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Ask HN: How do you think Quantum Computing will change gaming?

1 pointsby Bibaalmost 7 years ago
I was thinking about this topic for the last few days and get a lot of different ideas, but as I&#x27;m really a beginner in Quantum Computing field, I would like to hear different opinions about QC and gaming combination.<p>Cheers

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core-questionsalmost 7 years ago
Hard to say.<p>The most promising variety of quantum computation currently available is D-Wave&#x27;s quantum annealing approach, which isn&#x27;t a &quot;standard&quot; quantum computer, but unlike its competitors it does actually exist in a production variety and seems to have some big customers.<p>From what I can tell, it could be useful for machine learning, which could then in turn (practicalities and expenses aside) theoretically be used for game AI. It&#x27;s also useful for physics simulation, apparently, with people simulating quantum systems like spinglasses on their hardware. If scaled up, it could be something that gets used for interesting game physics.<p>Problem is, right now it&#x27;s somewhat difficult and expensive to get access to these systems, so I don&#x27;t think you&#x27;ll see them in gaming for a long time.<p>Instead, you&#x27;re more likely to experience quantum computing as the game itself - like <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.quantumgame.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.quantumgame.io&#x2F;</a><p>Maybe someone will take this concept further and make a quantum variant of Shenzhen I&#x2F;O or something like that.