Gaming+Technology


 * Gaming Technology **



__** Gaming Technology Overview **__ Gaming Technology can be described as a unique combination of both art and technology.

This type of technology may be overlooked just because of the word "Gaming" being a part of it; however, what some individuals fail to see is what this unique type of expertise can bring to society's eye, besides just fun and games. Not only can people associate this kind of work to video games, but this type of technology can actually be used in scenarios for medical purposes or military use.

A unique kind of area that brings together two power-house professions and delivers not only a new and always changing gaming world, but is starting to be recognized for its potential to help our world in ways imaginable.

**__Identifying the Trend__**

In any kind of technologically driven area of work, a trend can never be a simple process. A trend for Gaming Technology may sound simple, but even with a goal to "make the next best thing," there are many ups and downs that this particular field of study must overcome in order to obtain that gold medal at the end. The two pictures below are gaming systems known as the Playstations, the first picture is the first Playstation to be released and then the system below it is the most current gaming system for the Playstation company. This is a "simple" type of trend for any gaming industry, designing and inventing new gaming systems such as Playstations. However, there are many other popular and more current trends that fall under the umbrella of Gaming Technology...


 * Created in 1991, this is the first Playstation.**


 * And this is the Playstation 3, this was first introduced to the public in the year 2005, before actually releasing in North America in 2006.**

__ **Current Trends** __

During the E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) in 2010, gaming industries around the world have come together to present there works in both video game development and gaming technology. Some of the popular current trends in the Gaming world are:
 * **3D Gaming:** Taking gaming into a whole new level where players can now experience that 3D feel as if they were actually in the game.
 * **Motion Control:** Game systems such as the Wii or some smart phone games, use the movements of players and identifies them to actually coordinate with game play.
 * **Cloud Gaming:** Trying to adapt a kind of "Netflix" kind of system.
 * **Augmented Reality:** An interesting attribute to gaming, where they take reality and make it into something different.
 * **Everything to Everyone:** Self-explanatory, a game or gaming system that can be for almost everyone.

__**When Harry Met Sally**__

One thing that many people do not know, or maybe not understand is that Gaming Technology is not just focused around video games. With an ever changing society and new thinks and change makers, we have the opportunity to break out of traditional views of what most things are today. And that is exactly what the Gaming Technology field has been doing for years, it is more than just making things go from a **Pacman** world to a **Little Big Planet**, but taking the resources we have and identifying certain problems and trying to come up with solutions with the knowledge and technology of the gaming industries.



But one of the interesting things about this kind of partnership of professions is that on a medical level, Gaming Technology has helped many patients suffering from many diseases such as cancer. In fact, below is currently known as 2012's best graphics card. It is known as the **AMD Radeon HD 6990** and the purpose of this is to show one of man applications that Gaming Technology has brought to not only the medical field but to people all around the world. Not only is this the best graphics card on the market right now, but the main purpose for this card and all graphics card is to enhance the detail and graphic performance of any computer. Researchers, doctors, and scientist are starting to use a more technologically advance graphics card in order to easier identify problems, small finite details, enhancement of certain items, etc.

Doctors and X-Ray technicians can use a graphics card like this to identify different kinds of diseases within the human body in order to understand and develop a better way to treat the illness successfully.

__**The Nitty-Gritty**__

When it comes down to it, this field is just not a gaming professional's work, but a collection of different expertise in order to successfully develop a product, whether a game or a gaming technology, in order to present it to the public and benefit society. Software engineers, graphic designers, communication specialists, 2D/3D technicians, international communicators, etc. the list can go on and on and this is a good thing because it is a field where teamwork is needed in order to achieve a brilliant end piece of work.

In order for someone to pursue this type of work a tip would to pursue a practice in either **Technological Entrepreneurship and Management, Graphic Information Technology, Software Engineering, and/or Electrical Engineering.**

Class list to think about:


 * Systems: TEM 194, CST 100, GIT 215, GIT 294,**
 * Math: MAT 265**
 * Physics: PHY 111, PHY 112**
 * Electronics: EST 160, EST 210**
 * Engineering: SER 200**


 * TEM 194 - Intro to Tech. Development**
 * Spring 2012 - Session B**
 * Austin Lujan**

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