Herman Narula: The transformative power of video games
Herman Narula: El poder transformador de los videojuegos
Herman Narula builds new technology for the online games and virtual worlds that will massively impact the way we live, socialize and entertain each other. Full bio
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by how the most important, impactful,
en que los cambios más importantes,
to our culture and our society
en nuestra cultura y nuestra sociedad
are going to have that impact.
que tendrán ese impacto.
solo se compartían imágenes,
was just image-sharing in dorm rooms,
en influir en las elecciones.
or automated trading
o el comercio automatizado
para comercio automatizado,
in the world for automated trading,
the way that we operate.
nuestra forma de operar.
can recall that moment
like some ignorable, derisive thing,
parecía ignorable y ridícula
the price of Bitcoin is what it is.
el precio de Bitcoin.
from my perspective,
con esto nuevamente.
to encounter that again.
in the way we live our lives,
la forma en que vivimos,
generando ingresos,
making an income,
o la biotecnología,
future inventions --
muy importantes,
from video games.
in the audience.
en el público.
a tratar de analizar
are already becoming in our lives today,
representan en nuestra vida hoy,
of technological advancement
more of an inevitability.
are quite electrifying.
son bastante electrizantes.
to think about scale.
2.6 billion people who play games.
que juegan videojuegos.
than five years ago.
más que hace cinco años.
nothing has spread like that.
nada se extendió así.
gain the infrastructure
tengan la infraestructura
the possibilities of gaming.
de los juegos.
and this often shocks a lot of people --
y generalmente impacta a mucha gente,
like, have a guess, think about it.
adivinen, piénsenlo.
del jugador estadounidense]
for children anymore.
o cualquier otro
like literature or anything else
fundamental de nuestra vida.
part of our lives.
que eligió jugar videojuegos
who generally picked up gaming
that this medium is organized.
de organización de este medio.
it's not just play anymore, right?
de solo jugar, ¿sí?
an income playing games.
jugando videojuegos.
in a competitive way.
competitivamente.
modificando juegos, creando contenido,
modding games, building content in them,
akin to the Florentine Renaissance,
al Renacimiento italiano,
en la sala de estar,
in your living room.
is what's about to happen.
lo que está por suceder.
infinite worlds,
durante mucho tiempo
for a very long time
con tantos trucos como fue posible.
with as much trickery as possible.
si me permiten mi momento geek,
if you'd let me geek out for a moment,
los efectos visuales,
the visual effects,
principal de los juegos.
the front end of games.
of a game world
del mundo de los videojuegos
get in a fight, fall in love.
todo esto más tarde,
all of those things after this,
tendría consecuencias,
would have consequence.
con ella al mismo tiempo.
at the same time.
que hacen que el mundo real sea real.
to what makes the real world real.
durante mucho tiempo.
between players or entities
entre jugadores o entidades
mostly take place on a single server
corren en un solo servidor
is actually thousands of smaller worlds.
realidad miles de mundos más pequeños.
los conciertos en "Fortnite",
about thousands of small concerts.
de pequeñas conciertos individuales.
as was said earlier today,
to bring it all together.
de poner todo junto.
realmente qué significa eso.
really understand what that means.
podemos ver hermosas imágenes,
you might see this, beautiful visuals,
happening in front of you.
de un juego en línea,
a little bit of information
de entidades u objetos significativos.
of meaningful entities or objects.
"I've played in an infinite world."
"Jugué en un mundo infinito".
on a treadmill.
en una cinta de correr.
las partes en las que ya no estás
of it that you're not in to vanish,
las partes donde estás.
in front of you to appear.
no la base de la revolución
for the revolution
in the beginning of this talk.
para los jugadores apasionados,
that are passionate gamers
y pueden no entusiasmarse,
that are afraid and may not be,
the technology is in place
de los límites que vimos antes.
that we've previously seen.
trabajando con el problema
working on the problem --
where we can finally
era increíblemente difícil
of disparate machines
como para no ser únicas,
to not be one-offs,
cosas que ni siquiera podemos entender.
those things that we can't yet fathom.
to visualize that.
little simulations
simulaciones individuales,
of huge networks of interaction.
de enormes redes de interacción.
que pueden ocurrir en su interior.
that can happen inside that.
at that kind of scale.
en este tipo de escala.
some footage of some things
de algunos de nuestros socios.
from some of our partners.
han visto antes,
that not many people have seen before,
por este tipo de tecnología.
powered by this type of technology.
to show you some of this stuff.
participando en un conflicto.
people participating in a conflict.
se simula de alguna manera.
is simulated in some way.
compañías más grandes del mundo,
of the biggest companies in the world,
de asistente creativo,
an assistant creative simulation
pueden cocrear juntos,
can cocreate together,
al terminar.
when you're done.
y tener aventuras.
and have adventures.
pioneers in Berlin,
y les encantará que diga eso.
and they'll love me for saying that.
de modelar un planeta entero.
basically, an entire planet.
con la participación de millones
with millions of non-player characters
las ramificaciones políticas
the political ramifications
set of experiences,
podríamos imaginar,
en esta tecnología.
in this technology.
tends to be all exponential,
tiende a ser exponencial,
los problemas difíciles.
en el que podremos hacer
where we can make
parezca nada.
look like nothing.
the opportunities ...
to imagine what I'm talking about here.
de imaginar lo que estoy diciendo:
or millions of people
o hacer algo juntos
to build or do something together
que desear, deberíamos decir.
were less than optimal, shall we say.
o construcción de pirámides.
to be spending our time doing.
de pasar el tiempo haciendo algo.
that many people,
that can create ...
que se puede crear...
en nosotros
para pensar qué significa eso
to think about what it means
mundos, experiencias en escala,
experiences at scale
significativa de tiempo,
a meaningful amount of our time,
significa ser un individuo.
to be an individual.
pasar de una sola identidad
de identidades personales.
the personality traits you were born with
de personalidad con los que nacimos
experimentar de manera diferente.
to experiment differently with.
that wants to be more than one person.
más de una persona.
varias personas.
para relajar eso.
the opportunity to flex that.
nothing in common with.
empieza en 1940 y termina en 1950.
and ends sometime in 1950.
is like 50 years later.
es de 50 años después.
o la falta de contexto,
or by lack of context,
that bonds people in different ways.
a las personas de diferentes maneras.
amplificado nuestras muchas diferencias
has amplified our many differences,
in the presence of other people.
ante otras personas.
podrían realmente empezar a crear
volver a sentir empatía
shared opportunity.
y oportunidades.
at this moment in time,
on the opposite sides of a conflict,
en lados opuestos de un conflicto,
together into a game
cambiar la forma de ver las cosas.
to change the way we look at things.
ser más cínicos al respecto,
more cynical about all of this,
y los juegos virtuales no son lo suyo,
and games are your cup of tea.
de lo que estoy hablando
of what I'm talking about
trabajando a tiempo completo con juegos.
have full-time jobs in gaming.
there will be a job.
habrá un trabajo.
that is creative and rich
con creatividad y dinero
desde cualquier país donde esté,
no matter what country you're in,
you might think you have.
u oportunidades crea que tenga.
la mayoría de quienes nacen hoy
most kids born today make
opportunity for an income
with almost a plea,
enfrentar esta nueva oportunidad
to face this new opportunity
diferente del pasado.
to some we have in the past.
for yet another technologist
la tecnología lo arreglará".
technology will fix it."
this is going to have downsides.
tendrá desventajas.
solo se magnificarán
with cynicism and derision,
con cinismo y burla,
yet another adjacent space.
how and who makes money from this.
cómo y quién ganará dinero con esto.
about defining how we think,
de definir cómo pensamos,
y la colaboración,
around identity and collaboration,
todos nos apropiemos
is really to those engineers,
y el público presente hoy.
in the audience today.
con trabajar en viajes espaciales.
of working on space travel.
que pueden construir aquí y ahora,
you can build right here, right now,
la vida de las personas.
technological frontiers
fronteras tecnológicas
when building the early internet.
al crear Internet.
los mundos virtuales es diferente.
behind virtual worlds is different.
that we shape in a positive way,
que modelemos de manera positiva,
algo que hicieron para nosotros.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Herman Narula - Entrepreneur, coderHerman Narula builds new technology for the online games and virtual worlds that will massively impact the way we live, socialize and entertain each other.
Why you should listen
According to Herman Narula, "I have always been interested in how technology can enable creativity and solve tough problems, and I've always loved video games." With co-founder Rob Whitehead, "who shared my excitement ... [for] creating the next generation of games and virtual spaces," he founded Improbable, which created SpatialOS.
SpatialOS is a tool for developers and gaming studios like Midwinter Entertainment, Klang Games and NetEase Games to "add innovation to online games -- from short, team-based matches to huge, persistent shared environments. Our goal is to help build the complex, interactive and highly connected virtual worlds where billions of people will meet, play and find real meaning in the near future."
Herman Narula | Speaker | TED.com