So people within the gaming industry predict we will achieve games indistinguishable from reality within 10 years time.
That's all great and everything and I am really looking forward to that day, but..will our governments allow it to get that far?
At the moment it's fairly easy to separate game from reality and what violent actions we do in a game doesn't reflect the type of person we are in real life. But could we be affected by those very same actions when visual immersion is absolute? Will our unconscious brain "understand" that it's all just fiction, especially when dealing with violent and lethal scenarios that we face in almost every game? And most importantly; Can and should we be trusted that we can "handle" it both consciously and subconsciously once games reach that level of graphical fidelity?
If not, where should we draw the line at how immersive a game should be allowed to get?