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> they just sucked at it compared to today's games Games these days are far far more interesting than most movies, TV shows or other forms of entertainment. Wi
by bitL 8y ago
> they just sucked at it compared to today's games
Games these days are far far more interesting than most movies, TV shows or other forms of entertainment. With photorealistic rendering coming combined with AR they might even override the need for exploratory travels outside pure relaxation stays (i.e. if you can visit Alaska/Antarctica/Japan/Petra/whatever with photorealistic graphics, would you really want to travel there? I guess you'd rather go to some beach or clubbing place to unwind instead)
- filleduchaos 8y agoOf course people would still want to travel. I don't know how to put this nicely but not everyone is a recluse.
- bitL 8y agoI traveled around the world already. Now I'd rather visit some places only virtually and park on Maldives or Miami for relax.
- krageon 8y agoI don't disagree with your premise about games being far more interesting than most other forms of entertainment, but I cannot take you seriously when you say that any form of rendering (no matter how photorealistic) can compete with being in a different place with different people. That is a complete experience, and would need to be simulated with far more senses and to a far higher degree than is currently possible to even come close to the experience that travel will give you. In fact, I'd say that the "I'm here now and I can't be anywhere else for a while, I'm really stuck in it and everything is exciting and new" aspect of traveling really cannot be emulated by a medium that you know you can stop consuming at will, at any time.