Right now when it comes to “reality” technology, we are looking at the likes of augmented and virtual reality. While augmented reality is meant to enhance the real world around us, virtual reality is meant to transport us into a different place and provide a more immersive experience, whether it be for gaming, movies, browsing the internet, and so on.In fact VR seems to be cutout for gaming, but if you think that maybe we could be getting VR MMOs in the near future, not everyone seems to be too optimistic on that prospect. Speaking at the View Conference in Italy, former Blizzard executive and World of Warcraft designer Rob Pardo shared his thoughts on the idea of VR and MMOs mixing together, which unfortunately were a bit pessimistic.
According Pardo, “I think we’re a long way away from that happening.” Pardo also goes on to explain the complications and complexity needed to pull it off, such as making VR headsets light enough to be worn for hours on end, and also how it should not make the wearer sick, and also creating an input device that would work great for MMOs.
While his current opinion does seem a bit pessimistic, Pardo believes that the future will eventually come, just not anytime soon. “I just think it’s going to be a really long time until we see something as complex as an MMORPG in VR. But one day, I’m sure one day we’ll see the Holodeck – I just don’t think it’s any time soon.”
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