Reality Check - Is Quantum Computing the Future of Gaming?

Well I will be simple and say absolutely.

yes quantum computing is the future, as moore's law is all but dead in the normal pc world ( he said pcs power will double every two years or something, but current pc chips are bottlenecked they can't get any smaller, they got around that problem by going multi core, but at some point that has to be toned back too) but we so far away from it its not even funny.

The very best quantum computer we have right now is equivalent of a calculator from the 80s. Even that is giving it too much credit is literally can only do one machine code instruction at a time. The problem is they have to find a way to relate machine coed to electron probability wave behaviour. the fact that in quantum computer a bit can be 0 or 1 i very hard to code.

Good episode but I believe instead of jumping to quantum computing that protein computers would be the next logical step. We know much more about biological responses that is predictable and can be used as on and off switches. I found a 10 page scientific paper that goes into better detail about it and is very informative (see below link). Maybe Cam and Reality Check may want to do an episode on that.

http://people.cs.vt.edu/naren/papers/ComputingwithProteins2009.pdf

wow! it must be a pain for this Harrigan guy to put all that stuff in mundane words,at least as much as it is a pain for me to understand any of it...and I dont understand any of it T~T

Hey Cam:

In the next (available) Reality Check could you explain "Net Neutrality" and/or "Data Caps" for internet service providers and go into details about how they will affect online gamers? I read an article about it last week however I'm still a tad confused. I'm thinking that one of your explanations might clear the air for me. Thanks!

Im pretty sure HAL was intended to be the next quantum gaming machine in Space Oddessey

For, it could be usefull for improved AI....You know, enemies that are not programmed to behaved in a specific way, they would act like if they had self-inteligence...Would be cool.

By the time we get to that stage computers will probably be powerful enough to the point devs won't be using all their potential.

I bet Albert Einstein would have been a gamer and figured this madness out already.

1: Wait... did this video play in 60 fps or was it just me? :O

2: Quantum computing is the future, but all we have to do is figure out how we can control atoms to be at either on or off.

But will it run Minecraft!!

@iwantgames810 NO ONE PLAYS ON A WII ANYMORE!!!!

Sounds really complex. Sounds kinda crazy. But... When asked the benefit of Quantum Computing... I feel like we all got a sketchy idea of what it can really do. Does this mean better graphics, frame rate, longer battery life (in cell phones)? They basically said it can search stuff faster? Could we potentially make an arch reactor like in IRON MAN and have an unlimited amount of energy?? It all sounds good and dandy but their explanation of the possibilities is basically "It has a lot of potential" -- what potential does it have????

The future of computing is Isolinear Chips.

Granted, I have very limited knowledge regarding the subject at hand. Based on prior reading and overall experience, I truly believe in the immediate future any noticeable gains will be on the software side. It *appears* to me that devs have been reliant on ever increasing power to brute force their games into working. This idea is more geared to the pc side of the equation.

Given the considerably less significant step forward in this console generation compared to previous gens; It appears that their may be enough room for this to work for one more console generation, PC side that is. However, the big issue here is due to the consoles' design relying on numerous relatively weak cpu cores, Developers will likely be forced to greatly increase their knowledge of and better implement where possible parallel coding techniques.

As a PC gamer, I fear what is to come this generation. Awful ports like Watchdogs that make no provision for the hardware differences of PC may require vast memory resources from the GPU and do a terrible job utilizing our much higher IPC, quad-core processors. Hyperthreading may be of some use and there is always the option of the expense Intel "E" line of processors. However, it's not even cut and dry that those are better for games in a majority of situations given that they tend to run behind the latest Uarch in IPC and generally slower clocks due to die size and cooling concerns.

TLDR: I really hope that ports get better than swill like Watchdogs going forward. Also, I believe improvement in the near future will come from coding techniques, better API, and more efficient hardware design (due to the slow down in power increase resulting from the limitations of Moore's Law).

When he stated that the quantum computer would be just one small part of your computer. That kind of reminded me of a prediction where someone (I don't remember who) said that the world would only ever need 4 computers. I don't think that you can really predict where this will take us. If it takes us anywhere at all.

... sounds like rubbish.

+1 for having an actual scientist on that segment. I was ready to crucify you for this video, but it's actually good pop-science. (I have a PhD in Physics in real life).

Quantum entanglement is the future of internet inter connectivity. I believe our children or grandchildren wont hook their computers up to the web through a cable but through some method quantum mechanics. Itll be the only way, with the exponential growth of program size, they will be able to transfer info back and forth at acceptable speeds.

The whole subject is fascinating. Im only depressed that ill probably be dead by the time all this fun stuff comes to pass.

I don't know if the ideas are too complicated to put into layman's terms or if this was just poorly explained, but I'm none the wiser as to WHY scientists think this may be the way forward. I shall have to supplement this video with additional research.

Could be the end of gaming. If these computers could help us create something like say the Star Trek Holodeck I'm not sure if conventional games will still be interesting to me anymore lol.

I think we better tackle the laws of quantum mechanics before we try to turn something we don't fully have a grasp on yet, into usable technology. Doesn't hurt to try tho.

Great Episode cam! There's been many interesting theories regarding quantum physics.

I remember seeing this documentary showing a theory of how quantum entanglement could make teleportation possible, quite crazy stuff indeed.

A group of particles could be extremely fast at linking information for computers, but at least right now quantum physics seems like so vague for us, there's a lot of ground to be covered.

Not to mention how would these quantum bits behave and how would we transfer all the information we currently have in bits to this new language of code.

If these things come out, I'm retiring from the programming business. Bits that are on AND off until something "observes" them?? No way - I'm not even going to try and learn that. I'm just going to go home and play the games smarter people make with them.