{"id":110832,"date":"2016-11-20T08:54:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T06:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=110832"},"modified":"2016-11-20T08:55:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T06:55:52","slug":"you-will-be-living-in-a-video-game-by-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/110832-you-will-be-living-in-a-video-game-by-2021","title":{"rendered":"You will be living in a video game by 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of its 2021 interview series, The Verge<\/a><\/strong> spoke to EA CEO Andrew Wilson about what video games will look like in five years.<\/p>\n

Wilson painted a future where video games would be integrated into the world around you the same way music is now.<\/p>\n

“Today… almost every device I own plays me music, and services like Spotify curate and cultivate and personalize that music for me, music permeates almost every aspect of my life,” said Wilson.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s moved from being something I have to make a conscious decision to engage with, to something that really surrounds every aspect of my life.”<\/p>\n

Video games will permeate our lives in the same manner as music has, argues Wilson, with the rise of internet-enabled devices allowing your physical activities to be linked directly to your gaming\u00a0profile.<\/p>\n

Effectively, the constant integration of Internet-enabled technology into our daily lives will result in us permanently interacting with gaming, even when performing other activities.<\/p>\n

Wilson says gaming will evolve from the genre-based, standalone releases of today into one co-existing video game world overlaid with the physical.<\/p>\n

“I think what we start to see is less about [what the game is] \u2014 is it a shooter, is it a sports game, is it open world or closed world, is it a linear story or a forked story, is it multiplayer \u2014 and more about this one, existing world where we all play a part,” says Wilson.<\/p>\n

\"vr-future\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Technology and VR<\/h3>\n

The vast, integrated world outlined by Andrew Wilson seems to be an inevitable outcome to the constant improvement of technology.<\/p>\n

Gaming is on the cutting-edge of entertainment technology, with virtual reality and constantly-improving hardware allowing us to constantly improve our experiences.<\/p>\n

However, Wilson also says that the variety of Internet-enabled devices and differing consumer refresh rates mean that the change to a interlinked, integrated gaming platform needs to happen at a basic\u00a0level of design.<\/p>\n

“What I\u2019ve got to do as a creator is try and keep you together with your friends inside experiences that you love, and the only way we can do that is at a core engine level,”\u00a0says Wilson.<\/p>\n

For further insight, check out The Verge’s full interview<\/a><\/strong> with Andrew Wilson.<\/p>\n

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Now read:\u00a0New PlayStation 4 advert brings Spider-Man and Kratos to life<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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