On Wednesday, 10 April 2013 at 21:33:52 UTC, Jeff Nowakowski
wrote:
On 04/10/2013 04:44 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
FWIW there's this Neal Stephenson novel "Diamond Age" taking
place in
the future. That book's vision is that all modern movies are
"ractive"
(short from "interactive") using networked real players and a
loose
script, whereas old movies are "passive"s and only watched by
a few
older people.
Personally I don't think passive movies will ever go away. Many
times you just want to relax and view the story instead of
being part of it. People have been pitching "interactive TV"
for a very long time, but passive TV still dominates.
I agree, 9 x out of 10 I watch a movie precisely because I want
to shut my brain down and relax, interacting with a game may be
entertaining at times but it is sometimes just too much work when
you're very tired. Also we're talking about a specific genre of
entertainment that not everyone will enjoy no matter how much
effort is put into it or what your age may be.
--rt
