Originally posted by Snoopy1978
reply to post by KristinLynnxo
I am 33 years old, my first video game system was an atari. From bouncing around a square to hit another bunch of squares (supposedly a tank) to online call of duty and battlefield 3' 3d nintendo ds plus kinect and joining thousands of other people in real time on world of warcraft. Well, I am very impressed! Hell, I was impressed when I first managed to get a copy of Leisure Suit Larry and King's Quest for my first IBM pc! Super Mario 1 was simply incredible and when first got to Bowser, I was 7, I swear my heart stopped for a second; such was the sheer amazement. So yeah, we've come along way in an extremely short amount of time, all IMO of course.
Hey I agree with you, I grew up with the same thing and am also impressed with our 3D GRAPHICS but that is a completely different thing than actual Virtual Reality. VR is so much more complex than just fascinating graphics. No matter how great any cgi or graphic is, it is not even close to being a real virtual interactive environment, imo.
I think those blob pictures you look at for 10 seconds then look at a blank wall and see something would be a good start on the understanding of how to create real virtual reality
Looking at a SCREEN and controlling it with realistic graphics that seem real is completely different than what virtual reality is, which is an interactive 'video' game that LITERALLY looks and feels like your surroundings, for starters. Imagination with that platform would transform 'video gaming' to a whole new level. Don't get me wrong I love gaming but there is a big difference between the gaming we know and actual VR : )


