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What's ahead for gaming in 2014

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DrysonBennington
Eagle's Talon's
#1 - 2014-05-09 00:10:41 UTC
With 2013 firmly in the rearview mirror, the movers and shakers of the video gaming industry are focusing on where the next 12 months will take us.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/24/tech/gaming-gadgets/gaming-predictions-2014/index.html


I think the evolution of Video Gaming will be a three fold process involving first the Oculus VR head gear to be used with the hybrid PC to Console type gaming environment. For a sample check out Eve - Online and DUST514. Eve is a PC based Space MMORPG where DUST514 is a Console based FPS based on the Eve Universe. In both environments your actions affect the environment of the other. Now if CCP could only link up Eve Valkyrie which is a Space based SFPS (Ship First Person Shooter) then a new type of gaming environment would be present. I mean how awesome would it be to be able to pilot a fighter in FPS and come across a group of mining barges in null space that are part of the PC MMORPG and attack them. Both environments needing to be synced rather tediously to a special type of grind...but none the less exciting and a hell of a challenge to overcome.
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#2 - 2014-05-09 00:12:16 UTC

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Erufen Rito
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2014-05-09 00:15:38 UTC
I quit this thread at cnn.com

This is as nice as I get. Best quote ever https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=4137165#post4137165
Yang Aurilen
State War Academy
Caldari State
#4 - 2014-05-09 00:17:49 UTC
I'm surprised they haven't blamed Obama for anything in the article.

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#5 - 2014-05-09 00:19:20 UTC
Erufen Rito wrote:
I quit this thread at cnn.com

Same.

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Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#6 - 2014-05-09 00:21:26 UTC
Yang Aurilen wrote:
I'm surprised they haven't blamed Obama for anything in the article.


Its CNN, they are just terrible, not really biased.

Also I stopped reading at VR being a mainstay in gaming. The tech is still relatively new and hasn't caught on, so similar to 3DTVs it will be something that will build hype but will die out or only be for a small market.

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Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#7 - 2014-05-09 00:23:11 UTC
Why are you linking an CNN article from January... during May....




Its things like this that make my brain sad.

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#8 - 2014-05-09 00:25:37 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Why are you linking an CNN article from January... during May....




Its things like this that make my brain sad.

It's the reading of a CNN article I'm trying to wrap my head around.
I tried it once...never again.

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Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#9 - 2014-05-09 00:33:21 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Why are you linking an CNN article from January... during May....

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ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#10 - 2014-05-09 01:58:02 UTC
DrysonBennington wrote:
With 2013 firmly in the rearview mirror, the movers and shakers of the video gaming industry are focusing on where the next 12 months will take us.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/24/tech/gaming-gadgets/gaming-predictions-2014/index.html


I think the evolution of Video Gaming will be a three fold process involving first the Oculus VR head gear to be used with the hybrid PC to Console type gaming environment. For a sample check out Eve - Online and DUST514. Eve is a PC based Space MMORPG where DUST514 is a Console based FPS based on the Eve Universe. In both environments your actions affect the environment of the other. Now if CCP could only link up Eve Valkyrie which is a Space based SFPS (Ship First Person Shooter) then a new type of gaming environment would be present. I mean how awesome would it be to be able to pilot a fighter in FPS and come across a group of mining barges in null space that are part of the PC MMORPG and attack them. Both environments needing to be synced rather tediously to a special type of grind...but none the less exciting and a hell of a challenge to overcome.

Actually, if you watched one of the Keynotes from Fanfest, I'm pretty certain they said that this is the direction they're taking EVE and all related properties.

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Jarod Garamonde
Jolly Codgers
Get Off My Lawn
#11 - 2014-05-09 02:06:21 UTC
Kittens in my CQ, dammit.

That moment when you realize the crazy lady with all the cats was right...

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Cassandra Aurilien
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2014-05-09 02:19:14 UTC
Brooks Puuntai wrote:
Yang Aurilen wrote:
I'm surprised they haven't blamed Obama for anything in the article.


Its CNN, they are just terrible, not really biased.

Also I stopped reading at VR being a mainstay in gaming. The tech is still relatively new and hasn't caught on, so similar to 3DTVs it will be something that will build hype but will die out or only be for a small market.


Hardly new. It was all the rage in the mid 90's. The tech wasn't up to the hype back then... It might just be now.
ISD LackOfFaith
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#13 - 2014-05-09 03:02:06 UTC
Thread has been moved to Out of Pod Experience.

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Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#14 - 2014-05-09 03:19:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Brooks Puuntai
Cassandra Aurilien wrote:

Hardly new. It was all the rage in the mid 90's. The tech wasn't up to the hype back then... It might just be now.


The failed Nintendo VR isn't what I would consider "all the rage", it failed miserably back then. It was definitely premature back then and still "might" be now. The tech isn't really the issue now, its more will it gain popularity and become mainstream enough to warrant companies investing into it. Which I doubt it.

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Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#15 - 2014-05-09 03:47:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Webvan
Erufen Rito wrote:
I quit this thread at cnn.com

CNN anchor: Do you think that the slump in video game sales is due to global warming?
CNN guest Bill Nye: Are you guys seriously just trying to destroy my career, here? *grunts and pulls off mic* I've had it with you guys. *storms off set*.

I'm in it for the money

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Cassandra Aurilien
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2014-05-09 04:00:45 UTC
Brooks Puuntai wrote:


The failed Nintendo VR isn't what I would consider "all the rage", it failed miserably back then. It was definitely premature back then and still "might" be now. The tech isn't really the issue now, its more will it gain popularity and become mainstream enough to warrant companies investing into it. Which I doubt it.


I still recall playing MechWarrior 2 with VR goggles (didn't buy them, tried them out in a store), one of the few games where it worked like a charm.

It wasn't just Nintendo, there were several PC oriented headsets around. (I'd actually forgotten about the Nintendo VR.)

If my memory serves, it was the motion sickness which they tended to cause after a few minutes which killed them off. There was lots of initial hype, but when most people who try out your product feel like throwing up after a few minutes... you don't tend to get many customers.
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#17 - 2014-05-09 04:59:14 UTC
Cassandra Aurilien wrote:
Brooks Puuntai wrote:


The failed Nintendo VR isn't what I would consider "all the rage", it failed miserably back then. It was definitely premature back then and still "might" be now. The tech isn't really the issue now, its more will it gain popularity and become mainstream enough to warrant companies investing into it. Which I doubt it.


I still recall playing MechWarrior 2 with VR goggles (didn't buy them, tried them out in a store), one of the few games where it worked like a charm.

It wasn't just Nintendo, there were several PC oriented headsets around. (I'd actually forgotten about the Nintendo VR.)

If my memory serves, it was the motion sickness which they tended to cause after a few minutes which killed them off. There was lots of initial hype, but when most people who try out your product feel like throwing up after a few minutes... you don't tend to get many customers.

Actually they predate that even. Mid-late 80's I had a GF that had a friend who had a VR headset (their son did). No kidding, it was a space shooter. Yeah it was vector graphics, but still 3d orientation and in a headset, and was pretty smooth actually. You would move around in a 3d spacial area and shoot space ships sort of like battle zone (old arcade game). They looked a bit like large binoculars.

I'm in it for the money

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F12
DrysonBennington
Eagle's Talon's
#18 - 2014-05-10 20:57:46 UTC
ISD Dorrim Barstorlode wrote:
DrysonBennington wrote:
With 2013 firmly in the rearview mirror, the movers and shakers of the video gaming industry are focusing on where the next 12 months will take us.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/24/tech/gaming-gadgets/gaming-predictions-2014/index.html


I think the evolution of Video Gaming will be a three fold process involving first the Oculus VR head gear to be used with the hybrid PC to Console type gaming environment. For a sample check out Eve - Online and DUST514. Eve is a PC based Space MMORPG where DUST514 is a Console based FPS based on the Eve Universe. In both environments your actions affect the environment of the other. Now if CCP could only link up Eve Valkyrie which is a Space based SFPS (Ship First Person Shooter) then a new type of gaming environment would be present. I mean how awesome would it be to be able to pilot a fighter in FPS and come across a group of mining barges in null space that are part of the PC MMORPG and attack them. Both environments needing to be synced rather tediously to a special type of grind...but none the less exciting and a hell of a challenge to overcome.

Actually, if you watched one of the Keynotes from Fanfest, I'm pretty certain they said that this is the direction they're taking EVE and all related properties.



So CCP is trying to create a trybrid (one more than a hybrid) system? Nice.

Is CCP looking into making certain aspects of all three environments actually 3D where glasses would need to be used to experience the environment similar to how you would view a 3D movie?