On Wednesday the 12th of
December 2012, I and Dr Eike Falk Anderson gave an invited lecture for the IET
Birmingham’s Christmas Lecture on 'The Future of Gaming'. We outlined the
evolution of computer and video games from their first emergence to the variety
of modern games, ranging from casual games on mobile devices to the rich
virtual environments found in desktop PC and console games.
Discussion was focused on the
different types of games, how game players play and interact with their games
and what impact new developments in technology and game mechanics, such as
gesture based user interfaces and brain computer interfaces, and emerging
trends and changes in player behaviour, such as social gaming and cloud gaming,
are likely to have in the future.
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