Witness the Remarkable Evolution of Animation in Video Games – Futurism

In BriefThe evolution of video games is impressive when you considerthe relatively short time span since the first commerciallyavailable video game hit the market in 1972.

We all love video games. Whether its a classic gamelikeMario Party or a mobile game likecandy crush saga, everyone has their pick of the litter. But while video gamesprovide us with a fun, light-hearted medium to escape our everyday lives, the industry itself is a behemoth. Just last year, the gaming industry made $91 billion in revenue from mobile, retail, and free-to-play games.

The industry itself is evolving with new innovations. From virtual reality so convincing that you might just vomitto AI interfaces that makecomputer opponents ruthless,were just beginning to realize the potential of gaming. But did anyone truly imagine the capacity for growth that weve seenin the gaming industry today, just 40 years after it all began?

While there were other video games before pong, they werent commercialized like the grandfather of all games. Ataris arcade legend featured a two-dimensional, graphical representation of table tennis, with which players used paddles to hit the ball back and forth until someone scored. The arcade version ofPongwas so successful that Bushnell, Ataris developer, pushed for a home console that could connect to the television, marking the beginning of what was to come.

Nintendos Donkey Kongbrought something new to the table. While the giant ape took the role of the villain, the main character was at the time known as Jumpman but we would recognize him today to be the one and only, Mario. The birth of Mario and the immersive gameplay set the precedent for future games.

Doom provided an entirely different experience for users. The graphical interface offered immersive three-dimensional gameplay while also inspiring many other first-person shooter games after it. The science-fiction horror gameis considered to be one of the most influential games in history.

MicrosoftsHalois almost like a rite of passage for gamers today. The multiplayer, military science fiction, first-person shooter is universally praised for its mastery of gameplay and graphics and continues to captivates users even today.

Square Enixs Final Fantasy series is known to blow fans minds with its graphical interface. Final Fantasy is a role-playing video game that allows players to roam in an open world, battle enemies, and customize their own characters. The progress in photo-realistic facial effects is prominent in the video game series.

The action role-playing game, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, gave us far more depth than just great graphics. The characters in the game spoke volumes just by nuances in their gestures. The body language of the characters often told part of the story, and players were only able to pick up on the atmosphere of the conversation once they paid close attention to the details packed in with the impressive graphics.

When you combine impressive graphics with horror virtual reality (VR) games, you get The Brookhaven Experiment. The game is terrifying on its own, but VR survival horror game might just make you wet your pants as it pushes us into a new generation of video game graphics that surround us.

This augmented reality (AR) video game promises to mix reality with you guessed it magic! The game makers claim to be developing ahead-mounted device virtual retinal display that overlays the games graphics onto the real world, but they havebeen experiencing delays for years. We dont know whenMagic Leapwill finally be available to the public, but its demos have some gamers excited to try it.

Our progress in developing video game animations is astounding, so much so that it helped bolster billionaire Elon Musk, owner of Tesla, Solar City, and SpaceX, in his claim that were living in a simulation.The overwhelming progress in photo-realistic effects in such a short timespan makes you ponder what humans will be able to develop in the years ahead.

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