Human factors, more than pure technology, will lead the way to the adoption of next generation gaming and media.
Using only your mind, you can imagine, you can dream impossible things, and soon, you can play your favorite video games.
Some day, you will use only your mind to create games and media especially tuned to you!
This well written article outlines all the ways games and media are evolving, including some great potential for mental health treatments.
Awesome! But what I like most is the frank discussion of human factors and the challenges that lay ahead in bringing these technologies to a truly usable state.
“Higher technical specifications don’t automatically mean better for humans,†says Alexis Souchet, a Ph. D. who works at France’s tech institute IRT SystemX and studies virtual reality’s side effects
Souchet outlines how our neural plasticity could mold our brains to better fit our usage. Like phones have already proven, we’re locked in simultaneous evolution with our devices.
But, he wonders, “if we adapt to VR, will we be less adapted to our natural environment? What would be the consequences on populations?
In the end, sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson might have framed it best when he said: ‘The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.’â€
So much promise and so much more work to do…
Source
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2023/10/mind-control-gaming-isnt-sci-fi-its-just-science
