Genius, playboy, billionaire, philanthropist and gamer – all this is about Elon Mask. The head of Tesla and SpaceX will be remembered by the world as one of the most talented people of his generation who managed to launch the first ever commercial manned spacecraft – Crew Dragon. And he began his journey as a simple gamer, carrying his passion through life. We will talk about five facts connecting the inventor with the world of video games in this article.
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Video Games – The Way To Programming
Children’s hobbies can sometimes have an incredibly big impact on a person’s life. So it was with Peter I and his amusing regiments, the same thing happened with Elon Musk. During E3 2019 inventor admittedthat started programming and computers because of video games.
“One of the reasons I became interested in technology, and maybe the only one, was video games. If it weren’t for them, maybe I wouldn’t start programming or be so interested in computers. I think this is a huge incentive for children to do technology. People do not yet realize their full potential. ”
Many other Tesla and SpaceX engineers followed a similar path. Despite the fact that for them video games served only as an inspiration or starting point, according to Mask, some of the best programmers in the world work in the interactive entertainment industry. They have to create photorealistic graphics using very modest capacities – this requires excellent code and resourceful ideas.
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Game console creator Elon Musk
Although after 1994, Musk was not noticed in the development of video games or even appeared in them as a cameo (unlike films, series and cartoons), the inventor can be considered the creator of one of the largest and most expensive consoles. This, of course, is about Tesla cars.
In 2019, an update was released for Tesla’s on-board computers that adds several classic Atari games to them – Asteroids, Missile Commander, Lunar Lander and others. Later, electric car owners became available Cuphead and Stardew valley, and in January 2023, Musk teased fans by asking if the Witcher game should be added to the Tesla library.
Musk is clearly not going to limit himself to vintage and indie titles. In early May, he addressed to Twitter users asking if any of them will be able to provide Tesla with stable Minecraft with online multiplayer. Or come up with a game with augmented reality – a mixture of Pokemon Go and Mario Kart or Pac-Man, which can be played while driving. At the moment, you can turn an electric car into a console only when it is parked.
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