Playing games with the next generation—What will people want to play in 2040?
Playing games with the next generation—What will people want to play in 2040?
Playing games with the next generation—What will people want to play in 2040?
By Alexandra Whittington
April 29, 2021
Summary
Below are five insights, or we might say, "Foresights" to help you think creatively about what the next generation will need and want from a gaming experience.
I will explain five examples of emerging cultural shifts that should make us all question what games and entertainment will look like in 2040: Life extension and human enhancement, digital nomadism, surveillance capitalism, biophilia, and brain hacking.
With more years of life, people may move jobs more often or want and need to learn new things frequently, and games can help with this.
Gaming keeps the mind active and games can be educational.
It's been observed that COVID-19 has accelerated the digital nomad trend dramatically, allowing more people than ever to work and learn from home.
The third shift impacting the future of games concerns the rise of a new business model known as surveillance capitalism.
Currently, we are witnessing the rise of brain hacking using a technology called Brain Computer Interface, or BCI. BCI is a rising technology of the 2020's and it may one day be pervasive in our homes, schools, and workplaces.
Already monkey with a Neuralink implant recently demonstrated the ability to play video games with its mind.
Though Musk has emphasized Neuralink's immediate and therapeutic application to victims of paralysis or neurological disease, he champions a longer-term vision where brain implants allow us to achieve a number of brain hacks, including being able to communicate telepathically, even after we die.
Some brain hacks require no implant: a startup called Nēsos has a set of earbuds that use electricity to treat rheumatoid arthritis, hacking the brain to reduce inflammation.
Reference
Whittington, A. (2021, March 12). Playing games with the NEXT generation-What will people want to play in 2040? Retrieved July 30, 2021, from https://www.ludogogy.co.uk/article/playing-games-with-the-next-generation-what-will-people-want-to-play-in-2040/