Phil Spencer hopes VR isn't the future of gaming.

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DirtyP2002 said:

HollyGamer said:

DirtyP2002 said:

Normchacho said:

I never really got how you would use AR for gaming...I mean, the game world would be limited by the space you're physically in.

Forza Vista in your living room for example.
Get your RPG character standing next to you while you check your armor, weapons or whatever
Make the whole wall your screen
Use your coffee table as a board for a map editor or forge mode in Halo
Call tactics in madden / Fifa / NHL / NBA on a pitch in front of you

And that is just what came to my mind in the first 4 minutes.

AR  for casual and familly games, VR in other hand for immersive experience and hardcore and mainstream games period.

What has this to do with casual / hardcore?

VR as it is now, is like a giant screen in front of you.
AR seems like an evolution or the next step above VR.

But we are still losing the main point: Porn will be great on AR!

AR and VR are essentially sisters, they do similar things. AR like VR has already been done in gaming, Kinect and PS Eye games that capture the environment is early stage AR.

Lets clarify things here:

Virtual reality: creates a artificial reality by controlling perception by providing artificial stimuli (video, audio, tactile, etc). Video games are essentially already this, just less immersive. Look at Nintendogs.

Augmented reality: augments percieved reality by reacting to external stimuli and responding with artificial stimuli.

This is something like Ingress, or Kinect/PS Eye pet games, a good example is KH3DS dream eater play system.

The immersivness of VR and AR is currently being developed on the audiovisual capabilities, increasing the input of artificial stimuli, and decreasing external stimuli (noise)