Some ancient games will likely persist. I expect Go to make it (AI has made it more interesting, not less), Chess might make it (AI was rough here, but variants are fairly popular).
Board games as a concept will continue. There's a lot of exciting work in that space, combining digital and physical, or porting concepts from one realm to another. They are also great for human interaction, and a lot of emerging tech is about enabling human interaction via new mechanisms
Sports are always going to exist in the physical realm. They will continue to evolve though; in two hundred years, I doubt we will recognize them. I think the big question here is what role will people play in the VR and digital equivalents - Will we be players, or take the role of Coach/Team Leader?
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Reply to Future of Games by stoneman217
Some ancient games will likely persist. I expect Go to make it (AI has made it more interesting, not less), Chess might make it (AI was rough here, but variants are fairly popular).
Board games as a concept will continue. There's a lot of exciting work in that space, combining digital and physical, or porting concepts from one realm to another. They are also great for human interaction, and a lot of emerging tech is about enabling human interaction via new mechanisms
Sports are always going to exist in the physical realm. They will continue to evolve though; in two hundred years, I doubt we will recognize them. I think the big question here is what role will people play in the VR and digital equivalents - Will we be players, or take the role of Coach/Team Leader?