| Have you ever considered where innovation | | | | have reached self-actualization and they will spend |
| comes from? It comes from a number of places | | | | lots of money being entertained and having a |
| and perhaps we need to look at Maslow's | | | | good feeling. Therefore, you can expect lots of |
| "hierarchy of needs" to fully understand this. For | | | | money in the entertainment business. |
| instance, self preservation is a really high on the | | | | Perhaps, it is for this reason that so much money |
| Maslow's hierarchy pyramid, people don't want to | | | | is spent on the development of computer games. |
| die so they will pay lots of money for | | | | And the next technological breakthroughs for |
| technologies which keep them alive. This is why | | | | computer games is evolving fast. There are now |
| there's so much research and development | | | | games that can incite brain waves based on what |
| money going to the healthcare, and medical | | | | is happening inside the game. For instance, if there |
| devices, pharmaceuticals and new procedures and | | | | is a conflict it will increase your heart rate, make |
| equipment. | | | | you scared. There are also new developments of |
| Military technology is another place where lots of | | | | holographic imagery so you will be immersed in a |
| money is spent. No one wants their civilization to | | | | virtual reality environment. |
| be crushed by another group of people who | | | | The video games of the future will be so real you |
| come in and kill everyone in the population. | | | | won't be able to tell you're in a video game. That's |
| Further, people want to live free, and they will | | | | how fast things are evolving and why many |
| spend lots of money to ensure that they have a | | | | hard-core computer gamers can't wait. The future |
| strong military so they can live in freedom. | | | | looks very bright and interesting for the industry. |
| For those that reached Maslow's hierarchy of | | | | Please consider all this. |
| needs in the upper echelon of the pyramid, they | | | | |