Switching to other technologies is, of course, impossible.
The more cutting-edge the technology, the harder it is to make substantial progress.
Not to mention that "technical achievements" still need to be transformed into products.
These are not things that can be done in a short period of time.
Xu Meng can do it so quickly simply because he obtained readily available technical data.
The "new" product, [Force Feedback Haptic Glove], is actually just a lower-level product of the somatosensory synchronization suit. This is not an "optimization" of the somatosensory synchronization suit, but a "degradation" in a sense.
The technical content is actually lower.
Including the lightweighting researched by the "outsourcing" team, it was also achieved by sacrificing the fineness of somatosensory perception.
If you really want to continue to go in a more cutting-edge and in-depth direction, going beyond the muscle level to touch nerve signals, then the time required may be counted in decades.
And it may not be successful.
Only true geniuses, or accidents like Xu Meng, can greatly accelerate the research and development process.
Xu Meng eased his disappointment, looked at the expectant Yu Hao, and shook his head, saying:
"Sorry."
"I am also very interested in your technology, but the technology of the somatosensory synchronization suit—especially the algorithm—is now required by the authorities to be strictly confidential."
"I can't authorize it to others either."
This is of course an excuse, but at least it is more polite than a blunt refusal.
Visible surprise and disappointment appeared on Yu Hao's face.
He didn't speak immediately, but his gaze moved slightly upward, quickly thinking about why this technology would be required to be kept secret.
After a moment, he shook his head and sighed, "Okay, I understand. What a pity."
"Yes," Xu Meng also nodded.
But he felt embarrassed to have used someone else's exhibition hall for three days without paying a penny and not giving anything in return.
So he said again, "Actually, Zhumeng is also researching artificial intelligence, and it has also entered the application stage."
Your company has been established for less than two years, and it's already outrageous to have produced a somatosensory synchronization suit.
Now you even have AI?
Where did you get the talent? Where did you get the funds? Where did you get the time?
Could it be that you want to get something for nothing and trick me out of my technology?
But immediately, he overturned this idea.
Because Zhumeng's development efficiency is indeed far ahead of the industry!
"Using AI to assist game development" can just explain their heaven-defying work efficiency.
So Yu Hao nodded and tentatively asked Xu Meng some questions—not too complicated, but difficult to answer without relevant research experience.
Xu Meng answered fluently and threw back some questions.
Yu Hao answered, and then continued to delve deeper into his questions.
… …
In this way, the content of the two people's exchanges became more and more in-depth, and more and more obscure and difficult to understand.
Chen Mengling, who couldn't understand what they were talking about at all, still felt her head itching. The more attentively she listened, the more her head hurt.
In the end, she had to give up thinking and began to wander off.
It wasn't until Xu Meng's stomach growled with hunger that the two stopped communicating, called the waiter, and started ordering food.
Songshi Ji is worthy of its high-end restaurant signboard. Throughout the two people's communication, no one came to disturb them.
But when they started ordering food, the dishes could be served quickly.
The speed was so fast that Xu Meng suspected they were serving pre-made dishes.
However, after eating it, he immediately overturned this idea, leaving only the thought of poaching people—this chef is really good, it would be great if he could be poached to Zhumeng's cafeteria.
After dinner, the two happily shook hands and said goodbye.
The little assistant was still confused when driving Xu Meng home: "Senior, didn't we fail to reach a cooperation? Why do you both seem so happy?"
"We are both working on AI, but the technical routes and application methods used are very different. Being able to have an in-depth exchange and refer to each other is very helpful for future technological development."
"An enlightening technical exchange is already a great gain."
Xu Meng explained to her with a smile.
"In addition, it's not that we didn't reach a cooperation at all."
"Although we didn't say it clearly, we also exchanged opinions during the exchange."
"If there are no accidents, the next generation of 'God's Abyss' will be launched on our brand new game platform based on somatosensory synchronization technology."
"And in addition to providing the necessary technical support, we will also give them a good revenue sharing ratio."
"? ? ?" If she wasn't driving, Chen Mengling would have stared at Xu Meng's face at this moment, so that Xu Meng could clearly see the confusion on her face.
"Did you mention these things? ?"
"Although I didn't understand your technical exchanges, I was a little distracted in the middle… but I wouldn't miss such important information, right?"
"I said we didn't say it clearly!" Xu Meng's tone was relaxed, and he was a little absent-minded.
Chen Mengling had a lot of questions to ask.
But after looking at Xu Meng and finding that he was thinking, she immediately endured it and drove quietly without saying a word.
The sky outside was completely dark, pedestrians hurried by, and the shops along the street were brightly lit.
From time to time, passers-by walked into restaurants, hair salons, shopping malls…
Full of life.
Looking at this scene, Xu Meng couldn't help but think of the virtual city in his design.
Ideally, the NPCs that players encounter in the virtual city—whether they are NPCs that can trigger tasks or background NPCs that simply fill the space—can go about their business in the city, interact with each other, and have no bugs at the same time.
Just like a city in reality.
Before today, his plan was to use enough manpower, and with the help of intelligent tools, to create the action routes and behavior logic of 1,000 independent NPCs by brute force.
Then sprinkle in the same number of background NPCs with relatively simple behaviors to fill the space.
—Anyway, with [Intelligent Office Partner] to help, repetitive development work will only get faster and faster!
But after this exchange today, he had a new idea.
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Although this time there was no exchange of substantive technology—and there was no way to exchange it, substantive technical exchanges require papers, hardware, and practice, and relying on just one mouth is not enough.
But after he digested the knowledge of [Intelligent Collaborative Development Tool] and completed the separation and cultivation of [Intelligent Core] in practice, his knowledge base was already sufficient.
What he lacks is precisely this kind of experience and inspiration on different paths.
In this exchange, Xu Meng had a clearer idea of another application method—rationally allocating resources, and appropriately endowing virtual characters with the abilities of "thinking", "memory", and "judgment" while minimizing the pressure on the hardware.
It can even go a step further to make virtual characters smarter, smart enough to respond to some changes brought about by players.
It's just that the cost is not low: the cost of computing power and bandwidth will increase rapidly.
—You can't expect to rely on the player's hardware to operate this part of the function.
These things must be put in the cloud—that is, in the server—to free the player's hardware pressure.
Otherwise, the number of hosts that can run the virtual city will probably be ridiculously small at that time.
It was only at this time that Xu Meng realized:
Why did 'God's Abyss' launch cloud gaming so early?
Before, he thought it was simply because Fourth Dimension Games was wealthy and wanted to reach more users with poor mobile phone performance.
But now it seems that, possibly starting two years ago, Yu Hao had already made some progress in AI large model research and started technical practice and layout early on.
But coincidentally, Zhumeng accidentally stumbled into this step—
On September 1st, the next update of 'Frost Snow Project' will launch the cloud gaming client simultaneously.
In the two months in between, after Xiao Meng completely familiarized herself with the work content of all the employees in the 'Frost Snow Project' development team, she led the programming department to complete the underlying code optimization of 'Frost Snow Project' at an astonishing speed.
Based on this, she led the team to complete the development of cloud gaming.
—Of course, so far, these people still think that the boss is leading the team.
But the actual situation is: there are three computers on Xu Meng's desk in his office.
One is for Xu Meng himself, to do the development work of 'King of War'.
One is for Xiao Meng, to lead the team to do the code optimization and even reconstruction of 'Frost Snow Project'—also to facilitate Xu Meng to occasionally look at the process and progress.
The last one is for Xiao Meng to sit on the desktop in her cartoon image to play ball, read books, and watch short videos, so that she can always act cute to her master.
Fulfilling and happy.
If there are no accidents, Zhumeng will soon be able to complete the technical practice of cloud gaming and obtain another key piece of the [Intelligent NPC] function.
In this way, [Virtual City] can be more lively and have more "human" air!
The characters in 'Frost Snow Project' can also be smarter and more considerate.
… …
Xu Meng withdrew his gaze from the car window, opened his phone and looked at the memo, and began to ponder another thing—
Somatosensory game platform.
Before, in Cologne, he had reached a preliminary intention with Li Yunchuan:
Provide technical support so that 'The Finale! I'm Surrounded by Evil Spirits' can use somatosensory synchronization suits for gaming, providing players with a stronger immersive gaming experience.
Chen Yujia, the chief planner of 'Kingdoms', also hopes that 'Kingdoms' can use somatosensory synchronization suits for gaming.
In the past few days since returning to China, he has also persuaded his boss. Tomorrow Xu Meng will lead a team to Huanlong Games to discuss formal cooperation with them.
Now, the next generation of 'God's Abyss' will also be launched on this game platform that is still in the planning stage.
In addition to his own 'Frost Snow Project', 'King of War', and the future virtual city.
Even if you don't consider those studios that have only expressed some intentions but have no specific projects yet.
In terms of content volume, this game platform has already taken initial shape!
"The Zhumeng game platform can be officially included in the agenda," he said.
It seemed like he was talking to himself, but he was actually talking to Xiao Meng.
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… …
Xu Meng had super strong motivation. Early the next morning, he was wearing a somatosensory suit and VR glasses, sitting on the carpet in his office, and started working with Xiao Meng.
He was busy until noon after eating, and then went to discuss cooperation with the partners who left contact information at the Cologne exhibition.
In the last few days of August, he spent his time in such busyness.
Then, September arrived.
Seeking monthly tickets!
