What legacy do you think gaming will have by 2050?

[dreama1]

What legacy do you think gaming will have by 2050? 33 years from now.

What do you think people will be talking about when they look back on these days? What will they think of us exactly? or what will they be debating about? or the misconceptions. A side note the atari generation will be as old as ww2 vets at this point.

[turf]

Today's VR will be laughable.  It will be as painful to look at as PS1 3D. 

[98dgreen]

Today's VR will be laughable.  It will be as painful to look at as PS1 3D.

Both of those are already true

[dreama1]

Today's VR will be laughable.  It will be as painful to look at as PS1 3D.

Absolutely. PS1 3D sounds generous even from what is to come by 2050. We must be at late atari early NES generation as far as VR technology goes.

[bikingjahuty]

Today's VR will be laughable.  It will be as painful to look at as PS1 3D.

I many be the only one, but I personally love early 3D graphics. As retro games should, they remind me of the time period which they were new and relevant. I am certainly not defending how they look, but in terms of them having some value, I would argue they absolutely do to a handful of us.


But to answer the topic, anyone who is alive at the moment to remember what it going on will probably look back on it pretty fondly since the past year or so has seen some of the best games to ever be made. I know personally that trying to save money has been difficult because there are just so many awesome games coming out every few weeks or so. Like turf, I believe the whole VR thing will look a little silly since it still has not taken off like everyone predicted it would. My guess is because it is not affordable for most people, nor has it been heavily supported by developers. I honestly think that the true value of VR will probably end up being for virtual traveling and porn in the end.


As for what gaming will look like in 33-years from now it is anyone's guess. I honestly believe it will be some sort of simulated reality (kind of like the Matrix) where you are briefly unaware that you are in a simulation. Console gaming will likely be dead as well since the industry is already at the point where PS4 and XBONE are just mid range gaming PCs. I think that this trend will only continue until the two become indistinguishable.

[indenton]

I many be the only one, but I personally love early 3D graphics. As retro games should, they remind me of the time period which they were new and relevant. I am certainly not defending how they look, but in terms of them having some value, I would argue they absolutely do to a handful of us.
being for virtual traveling and porn in the end.

I'll stand by this sentiment, I love how you specified PlayStation as if Nintendo 64 looks better or something... keep dreaming.  Unless you're referring to PlayStation FMV, now that's in a whole different ballpark. 

You just have to look at the right PS games (namely Crash Bandicoot) and don't look at Final Fantasy VII for its greficks. 

2050?!  I don't have that much foresight, Maybe Valve would of considered developing Half Life 3 for a brief moment by then. 

[dreama1]

Thinking about it again. The 80s and 90s had to be some sort of renaissance. The early 2000s the beginning of mass production and industrial revolution. And as we stand now we're probably at a post industrial age. Where it will head next will be interesting.

[badATchaos]

If humans are still around in 2050, that is.

[burningdoom]

By that point, pretty much everyone will have grown up with video games. There won't be an older generation that look down on it as nothing more than a kid's toy. As a result, it will be more accepted and honored as an art form, like movies and music are today.

[blurks]

If humans are still around in 2050, that is.

Humans will always be around. Our species is cancer to the earth like cockroaches are to us. You can't get rid of them.

[burningdoom]

If humans are still around in 2050, that is.

Humans will always be around. Our species is cancer to the earth like cockroaches are to us. You can't get rid of them.

All it takes is one planetwide catastrophe to wipe us out. And Earth is overdue for one (it's about a 5,000 year cycle, give or take, go research it, it's kind of interesting).

This is why Stephen Hawking said that to ensure the survival of humanity, we MUST spread out into space. That it's far from a waste of money and manpower.

[blurks]

All it takes is one planetwide catastrophe to wipe us out. And Earth is overdue for one (it's about a 5,000 year cycle, give or take, go research it, it's kind of interesting).

This is why Stephen Hawking said that to ensure the survival of humanity, we MUST spread out into space. That it's far from a waste of money and manpower.

With all due respect but these apocalyptic scenarios are oftenly based on overly pessimistic projections from the past into the future. I know about the fragility of the earth's ecosystem and the dangers of super-volcanoes, virus pandemics and the possibilities of asteroid collisions but the first 2 scenarios aren't likely to be able to wipe out our complete species. Isolation will always let some individuals survive. The only real critical danger lies in the darkness of space and - in a few billion years - in the sun becoming a red giant.

[burningdoom]

All it takes is one planetwide catastrophe to wipe us out. And Earth is overdue for one (it's about a 5,000 year cycle, give or take, go research it, it's kind of interesting).

This is why Stephen Hawking said that to ensure the survival of humanity, we MUST spread out into space. That it's far from a waste of money and manpower.

With all due respect but these apocalyptic scenarios are oftenly based on overly pessimistic projections from the past into the future. I know about the fragility of the earth's ecosystem and the dangers of super-volcanoes, virus pandemics and the possibilities of asteroid collisions but the first 2 scenarios aren't likely to be able to wipe out our complete species. Isolation will always let some individuals survive. The only real critical danger lies in the darkness of space and - in a few billion years - in the sun becoming a red giant.

It's not based on what if scenarios, it's based on the history of the Earth, stuff that has already happened. These extinction-level events have already happened, more than once, that's why they know it's about every 5,000 years, give or take. There have been extinction-level events long before humanity ever existed. If they didn't happen, then humanity wouldn't even be around probably, this would still be a world full of dinosaurs, or a world full of crustaceans and sea-life.

And Stephen Hawking is arguably the single smartest man on the planet, I'm not one that's about to question his reasoning.

[marvelvscapcom2]

In the year 2050 scientists will have invented teleportation beacons that allow you to emerge from your world into a augmented reality through body suits and sensors and play with your friends in the 1st person virtual reality matrix while remaining in the comfort of your own home through the power of technology advancement.  Gaming will evolve into a immersive matrix with headsets in which you enter the game world rather than play on a screen. You become the game. 4D Hologram technology, far beyond the human retina.  You are the soldier in online multiplayer,  nothing seperates you from the universe anymore.   No screen, no controller,  just you. Real world graphics.  But you still have safety and your own home when it is all done.   We are moving towards this and it will happen by 2050 if their isn't a virus strand that wipes us out or an ice age or nuclear war.
 
Their will also be hovercrafts that float using magnet roads and energy.   This technology already exists to a smaller scale. They have floating speakers that use metal and polarity in magnets and a speaker floats through magnet technology.  This idea will be scaled up to cars. And Solar energy will propel them.   

As for legacy, the gaming community will have a impact on the future similar to that of art.  Old gaming will be cherished and remembered as technology advances as it always has but their will become more refined and technological means of doing it.   The legacy will always be vast.

 

[Warmsignal]

All it takes is one planetwide catastrophe to wipe us out. And Earth is overdue for one (it's about a 5,000 year cycle, give or take, go research it, it's kind of interesting).

This is why Stephen Hawking said that to ensure the survival of humanity, we MUST spread out into space. That it's far from a waste of money and manpower.

With all due respect but these apocalyptic scenarios are oftenly based on overly pessimistic projections from the past into the future. I know about the fragility of the earth's ecosystem and the dangers of super-volcanoes, virus pandemics and the possibilities of asteroid collisions but the first 2 scenarios aren't likely to be able to wipe out our complete species. Isolation will always let some individuals survive. The only real critical danger lies in the darkness of space and - in a few billion years - in the sun becoming a red giant.

It's not based on what if scenarios, it's based on the history of the Earth, stuff that has already happened. These extinction-level events have already happened, more than once, that's why they know it's about every 5,000 years, give or take. There have been extinction-level events long before humanity ever existed. If they didn't happen, then humanity wouldn't even be around probably, this would still be a world full of dinosaurs, or a world full of crustaceans and sea-life.

And Stephen Hawking is arguably the single smartest man on the planet, I'm not one that's about to question his reasoning.

So is that suggesting that our entire evolutionary process from tadpole to highly intelligent hairless up-right walking ape only took about 5,000 years?