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If one has been
keeping up with their technology, they may have realized that
computers have a
tendency to double in speed, or shrink dramatically in size, every
couple of years. If
this trend continues on for another 6 years or so, according to
Gordon Moore (a
really smart guy) we’ll close to reaching our limit on how small the
circuits in these
computers can get.
Don’t despair yet. The
good news is that by that time, there will be system more
superior than our
gaming devices that can fit on a device so small, that it would
probably make our
heads hurt. There is an obviously flaw to this constant size
miniaturization, and
that is that the screens, along with the internal circuits, get smaller
as well, and of course
no one wants to have to squint to play their video games. Unless
you’re Gilbert
Gottfried or something.
Who’s got the solution?
The bright minds at U of W think they just might have the
remedy, they’re
working on something called the VRD (Virtual
Retina Display). Its
purpose is to project
images directly into your eyeballs. Of course like all good
technological
advances, the military calls dibs. They’re thinking of using the technology
as a form of ‘Heads-Up
Display’ for their pilots and soldiers. After they’ve had their fun,
all that’ll be left is
for producers to make the product cheap enough for the rest of us to
enjoy at our homes, or
anywhere else.
With the possibility
of such a massive technological leap, we may be looking at the end
of ‘at home gaming’,
the VRD will render it useless, just like the cell phone did the
land
line. One
may come with the argument that, an at home device can potentially have
better graphics, but
the reality is, most hardcore gamers cannot tell the difference
between graphical
improvements from one generation to the next. Its going to boil down
to people asking
themselves, why would I want to play on the device I can’t take with
me?
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