- Feb 24, 2002
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I took a look at the ATi Radeon 9700 and thought of something: ATi is really gearing up for war. And I'm sure Nvidia will not stand for it. What this means for us is some serious competition, especially considering how Sis, 3dLabs, and other are getting into the graphics card war.
The same thing is happening over in the CPU camp. AMD is getting ready to unleash the clawhammer onto the world while Intel is preparing to take on all comers with Prescott.
With 3 GHz CPU's and Direct X 9 VPU's around the corner, the industry is gonna get really competitive and technology is going to advance really fast. Then I wonder what computers will be like in 10 years. I mean, imagine what they will be like. With new smaller form factor cases and tablet pc's coming out, I think the emphasis will be on size and portability.
Below is what I think computers will be like in 10 years.
I think that computer will evolve into a semi-light headset with high definition video and 3d sound built in, like a cool pair of glasses. You put it on and go. There will be a microphone where you speak to the computer and it's voice recognition softare automatically knows what to do. You tell it to "Open Quake 6 from folder Games" and it will automatically do it. You wear a glove or a ring on your index finger to control the mouse. If you want to play a FPS, you can get a "joystick" which is basically a small stick with buttons on it that relays information to the computer and moves you around in the game.
The games will be photorealistic and companies will start to focus on making games great instead of focusing on killer graphics. You can click on a Theater icon which is "floating" in 3d space that is your desktop and you can immediatly choose a movie to download and watch, for a fee or whatever.
The operating system will have to be really fast and stable, as will the hardware. The hardware will be a 2 Thz 256 bit chip with 256 gigabytes of ram. All software will now be on small SD card-like disks.
Surfing the internet will be a cool experience. Imagine looking around and seeing a bunch of browsers floating on your 3d desktop. You "touch" a chat room and you enter a 3d room with other people with photorealistic representations of themselves or characters they created all chatting with eachother in real time, with a log being kept at the top corner of the screen. All games of the future will have network play and online gaming will rule. Imagine playing wolfenstein or Quake with photorealism down to the last detail. Bliss...
Anyways I better get back to reality
That probably won't happen but that's what I hope will. What do you think computers will be like in 10 years?
The same thing is happening over in the CPU camp. AMD is getting ready to unleash the clawhammer onto the world while Intel is preparing to take on all comers with Prescott.
With 3 GHz CPU's and Direct X 9 VPU's around the corner, the industry is gonna get really competitive and technology is going to advance really fast. Then I wonder what computers will be like in 10 years. I mean, imagine what they will be like. With new smaller form factor cases and tablet pc's coming out, I think the emphasis will be on size and portability.
Below is what I think computers will be like in 10 years.
I think that computer will evolve into a semi-light headset with high definition video and 3d sound built in, like a cool pair of glasses. You put it on and go. There will be a microphone where you speak to the computer and it's voice recognition softare automatically knows what to do. You tell it to "Open Quake 6 from folder Games" and it will automatically do it. You wear a glove or a ring on your index finger to control the mouse. If you want to play a FPS, you can get a "joystick" which is basically a small stick with buttons on it that relays information to the computer and moves you around in the game.
The games will be photorealistic and companies will start to focus on making games great instead of focusing on killer graphics. You can click on a Theater icon which is "floating" in 3d space that is your desktop and you can immediatly choose a movie to download and watch, for a fee or whatever.
The operating system will have to be really fast and stable, as will the hardware. The hardware will be a 2 Thz 256 bit chip with 256 gigabytes of ram. All software will now be on small SD card-like disks.
Surfing the internet will be a cool experience. Imagine looking around and seeing a bunch of browsers floating on your 3d desktop. You "touch" a chat room and you enter a 3d room with other people with photorealistic representations of themselves or characters they created all chatting with eachother in real time, with a log being kept at the top corner of the screen. All games of the future will have network play and online gaming will rule. Imagine playing wolfenstein or Quake with photorealism down to the last detail. Bliss...
Anyways I better get back to reality