A New Virtual Reality Awaits the Gaming World

The spawn of artificial intelligence became the brainchild of virtual reality. Artificial intelligence is not a new concept. John Cameron’s “Terminator”, has swelled into a massive cult following since its release, building on the idea formulated by the late Stanford University computer scientist John McCarthy in 1956.

Artificially fabricated worlds have sparked an enthusiasm in game players to experience the intensity of a virtual reality. The ability to create virtual worlds that are artificially made to appear as if they are the true reality is opening up a whole new business enterprise for the gaming industry.

Industry Growth in the Billions

Sales of virtual reality online games did not reach the lofty projections made last January, but any industry that generates billion-dollar profits deserves attention. Consumers didn’t quite spend the estimated 5 billion dollars on virtual reality gaming hardware as expected, but still more than doubled the six and half million spent in 2015. Even though the lofty expectations were not achieved in 2016, estimates point toward new technological improvements in virtual reality devices that will propel profits skyward, well into the next decade.

Multiplayer Challenges

Multiplayer online video games have grown rapidly in popularity. Incorporating the idea of a mass multiplayer virtual environment has online game designers intrigued. Since the concept of multiplayer competitiveness was such a success, online game developers feel that blending that idea with a virtual reality setting would produce incredible demand.

Virtual Sports Competitions

Online sports games have exploded in recent years. Player interest has consistently risen for sporting games from football to cricket. The appeal of adding a sense of virtual reality to sporting games is mind-boggling.

Online sports game players could encounter a whole new world of excitement if virtual realism was added to the experience. Instead of guiding players through a sequence of maneuvers using imagination, virtual reality would make these games a whole new experience.

In a virtual reality, sports gamers could feel the elated sensation of catching a pass, blocking a kick, or even racing side by side in a pool against a world-renowned swimmer. Track and field fanatics could try to outrun the fastest humans on the planet and golfers could stroll up to the 18th green, matching stroke for stroke with the legends of the links. Positioning players in a real world-sporting event is a tempting concept for virtual reality developers to think about.

Know When to Hold `Em

Poker and online casinos are a huge attraction in the online gaming industry. Building on the same idea behind virtual sporting games, online gamblers could sit at the table across from some of the most ruthless card sharks of lore.

Texas Hold ‘Em experts will be able to experience the thrill staring across the table into the eyes of the likes of Wild Bill Hickok or the infamous Poker Alice. Imagine the anxious tension deciding if you should call, or fold, against one of the most notorious gunslinger poker players of the Wild West.

Virtual reality and online gaming are both burgeoning industries. The thought of combining the two has developers salivating over the extraordinary possibilities.