VR

The adolescent today are turning out to be more appended to their innovation. Connections are being manufactured online or through telephones. Consoles and keypads are turning into the keys to our heart. Technology gives a method for correspondence yet is turning into the best way to speak with today's childhood in light of the fact that it has made one on one collaboration less incessant and has made a negative impact on the social capacities of the young. Technology nowadays has become really advanced and there are incredible invention that human kind would have never thought of in the past years or foresee. One very incredible creation that I will be discussing today is Virtual reality. “Virtual Reality is an alternate world filled with computer-generated images that respond to human movements.  These simulated environments are usually visited with the aid of an expensive data suit which features stereophonic video goggles and fiber-optic data gloves”.  (Greenbaum, 1992)

Bryson claimed that “Virtual reality is an effect and not a reality. In particular, virtual reality does not, a priori, attempt to create an illusion of the real world (although some applications do attempt to do so). Note also that it is the interface, not the content, which characterizes virtual reality”. (July/Aug. 1992) That effect we perceive of this machine is achieved through using the following gears: A head piece usually stereoscopic that shows the virtual world from the person's present, the virtual scene is seen as free of the person, that is, has "object steadiness," while the person moves about, a high-performance computer graphics system that computes and renders the virtual world; and Three-dimensional input devices that allow the user to provide input into the system directly in three dimensions. Basically, you wear a head gear which emits sound and visuals and you are supposed to perceive things from our daily life, for example walking on the beach while you are in your living room, shopping or playing games. Virtual reality is used to other benefits as well such quitting smoking, training programs like flying a plane, medical procedures and sometimes just for being lonely you can talk to a person who becomes your friend. Some examples of games that are VR are on the Nintendo Wii. Virtual reality has been embraced by the military – this incorporates each of the three administrations (armed force, naval force and aviation based armed forces) – where it is utilized for preparing purposes. This is especially valuable for preparing officers for battle circumstances or different perilous settings where they need to figure out how to respond in a jeopardized situation. A virtual reality reproduction empowers them to do as such however without the danger of death or a genuine damage. They can re-sanction a specific situation, for instance engagement with an adversary in a domain in which they encounter this however without this present reality danger. This has turned out to be more secure and less exorbitant than customary preparing routines. Education is another territory which has embraced virtual reality for showing and learning circumstances. The upside of this is that it empowers expansive gatherings of understudies to communicate with one another and also inside of a three dimensional environment. It has the capacity present complex information in an available approach to understudies which is both fun and simple to learn. Furthermore these understudies can interface with the articles in that environment keeping in mind the end goal to find more about them.

Medicinal services are one of the greatest adopters of virtual reality which envelops surgery reenactment, fear treatment, automated surgery and abilities preparing. One of the upsides of this innovation is that it permits social insurance experts to learn new aptitudes and additionally invigorating existing ones in a sheltered domain. Additionally it permits this without creating any threat to the patients. An example of these services is the HumanSim framework which empowers specialists, attendants and other medicinal work force to interface with others in an intuitive domain. They participate in preparing situations in which they need to cooperate with a patient however inside of a 3D domain just. This is an immersive affair which measures the member's feelings by means of a progression of sensors. Virtual reality is often used as a diagnostic tool in that it enables doctors to arrive at a diagnosis in conjunction with other methods such as MRI scans. This removes the need for invasive procedures or surgery. An interesting utilization of this innovation is in mechanical surgery. This is the place surgery is performed by method for a robotic gadget – controlled by a human specialist, which lessens time and danger of confusions. Virtual reality has been likewise been utilized for preparing purposes and, in the field of remote telesurgery in which surgery is performed by the specialist at a different area to the patient. The fundamental element of this framework is power criticism as the specialist should have the capacity to gage the measure of weight to utilize when performing a sensitive method. Be that as it may, there is an issue of time postponement or inertness which is a genuine concern as any deferral – even a small amount of a second – can feel strange to the specialist and intrude on the methodology. So there should be exact power input set up to keep this. This is where we argue if Virtual reality has been used in the right way or not. Most scientist are with this invention and few are against especially that it has more benefits than negative aspects, it is however harmful o the eyes and brains and most of your senses if it used a lot.

In the chapter on immersion in her book Hamlet on the Holodeck , Janet Murray states “We seed the same feeling from a psychologically immersive experience that we do from a plunge in the ocean or swimming pool: the sensation of being surrounded by a completely other reality, as different as water is from air, that takes over all of our attention, our whole perceptual apparatus” (1997)  Virtual reality has been famous for games and not everyone knows that it has so many other benefits especially in medicine. I believe it’s a really interesting invention and I support it as long as it does not do any harm to humans.

References

Greenbaum, P.  (1992, March).  The lawnmower man.  Film and video, 9 (3), pp.  58-62.

Bryson, S. Virtual reality takes on real physics applications. Comput. Phys. 6, 4 (July/Aug. 1992)

[2] Murray, J. H. (1997). Hamlet on the Holodeck - The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace. New York: The Free Press.

Augmented Reality | Virtual Reality Site. 2015. Augmented Reality | Virtual Reality Site. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.vrs.org.uk/augmented-reality/index.html. [Accessed 07 September 2015].

What is virtual reality and what should it be?

OUTLINE 

INTRODUCTION : A- Game art nowadays
                              B- Define virtual reality
                              C- What should it be?

BODY PARG: A- What are examples of virtual reality.
B- How should it be projected.
C- Argue on what should it be.


Conclusion : summary + opinion 

Video Games Addiction

“Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.” Carl Jung, Computer game addiction is depicted as a drive control issue, which does not include utilization of an inebriating medication and is fundamentally the same to obsessive betting .Computer game enslavement has additionally been alluded to as computer game abuse, neurotic or habitual or extreme utilization of PC diversions and/or computer games. Some of the most popular on-line games include EverQuest, Asheron Call, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy, Vanguard, and City of Heroes. MMORPGs are networks of people, all interacting with one another to play a game to achieve goals, accomplish missions, and reach high scores in a fantasy world.  combine elements of role-playing games, fighting, and killing in a social chat channel with limited graphics. Those suffering from video game addiction may use the Internet to access massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs) and multi-user domain games (MUDs). (Thoughts about previous on-line activity or anticipation of the next on-line session.) Use of the Game in increasing amounts of time in order to achieve satisfaction. What are the warning signs of video game addiction,  Preoccupation with the Game,  Gaming longer than originally intended , Lies to family members, friends, therapists, or others to conceal the extent of involvement with the Game,  Jeopardized or risked loss of significant relationships, job, educational or career opportunities because of Game use,  Feelings of restlessness, moodiness, depression, or irritability when attempting to cut down use of the Game and the use of the Game is a way to escape from problems or to relieve a dysphoric mood. There are also other symptoms of addiction in games which are physical like Fatigue, tendency to fall asleep during school, Not completing homework or assignments on time, declining grades, or failing classes, dropping out of school activities, clubs, sports, etc and isolating from family and friends to play video games. Why do you become addicted to games though?! Many persons who attempt to quit their Game use experience withdrawal including: anger, depression, relief, fantasies about the game, mood swings, anxiety, fear, irritability, sadness, loneliness, boredom, restlessness, procrastination, and upset stomach. Being addicted to video-gaming can also cause physical discomfort or medical problems such as: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, dry eyes, backaches, severe headaches, eating irregularities, such as skipping meals, failure to attend to personal hygiene, and sleep disturbance. Those suffering from video game addiction spend more time in solitary seclusion, spend less time with real people in their lives, and are often viewed as socially awkward. They may attempt to conceal the amount of time spent playing, which results in distrust and the disturbance of quality in once stable relationships. Gaming addictions result in personal, family, academic, financial, and occupational problems that are characteristic of other addictions. Impairments of real life relationships are disrupted as a result of excessive use of the Game. Much of the equipment needed to play video games designed for prolonged use can be quite costly and many MMORPGs charge monthly subscription fees. Those at highest risk for creation of a secret life are those who suffer from low-self esteem feelings of inadequacy, and fear of disapproval. Some individuals may create on-line personas or "Avatars" where he/she are able to alter his/her identities and pretend to be someone other than himself or herself. Arguments may result due to the volume of time spent playing. Such negative self-concepts lead to clinical problems of depression and anxiety. Additionally, gaming can become very costly, resorting in financial consequences. In order to get help there are a lot of organizations who take care of these problems and help you out get over you addiction.

Violence In Video Games

"Children who see a lot of violence are more likely to view violence as an effective way of settling conflicts. Children exposed to violence are more likely to assume that acts of violence are acceptable behaviour.Viewing violence can lead to emotional desensitization towards violence in real life. It can decrease the likelihood that one will take action on behalf of a victim when violence occurs." The American Academy of Paediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Psychological Association, American Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, and American Psychiatric Association, wrote in a July 26, 2000. Proof of the uniqueness between the way we take a gander at movies and amusements, and the waiting discernment that diversions are more suitable for kids, is plain in the dialect utilized as a part of the appeal that evidently conveyed the issue to video games seller's consideration: "This sickening diversion urges players to submit sexual viciousness and murder ladies", and "recreations like this are preparing yet another era of young men to endure savagery against ladies". In particular, while a few discoveries of the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association's yearly Digital Australia overview may astound a few individuals (47 for every penny of gamers are female; the normal period of computer game players is 36), one finding is unfortunately not astonishing by any stretch of the imagination: less than 50% of the individuals reviewed said a diversion's arrangement impacts regardless of whether they'd purchase it for a kid. For this situation, as opposed to tending to the inconceivably imperative issues of savagery against ladies (in the real lived world) or the introduction of youngsters to complex media they can't would like to process, the open deliberation has pummelled back to the same old talk: that rough representations advise a vicious society (not the other route around), and that decimating the representations will by one means or another result in a more secure environment.Christopher Ferguson, a clinician at Stetson College in Florida, completed two studies into media savagery. In the to begin with, his group connected US murder rates somewhere around 1920 and 2005, with occurrences of roughness portrayed in movies. In spite of the fact that there was confirmation of a moderate relationship between an ascent in screened and genuine roughness amid the 1950s, this turned around all through whatever remains of the century, with occurrences of screen viciousness conversely identified with manslaughter rates in the 1990s. In the second study, utilization of rough computer games was measured against youth savagery rates in the past 20 years. The study presumed that playing computer games corresponded with a fall in brutal wrongdoing executed by those in the 12-17 age bunch. The examination paper likewise addresses the legitimacy of past studies into connections between genuine and screened viciousness, which have to a great extent depended on research facility testing. The courses in which forceful practices have been investigated and measured before, with guineas pig observing short clasps of rough substance and after that completing indicated exercises, may well have prompted results which have little significance outside of the research facility environment, the study proposes."The extent to which research facility concentrates on steadfastly catch the media experience is additionally disputable," composes Ferguson. "Numerous such studies give introduction to just short clasps of media, instead of full account encounters, in which brutality presentation is outside of a story connection. The resultant forceful practices are likewise outside a genuine setting, in which the animosity gives off an impression of being authorized by the analysts themselves, who give the chance to hostility.

Gender In Video Games

   In most of video games women are said to be violated especially in a game called GTA( Grand Theft Auto). Women are beaten up and characterized as prostitutes and not to forget to mention that you cant be a female character playing the game . It is apparent that the traditional woman depicted in video games is the most popular role of women in video games are stereotypical and traditional in nature .It is arguedthat these characterizations may have a real effect upon the attitudes of children toward women and relationships and their expectations about behaviour. The predominantly male (88.5%) and heterosexual (92%) community of game developers designs their female characters as weak, distracted, and as having vices. According to Electronic Entertainment Design and Research, the lack of strong female characters present in video games is due to the fact 

that "there's a sense in the industry that games with female heroes won’t sell". A German longitudinal study was distributed that investigated the association in the middle of gaming and sexist states of mind. This study investigated whether video games changed sexist states of mind amongst its members. The study additionally took an exceptionally wide perspective of video games and did not particularly target recreations with sexuality substance. That is a considerable measure of information  significantly, it likewise originates before any present debate with respect to the conviction that playing recreations some way or another makes individuals sexist.Concerning who subsidized the exploration in the event that it were a diversions distributes then that would raise doubt about the study, as they would plainly have a personal stake in the outcomes. The study was based around development hypothesis, which sets that long haul introduction to media substance can influence our impression of our general surroundings. The outcomes comprehensively demonstrate that playing videogames doesn't make individuals sexist. The principal is the certainty this was a longitudinal study and the second is who subsidized the exploration. Those two vital focuses aside, as the study was led in Germany it's misty how material these discoveries would be to different nations. So playing bunches of video games ought to influence individuals somehow.

Genre

Genre, as applied to Video Games, typically describes the style of game play rather than that of the story or setting as in other media. Many games mix and match among them. Video games have a huge list of genre and as I mentioned before sometimes there is video games with mixed genre . For example ,  Action,  Shooter, Action-adventure, Adventure,  Role-playing, Simulation,  Strategy, Sports and other notable genres like Idle gaming Video game genres by purpose Scientific studies. Genre is important because it also plays a role when it comes to age and consumers buying the games.

Emergent Narrative

Emergent Narrative is the concept that, when a game offers enough freedom to the player, the player can form their own story. Emergent Game-play is the idea that, rather than shoehorning the player into a pre-constructed story, you should establish a structure, through game technicalities, in which a player can experience their own stories.  One  Minecraft player might have tales of profound exploration, while another might tell of his Fitzcarraldo-like endeavor to build a stronghold on top of a mountain.  These games give players a world and tools which allow them to experience wholly unique stories.  No two games of Minecraft are ever alike.  Ditto for Dwarf Fortress, or Sim City, or Grand Theft Auto.  Hell, board and tabletop games are a study in emergent narrative, where the stories that emerge depend more on who you’re playing with than the game itself, and the mechanics are just there to facilitate. 

High or Low

      Does it really matter if the graphics of the game are high resolution or not? Some people pay a lot of attention to the graphics of the game and some people don't really care about the visual part and lean more to the game play experience. Nowadays games ar getting better with visual graphics and less bugs trying to give the gamer a better experience to the game and make it feel more real. A Realistic game can strive to model the real world in a

 fashion which produces results as consistent with what would happen as possible. However, since the real world is incredibly complex, setting this as a goal tends to result in games which are also incredibly complex, even if compromises are made. Sometimes game industries spends millions and so much time working and focusing on the graphics of the game and neglect the gameplay and other assets of the game , which then leads the game to fail especially that it will be put up in a high price.

3d vs 2d games

2D games are typically Scrollers. The first Super Mario Bros. on NES fits one type of Scroller ( you can't move backwards in that unfortunately). Your avatar is flat. You can move left, right, up, and down. There are several types of 2D games,.. several styles. So beyond that flat avatar and those directions of movement, it is hard to find any other constant. A 3D game usually suggest the incorporation of Depth. If you were to look into details on the Dimensions, Depth is the third Dimension. So the term holds up in reality as well. 3D basically just means it has more than 2 dimensions. COD and Skyrim are 3D because you can see more than one side of them. (You can see their faces, bodies, etc.) 3D can also be used for a 3D movie but it can also mean what I just said. And extreme gaming, just means you get a game(s) and no life it for a while, playing it for most of your time.

Halo

"Halo Killer" became part of the gaming lexicon, applied to any title that presumed to take the crown from the most successful first-person shooter of its time. Only one other franchise has arguably made that climb (that'd be Call of Duty). But nothing else can claim billions of online matches played, hundreds of accolades and awards, a highly successful multimedia empire, sales records shattered by more sales records, and a launch that single-handedly turned a two-horse console race into a three-way war. Halo was itself a game-changer, simultaneously putting new and untested hardware on the map while announcing the end of PC-shooter dominance with authority.

Flappy Bird

Dong Nguyen designed Flappy Bird , an extremely  addictive game to play for 28 days and if you didn't download it then you never get to have it ! Nguyen the Vietnamese developer decided for it to be gone forever simply because it was way to addictive. On April 2013 the first Flappy Bird was out and it was called flap flap, the game had Nintendo style graphics. On Dec. 3, 2013, Flappy Bird officially entered the overall App Store charts, coming in at 1308 in the U.S. At this time, the game was ranked 74 in Family and 395 in U.S. games.

GTA

Grand Theft Auto , for me is an awesome game but for others could be offensive. Basically, its a game were you can shoot people , do missions for gangs, hijack cars, steal money from people and pick up prostitutes. The first game that was developed was in 1997 " Grand Theft Auto " and you could play it on PS1 console and Windows MS-DOS; it was a top view. David Jones and Mike Dailly are the first to develop and create GTA before the brothers Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut took over the rest of the series of games. GTA was inspired from a flaw of another game " Race N Chase".  Then " Race N Chase" sued GTA with a 1 billion dollar lawsuit. Grand Theft Auto has been accused for being a violent and vulgar game and a lot of parents are against buying it for their children. I do agree that it is not for children but its so much fun for adults. 

Donkey Kong

Before Mario or any jump and run plat-former, Donkey Kong was developed in 1981 by Shigeru Miyamotu. Shigeru developed Donkey Kong but did not even know its rules. Donkey Kong established Nintendo as the industry's longest standing super power. Donkey Kong features a gorilla, the games of the first genre in a single screen platform-action puzzle type featured Mario as an opponent.   

Reference:
Gamasutra - The Secret History of Donkey Kong. 2015. Gamasutra - The Secret History of Donkey Kong. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/134790/the_secret_history_of_donkey_kong.php. [Accessed 18 June 2015]. 

Pac-Man

Paku-Paku translated as the munching sound in Japanese is what Pac-Man meant in Japanese or as they say it "Puck-Man". The idea of this genius game came from a torn pizza that looked like the yellow character when its creator Toru Lwatami was eating and by genius I mean it actually was awarded by Guinness world records as "most successful coin operated game ". In the 1980's Pac-Man hits the US selling over 100000 units and in 1981 Ms. Pac-Man or should I say Pac-Woman was developed including multiple mazes and faster game-play. Then in 1982 "Pac-Man Fever" A cartoon series produced by Hanna-Barbera in the US and it sold over a million copies. Pac-Man was a circle dot that has a triangular mouth that ate dots. Each level had 240 dots to munch and there was 255 levels the 256th was unbeatable. 3,333,360 points is the max possible score anyone could get and it was first achieved by Billy Mitchel in 6 hours he is probably the greatest arcade gamer ever. In the Pac-Man game there was 4 villain ghosts that try to destroy Pac-Man. The red ghost was named Blinky, it usually takes the shortest route to you and tends to follow you. The blue ghost was called Inky and he probably was the most dangerous because he was unpredictable with his random movements. The pink ghost was named Pinky and it would always surprise you. The last ghost was orange and it was called Clyde, it was the least of a threat because it always wandered off. There are bonus points that Pac-Man would eat like the cherry which gave the least points of 100 and the blue key which gave the most points of 5000. Pac-Mans classic dissolving death was inspired by fireworks explosions. There wasn't any good inspirational quotes from Pac-Man but you would  hear " waka, waka, waka!''    


Reference:
Pac-Man History | PAC-MAN Official English Site. 2015. Pac-Man History | PAC-MAN Official English Site. [ONLINE] Available at:http://pacman.com/en/pac-man-history. [Accessed 18 June 2015].

Sonic The Hedgehog

In 1991, a blue hedgehog was born, running and flying around to defeat an evil scientist who has imprisoned animals in robots and stole emeralds. Sonic The Hedgehog was given to us by Sega. Sonic début on the 16-Bit Sega Genesis  with amazing colours for that era and an interesting character with a unique attitude whose mission was to defeat a villain named Dr.Robotnik and save his friends. In 1992,  Sonic The Hedgehog 2 was introduced and it featured Miles Tails Prower who you can play alone or along Sonic. Sonic 2 had striking awesome colours and fast paced plat-forming. Later then Sega produced other consoles that did not feature Sonic and it was not compatible which then Sonic started falling down hill. Sonic extreme was developed in fully 3D and you could play it on the new Sega consoles but it was extremely bad having a weird fish eye lens camera that doesn't capture all edges therefore it was cancelled and replaced with Sonic 3D Blast. That was not a saviour though having the worst designed tiles and its game-play was slow and boring. The Sonic team was failing and its not their fault it was Sega's poor deadlines and expectations. In 1999, Dream Cast a Sega console was introduced in North America and it was the last Sega console that lasted from 1999 until 2002 bringing with it a finished Sonic game called Sonic Adventure. Sonic Adventure was a 3D game were our tiny hedgehog and his friends has voices and and game-play was fun but the camera lens was poor for its angle shots. It was later fixed in Sonic Adventure 2 in 2002, it also had positive reviews for its smooth game-play  and sound tracks but people were still not satisfied. In 2006, X-BOX 360 and PS3 adopted Sonic and it was tedious and bazaar especially that the plot was a romantic story between the hedgehog and a human princess which repel people off. Finally, the glimpse of hope for sonic was in 2011 Sonic colour and Sonic generations celebrating its 20th anniversary upgraded in a truly great plat-formers. Its disappointing to have such an amazing game in the 90's and get excited every time for each new release and then end up with disappointments and it was clear that Sega's founders became too confident after its first two successes in the 90's that they were high on success to realize its failing. We shall all remember though and learn from  what sonic would say  "Do I need a reason to help out a friend?" 


References:

Sonic The Hedgehog: The Story You Never Knew, video,Treesicle(2014), 4 December, viewed 18 June 2015, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQCrrukJ8CA>