Actually, thats exactly what i said. Experts who practice will have no problem, but Carmack is talking about people with little or no experience to be able to pick up a new game and adjust with no problem. He said he is in the *minority*... most people dont play first person pc games, but those who do are indeed experts who have little problems adjusting because they are used to pushing those keys on their keyboard.
I play first person shooters, and have no problem adjusting. But we're in the minority. As far as steering wheels, thats something you also had to adjust to to drive a car. But I would bet if you used a device that more effectively used the human body there would be a drastically less learning curve to drive a car. You didn't walk up to a car and already know how to drive it, did you? No, you didn't.
but the interface that we interact with the game that is too complicated. Think about it, when we actually crouch down in real life, we dont have to worry about an awkward key to push to do the action, but instead we have done it many times before and thus dont even have to think about anymore. Granted, after awhile of practicing, pressing a crouch key on a keyboard may very well take the same amount (or even less) of thought as crouching the human body while in the game. For a user to have no trouble picking up on all these features, primitive devices like keyboard and mice must be replaced by devices that more closely utilize actions the human body is already used to. In other words, a device that responds to actual human movements that represent the actions of a character within the game would probably be the only way for your average joe to pick up a game for the first time and be an expert. The idea of crouching itself is not complicated. I guess what I'm trying to say is that virtual reality is where games must eventually go.
Hey, this way I could actually get exercise playing doom3...
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Actually, thats exactly what i said. Experts who practice will have no problem, but Carmack is talking about people with little or no experience to be able to pick up a new game and adjust with no problem. He said he is in the *minority* ... most people dont play first person pc games, but those who do are indeed experts who have little problems adjusting because they are used to pushing those keys on their keyboard.
I play first person shooters, and have no problem adjusting. But we're in the minority. As far as steering wheels, thats something you also had to adjust to to drive a car. But I would bet if you used a device that more effectively used the human body there would be a drastically less learning curve to drive a car. You didn't walk up to a car and already know how to drive it, did you? No, you didn't.
but the interface that we interact with the game that is too complicated. Think about it, when we actually crouch down in real life, we dont have to worry about an awkward key to push to do the action, but instead we have done it many times before and thus dont even have to think about anymore. Granted, after awhile of practicing, pressing a crouch key on a keyboard may very well take the same amount (or even less) of thought as crouching the human body while in the game. For a user to have no trouble picking up on all these features, primitive devices like keyboard and mice must be replaced by devices that more closely utilize actions the human body is already used to. In other words, a device that responds to actual human movements that represent the actions of a character within the game would probably be the only way for your average joe to pick up a game for the first time and be an expert. The idea of crouching itself is not complicated. I guess what I'm trying to say is that virtual reality is where games must eventually go. Hey, this way I could actually get exercise playing doom3...