its my opinion that the keyboard is going to become obsolete, and everything is going to go to voice and gesture based gaming.

For mmo's i think the mouse will survive, and i actually think well end up with a mouse and a joystick combo, with voice being used in place of the current ui. I think gestures will be there too but they will take a little bit of a back seat in mmo's

as someone who is a terrible typer i think this is a great thing coming. What do you think?

I think PC's will become obsolete in 5-10 years and everything will have switched over to augmented reality.

doubtfull

Originally posted by rungard

its my opinion that the keyboard is going to become obsolete, and everything is going to go to voice and gesture based gaming.

For mmo's i think the mouse will survive, and i actually think well end up with a mouse and a joystick combo, with voice being used in place of the current ui. I think gestures will be there too but they will take a little bit of a back seat in mmo's

as someone who is a terrible typer i think this is a great thing coming. What do you think?

 

Well, I could do with losing a few pounds. As long as I don't have to do any backwards flips I should be ok.

In the future we will have flying cars. oh wait we didn't get those.

Keyboards will be here for a good while longer, maybe not traditional ones, maybe it will become touch based. Voice and gesture can only accomplish so many things.

Originally posted by TruthXHurts

I think PC's will become obsolete in 5-10 years and everything will have switched over to augmented reality.

This seems pretty hard to believe, but I for one think it's quite possible.  Google is already working on augmented reality programs.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/04/google-project-glas/

Lay off the crack pipe

Zero chance.

Joysticks are too limited and limiting, not to mention imprecise and slow compared to mouse-keyboard user controls.

Gesture based games are fad-ish and I don't think have long term staying power in any genre other than casual party games.  Simple fatigue will do them in - it's tough to play hours at a time for days on end (the typical profile for an MMO) with Kinect or the motion sensitive joysticks.

Voice stuff might come in - but with voice chat being so popular in modern MMOs I doubt people will be all that interested in having to choose between talking and game interaction.  Not to mention, there's the fatigue thing again, plus the simple logistics (for instance, I don't use voice chat generally because my gaming rig is close to the living room and my talking would disturb the rest of the household when they're watching TV.  I wouldn't play a voice-activated only game).

Mouse and keyboard (of some description - it's tough to call some of the really high-end devices a "mouse" any more) is here for a very long time to come.

Originally posted by Shmaw

Originally posted by TruthXHurts

I think PC's will become obsolete in 5-10 years and everything will have switched over to augmented reality.

This seems pretty hard to believe, but I for one think it's quite possible.  Google is already working on augmented reality programs.

 

http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/04/google-project-glas/

My phone already has plenty of AR apps. It's just a matter of time before we are all out playing COD or WoW in a big park or a warehouse.

I agree with Four, Jakin, Conn and Ref.

Keyboards are here for quite a while.

Originally posted by Korgborg

I agree with Four, Jakin, Conn and Ref.

Keyboards are here for quite a while.

I agree with that too. Keyboard and mouse ftw for me!

Originally posted by jakin

Zero chance.

Joysticks are too limited and limiting, not to mention imprecise and slow compared to mouse-keyboard user controls.

Gesture based games are fad-ish and I don't think have long term staying power in any genre other than casual party games.  Simple fatigue will do them in - it's tough to play hours at a time for days on end (the typical profile for an MMO) with Kinect or the motion sensitive joysticks.

Voice stuff might come in - but with voice chat being so popular in modern MMOs I doubt people will be all that interested in having to choose between talking and game interaction.  Not to mention, there's the fatigue thing again, plus the simple logistics (for instance, I don't use voice chat generally because my gaming rig is close to the living room and my talking would disturb the rest of the household when they're watching TV.  I wouldn't play a voice-activated only game).

Mouse and keyboard (of some description - it's tough to call some of the really high-end devices a "mouse" any more) is here for a very long time to come.

Totally agree with that!

Humm, Decisions Decisions The Holo Deck or 7 at night. Not a tough choice here.

I think you should work on your typing...

Originally posted by rungard

its my opinion that the keyboard is going to become obsolete, and everything is going to go to voice and gesture based gaming.

For mmo's i think the mouse will survive, and i actually think well end up with a mouse and a joystick combo, with voice being used in place of the current ui. I think gestures will be there too but they will take a little bit of a back seat in mmo's

as someone who is a terrible typer i think this is a great thing coming. What do you think?

 

I think you should practice your typing and get better instead of hoping for the bar to be lowered for you.

Human beings are naturally attuned to tactile feedback. Our hands are one of our discerning features. Using our hands to manipulate objects is hard-coded into our brains, and anything else, while it may be a nice supplement, is no replacement for manual dexterity.

I agree, atleast keyboards as we know them. Right now they are ennefective and totally 1900th century.

It's the same reason game developers can't seem to come out with intuitive controls, hotkeys on your top 1-0 keys, while hotkeys to pages like character screen, skills, guild/allegiance bound to key like z,c,f.

I know a well designed game by its default controls, most the crap that comes out now is just crap that's it, perfect example is bethesda's last couple releases, junk and clunky.

How about this?

This came in the post the other day so I do agree with you just waiting for the software to be made.

Originally posted by Calerxes

This came in the post the other day so I do agree with you just waiting for the software to be made.

 

Is that Miss Moneypenny?