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theprof00 on 28 November 2009
darklich13 said:
Smell-o-Vision

This is a pretty current technology in the year 3000, so we have a ways to go



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Riachu on 28 November 2009
Barozi said:
CGI (cutscenes in Halo Wars for example) > real life IMO

CGI cutscenes are so expansive to make.  Half of FFXIII budget is probably from the cutscene alone.



 

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oldschoolfool on 28 November 2009
SmokedHostage said:

What will the industry push for when photorealism has become the norm?  Will virtual reality be gaming's next pursuit?  Perhaps, larger scaled games in which the maps of sandbox titles, RPG's and FPS's are the size of continents rather than cities or small countries.  I'd like to see your thoughts.

Personally, I'd love it if once Photorealism is achieved, we see less and less of it as more art styles are explored and become mainstream.

Discuss?


Photorealism has already being achieved. I don't think virtual reality will ever happen. The virtual boy ruined that idea!!!!!! lol!!!!!!!



Draqonic on 28 November 2009
Dr.Grass said:

Well one way we're very limited at the moment is with our TV's. You just don't have a very panoramic view whith a small (or sometimes rather large) screen in front of you. 3D VR goggles would be absolutely epic. You could look in three dimentions and see depth and everything.

This won't happen for a long time though, because there's no super computer on this planet that can render that. No ways. Then of course such a thing has to become mass-market which means the technology must be cheap enough for the masses.

EDIT: But would we're very close to photo-realism. Many games look like photo-realistic in still images already. The dev costs are holding us back though, but that's sure to change.

There may be no TV or anything made to track that without external hardware....

However this guy and the things he does with the Wiimote are amazing. Definitely worth a watch. Its the first look at 3D gaming, not exactly VR though.

 



c03n3nj0 on 28 November 2009

Virtual reality. After all that gets old and boring, 8-bit goodness will be awesome.



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Mendicate Bias on 28 November 2009

Then we could make the ultimate second life game where everyone lives out their normal real lives in a videogame, it would be the ultimate gaming experience.



                                           

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Red4ADevil on 28 November 2009

I think once (or if) we reach photorealism, gaming will be dead for sure(bear with me please). People are starting to forget the purpose of playing videogames; which is escaping from reality.



Euphoria14 on 28 November 2009

We will begin going backwards.



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theprof00 on 28 November 2009
Red4ADevil said:
I think once (or if) we reach photorealism, gaming will be dead for sure(bear with me please). People are starting to forget the purpose of playing videogames; which is escaping from reality.

realistic depictions often make persuasive connections with the viewer.

ie; it's as easy to escape by watching a live-action movie as it is by watching a cartoon, or similarly non-realistic art style.

A lot of research has shown how unrealistic depictions can actually result in disassociation and rejection as well, although the results are inconclusive according to meta-analysis. To reiterate, some people work differently with different mediums.



NKAJ on 28 November 2009

i reckon in the future youll be like the thing in alex rider.like in a virtual world



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