Comment by matsemann
10 hours ago
Will we see a drop in alzheimers when the open world gaming population reaches that age? I mean, I can not just navigate my city, but multiple worlds!
10 hours ago
Will we see a drop in alzheimers when the open world gaming population reaches that age? I mean, I can not just navigate my city, but multiple worlds!
And/or will we see an increase in Alzheimer's disease amongst Google-Maps dependent users? Maybe we will see a bimodal split in both directions.
Yeah, basically Waze is causing dementia
Not sure about Waze, but the combination of AI + TikTok/shorts/etc sounds like “not great” for long term brain health.
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I’m not sure because in many modern open world games you are just like a Uber driver following GPS from checkpoint to checkpoint. It would with old school games that relied on memorizing the world and had minimal or even no map indications.
I feel like a dark souls game has a similar learning pattern where you need to memorize the move sets of bosses. It taps into that dynamic pattern recognition that traffic would cause for taxi drivers
DayZ is another one because there is no in-game GPS. You have to use maps and compasses to figure your route and many people can spot an exact area on the massive map by a picture of a bush
There's a paper on it:
"Video gaming, but not reliance on GPS, is associated with spatial navigation" paper shows there was a significant association between self-reported weekly hours of video gaming and wayfinding performance.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027249442...
Tested with Sea Hero Quest
With the open world™ minimap and objective markers on the corner of the screen? I suspect not :)
even with one functioning eye! because you're used to navigate by looking at a 2d projection on a screen