Technology evolves in amazingly rapid speeds. There’s no doubt that the gaming industry has seen its fair share of technological evolution in the recent years. 2015 will be an exciting ride for all the gamers. We may wonder about how games are going to turn out more technologically brilliant in the future. Well, the gaming as well as game development industry is sure to show a technological advancement this year. Read the article and get to know about 5 technologies you can expect in the future of gaming.
In gaming, there’re already gaming apps like DroidShooting, a simple shooter game which lets the player interact with the surroundings in real-time. Holding your smartphone up, you will need to shoot targets appearing from everywhere around you. Wearable UI devices like Google Glass where you don’t even need to hold up a console or device, and playing a game almost feels like you’re on the ground in the gaming realm is one among the best apps of Augmented Reality (AR) in gaming.
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With Cloud Gaming, we need not wait forever to get updates to high-quality games. It’s all in the cloud and all we have to do is connect to it with a stable Internet connection and play. Games will also be cheaper and more easily accessible via computers and even tablets. It aims to provide end users friction-less and direct play-ability of games across various devices.
1. Virtual Reality (VR)
Virtual reality is computer simulated environment that can replicate physical presence in real places or imagined / digital world. Recreating sensory experiences, which include virtual taste, sight, smell, sound, and touch is the major advantage of the technology. This can be effectively used in gaming and game development to offer the gamer a brand new sense of gaming experience. With this cutting edge technology, the gamer can experience the gaming situation as real. Long leaps in technology that fetched improved hardware capabilities and thus virtual reality (VR) has started to resurface in the gaming industry. Devices like Oculus Rift, that has showcased in various gaming conventions has already received numerous positive reviews from game developers and gamers alike. The technology is thus all about giving a 3D experience while gaming and is about to take gaming to next level in the near future.2. Secondary Screens For Gaming
Wii U GamePad
Wii U GamePad is a newly released device, which features a built-in touchscreen and incorporated characteristics of tablet devices. The touchscreen can be used to supplement a game by providing alternate, second screen functionality or an asymmetric view of a scenario in a game. For example, in first-person shooter games, a second screen lets you access the map or your inventory without leaving the game field.SmartGlass
It’s amazing that even Microsoft is catching up with the competition with the advent of Xbox SmartGlass. Well, SmartGlass is an extraordinary app developed to act as an additional tool for gamers to interact with. It gives awesome visual experiences while gaming. It can be downloaded into and accessed from smartphones and tablets to enhance the gaming experience.3. Game Development Kits
These Game Development Kits (GDK), are extensive software to design, build games, simulations and visualizations. Unreal engine, unity 5, twinmotion are some of the best examples of GDK that can come up with real great games. So, anyone can build a game if they wish to do so. These kits make game development easier and cheaper creating more creative game makers, giving rise to more variety of free-to-play games. Thus, games of the future may no longer be monopolized by major game developers.4. Augmented Reality (AR)
Augmented reality combines two worlds – digital and real, to deal with, helping you to discover some beneficial details in the form of visual data imagery. The same can thus bring a wave in game development as well as gaming.In gaming, there’re already gaming apps like DroidShooting, a simple shooter game which lets the player interact with the surroundings in real-time. Holding your smartphone up, you will need to shoot targets appearing from everywhere around you. Wearable UI devices like Google Glass where you don’t even need to hold up a console or device, and playing a game almost feels like you’re on the ground in the gaming realm is one among the best apps of Augmented Reality (AR) in gaming.
5. Cloud Gaming
Cloud Gaming is one among the emerging technology, that has begun to gain some momentum. Cloud Gaming is in fact a crucial part of the future of gaming industry. For one thing, the gaming industry sees it as an opportunity to make games as easy to access as music and movies.With Cloud Gaming, we need not wait forever to get updates to high-quality games. It’s all in the cloud and all we have to do is connect to it with a stable Internet connection and play. Games will also be cheaper and more easily accessible via computers and even tablets. It aims to provide end users friction-less and direct play-ability of games across various devices.
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