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Outside Your Heaven: Bringing 3D to the Masses

The irony of 3D gaming is that 3D space is “real” in a sense. It is unabstract, a 1-to-1 simulation of space as it actually exists. 2D space is abstract, an imaginary reduction of real space onto a flat plane. So why then is 2D much easier to navigate than 3D? Because, if we acknowledge the complete reality of video games, we must acknowledge that they take place on a screen, and screens are flat.