forum in the world and given an award, along with every member getting an award as well.
Or perhaps, just perhaps, we will all be dead in 100 years, so we'll never know. Speaking only for myself, I really hope I am dead in 100 years. There is nothing more undignified than living past your sell by date. According to the Book of Revelation we're likely to be all gone on 2006. Sorry to disappoint you all. Not sure about 100 years, after all, that is asking a bit much of our perceptions but it the next 20 years seem apparent:
http://www.theonion.com/onion3 847/ghost_of_christmas_future.html
(Ironically though, the processor is a fraction of the speead the PS3 is touted to be, when it's launched in 2005/2006.)
Thanks for reading,
Flux.