When Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs) are Mainstream...

[Leo_A]

i kinda agree with that notion... we'll just skip straight to the projected room that turns a room into whatever we are playing (like you see in the movie Jason X)

That would be even more of a novelty. The normal person doesn't even have an empty room to dedicate to a 360 degree projector setup for starters. And how would it handle things like corners of a room? And what would be the appeal to start with other than being 360 degrees? Having the cockpit of a racecar being displayed on the walls for instance hardly seems appealing when those walls might be 10 feet or more away from you.

Head mounted displays make much more sense than that. But I'm quite sure we're going to have tv's and be playing games on them for many more decades to come.

[Collector_Gaming]

That would be even more of a novelty. The normal person doesn't even have an empty room to dedicate to a 360 degree projector setup for starters. And how would it handle things like corners of a room? And what would be the appeal to start with other than being 360 degrees? Having the cockpit of a racecar being displayed on the walls for instance hardly seems appealing when those walls might be 10 feet or more away from you.
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not simply a projector that beams a image on a wall.. but more so a hologram that fills a room. So everything looks like its actually there.. So even if your in Chicago you can feel like your in tokyo without being there.

And it will happen in the future.. and you ask where the hell you gonna put something like that. Well as we all know when a demand shows for something. People will create adaptations to accommodate that demand.. even if it means tearing down apartment buildings and then rebuilding those buildings just for the purpose. (look at vegas always changing its casinos just to keep up with what people expect out of a vegas vacation)

IN THE FUTURE!!!!!!

[jb143]

not simply a projector that beams a image on a wall.. but more so a hologram that fills a room.

The problem with that scenario is that holograms do not project...at least not in the way we think of as seen in movies and such. Almost everything we think we know about holograms is a lie.

That's not to say that some other volumetric display technology couldn't fake the effect you're after but it more than likely wouldn't be a hologram.

[Ryudo]

Never putting something on my head just to play a game. it even bugs me to have sunglasses on or headphones. Nor will I jump like a moron in front of a TV (also would kill me and get my pacemaker going)
head displays always have and always will be a novelty gimmick that will never take off

[jb143]

By the way...here's the sunglasses style ones I was referring to...
http://www.vuzix.com/home/

The Sony hmd's I've seen are a bit bulkier...though probably a bit more immersive.

[Leo_A]

not simply a projector that beams a image on a wall.. but more so a hologram that fills a room. So everything looks like its actually there.. So even if your in Chicago you can feel like your in tokyo without being there.

Like jb143 said, that's the domain of Hollywood film makers.

[Collector_Gaming]

Like jb143 said, that's the domain of Hollywood film makers.

anythings possible when given time

[Compute]

There are definitely better possibilities for VR than in the 90's, but I don't see it catching on. Why would I want to stand up while playing an FPS? It would be nice to have goggles for a flight-sim, but then you would need a better control panel to get the feel. I'm hoping AR becomes more prevalent. The tech is already there, and the "google glasses" add a whole dimension. I'm picturing a scenario in which those glasses are used in a laser tag arena. The glasses would project and highlight features (reload, armor, bonus areas) and show a HUD of your current stats. Sure it's not amazing, but the tech is already there. Once a company like Lazertron makes the glasses in a rugged design, it's basically done.