the future of video games

The video game industry will always be around. There is always going to be people who enjoy playing games of any type that will keep the gaming industry alive. Video games are actually starting to bring in more money than the rest of the entertainment market. The Guardian, a UK magazine, wrote an article last year about the video game industry taking over but still being the punching bag of the industry. "Last year will go down in history as the point at which the UK videogames industry pulled decisively away from cinema, recorded music and DVD sales to become the country's most valuable purchased entertainment market, with combined software and hardware sales topping the £4bn mark for the first time: more than DVD and music sales combined, and more than four times cinema box office takings."

I did some article searching to see what people are thinking the future of virtual worlds and gaming worlds are going to be like. I found some articles, some that sucked, others that rocked, three of them are listed before. Everyone is in agreement that video games will be all virtual, that the person playing wouldn't be able to tell apart reality from virtual reality. Other articles talk about a combining of different virtual worlds, the new 3-D tvs and virtual reality blending with augmented reality.

As cool and awesome as that sounds and as much as that reminds me of the science fiction novels I read and love, I cannot see 3-D, virtual reality and augmented reality as booming trends in the video game industry that would last for a long time. Personally, as someone who plays video games, I would rather hold a controller in my hand with no sort of science fiction aspects involved. I prefer an old school and more traditional approach to playing video games. However I think it would be an awesome way to watch a movie!!

Some interesting articles:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Video-Games-and-Future-Realistic-Augmented-Reality-Considered&id=4497594
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/predictions-on-the-exciting-future-of-video-game-design.html
http://gear.ign.com/articles/965/965595p1.html