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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 7298763" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>Artificial Intelligence: in theory it can replace the DM, in practice I don't think 20 years will be enough for that as the whole "job" of a DM is very complex and most importantly it also requires empathy and social skills which are a long time away before AI can manage those. Of course, there will always people who <em>want</em> to be a DM, but here I'm thinking that AI could help some groups who struggle to find one, or where everyone prefers being a player. Rather than <em>completely</em> replacing the DM, AI could <em>support</em> it by running the monsters in combat for example, or to dynamically generate dungeons and adventure situations on the fly, or to provide real-time rules support with a "Siri" model.</p><p></p><p>Augmented Reality: I could see this definitely help LARP games more than D&D, but at least it's easy to imagine how AR can be used for showing animated characters and monsters moving on your gaming table among various terrain features. </p><p></p><p>Virtual Reality: similar applications as AR really, they are after all very similar technologies (AR adds visuals on top of your real-world vision, VR completely replaces vision), but I don't think VR would work well for D&D because it cuts you off from the other people. Also, unlike AR you won't be able to see the dice and the pretzels.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think future technologies will be delightful, but going back to pen & paper will <em>always</em> be a popular choice too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 7298763, member: 1465"] Artificial Intelligence: in theory it can replace the DM, in practice I don't think 20 years will be enough for that as the whole "job" of a DM is very complex and most importantly it also requires empathy and social skills which are a long time away before AI can manage those. Of course, there will always people who [I]want[/I] to be a DM, but here I'm thinking that AI could help some groups who struggle to find one, or where everyone prefers being a player. Rather than [I]completely[/I] replacing the DM, AI could [I]support[/I] it by running the monsters in combat for example, or to dynamically generate dungeons and adventure situations on the fly, or to provide real-time rules support with a "Siri" model. Augmented Reality: I could see this definitely help LARP games more than D&D, but at least it's easy to imagine how AR can be used for showing animated characters and monsters moving on your gaming table among various terrain features. Virtual Reality: similar applications as AR really, they are after all very similar technologies (AR adds visuals on top of your real-world vision, VR completely replaces vision), but I don't think VR would work well for D&D because it cuts you off from the other people. Also, unlike AR you won't be able to see the dice and the pretzels. I think future technologies will be delightful, but going back to pen & paper will [I]always[/I] be a popular choice too. [/QUOTE]
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