Chapter 787： MR equipment (three more)

Chen Mo did not pay attention to how many annual games he took in "America's Doomsday". He is now discussing the new equipment with Zhou Jiangping and Le Hui's designers in Zhou Jiangping's office.

"This is the three draft designs that our designers have come up with. What do you think of Chen?" Zhou Jiangping asked.

Chen Mo shook his head: "No, the positioning is not very clear."

The three designers are a bit embarrassed.

They also just received the task of Zhou Jiangping to design a new device for small-conscious reading devices. The time is very tight, so the three people each designed a device and then gave it to Zhou Jiangping.

The things that these three designers have designed are similar, because the design itself has certain limitations.

The new small-aware reading device is slightly larger than the pulsating cap and has a similar thickness. And this thing has a limitation, that is, it must be close to the user's head to accurately read the awareness signal, so it is impossible to make a mobile phone with a mind control.

The ideas of these three designers are basically the same, they are all portable.

After all, Le Hui is a manufacturer specializing in mobile phones, so designers are more or less advocating simple and convenient design. Three designs, two are head-mounted devices and one is a backpack-type device.

Option 1 is a ring-shaped eyeglass with an awareness reading device behind the player's head. The entire front-end glasses are fully transparent, with a simple operating system, you can connect to the phone via Bluetooth, users can use it to browse the web, send information chat and so on. It is equivalent to an external device, which realizes the function of brainwave control mobile phone in disguise.

Option 2 is a helmet that basically covers the player's half head, similar to the vr helmet that Chen Mo has seen in his previous life. This device can give players a complete virtual view like a game console, and can play some simple vr games. However, its performance is far worse than that of the vr game console. After all, only the awareness reading device has been reduced, and other configurations have not been reduced, so the performance of this thing is basically a little better than the high-end mobile phone. The vr anywhere is just a gimmick.

Option 3 is a bit silly, and the player is still wearing a vr helmet, but it is connected by wires and other devices. Players can carry a host device that is slightly larger than the laptop on the back, and can simulate relatively low-end vr games. The picture and quality are the level of high-end PC games. But the problem is that it is definitely heavy to carry this thing.

Just like Chen Mo's past life, most of the games are just better mobile desktops. Players generally don't bring these games to the waves, because they are really heavy.

Option 1 is obviously intended to develop an accessory that supports mobile phones, while Option 2 and Option 3 are intended to be a small step forward to the vr gaming device.

Lehui is mainly engaged in mobile phones, but in recent years, its business has gradually expanded to smart homes and personal computers, and there are plans to enter the vr game bay.

After all, in the parallel world, the vr game cabin is the high-end digital equipment, no one is not jealous of the profits inside.

However, after all, there is a specialization in the industry. Le Hui spent many years to get a foothold in the mobile phone market. It is not particularly good to do PCs. As for the vr game room, there is no eyebrow.

The designers of Scheme 2 and Scheme 3 obviously want to take this opportunity to try water in the vr field.

However, Chen Mo simply looked at it and felt that these three programs are not very reliable. It's not that the level of these three designers is not good, but that their positioning of new products is not clear enough.

Zhou Jiangping is not angry, he said cheerfully: "That Mr. Chen said, in which direction should this equipment be considered? It is also a lesson for my designers."

Chen Mo said: "Obviously, if the equipment is only used as a mobile phone accessory, the pattern is too small; but if you do vr, the performance will not be achieved. Therefore, the most suitable solution should be to do mr, mixed reality. ”

Zhou Jiangping said: "Mixed reality? This concept... has been out of date for a long time?"

Chen Mo smiled: "It has been a long time out, but it will soon be re-ignited."

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In the beginning, virtual reality technology has three branches, namely vr (virtual reality), ar (augmented reality) and mr (mixed reality).

The concepts of ar and mr have in common, so these two concepts are often confused. Simply put, they all insert information in the player's real field of vision, superimpose virtual objects and scenes into real-life scenes, thus realizing the enhancement of reality, allowing players to experience the effect of being true and illusory.

But in a parallel world, the development of vr is much better than mr.

In the beginning, there were some developers who were developing devices for mr. Later, they all went to the vr, so this concept was ignored.

Because of the vr conscious reading technology, there is a game cabin, and a large number of game companies have made great support, which can bring players a game experience close to "soul wear". And mr can not provide a stimulating game experience for the player, even the reading of the consciousness information can not be done, so it slowly fades out people's horizons.

After all, the premise of ar and mr is portable. To put virtual objects into real scenes, the premise is that players go out of their homes and go to more realistic places.

Therefore, after hearing that a miniature consciousness reading device was developed, Chen Mo’s first reaction was that the opportunity of mr came.

Chen Mo said to Zhou Jiangping: "I will send you a design draft, let me see."

Zhou Jiangping opened the design draft from Chen Mo on the computer.

The first reaction is that this thing is somewhat similar to option 1. But after a careful look at the design, Zhou Jiangping realized that this is completely different from the "Bluetooth Glasses" of Option 1.

From the appearance point of view, the front of this device is a full-covering glasses, which can be used to cover the entire field of view of the player. On the front there is a miniature HD camera that takes the view from the front of the player.

The back of the device is also a ring structure that covers the back of the player's head and ears. Behind the left ear is the consciousness collection device, which can read the player's consciousness signal. Behind the right ear is the operation module. The player can click on the button or a specific gesture to perform some operations that are not convenient for the consciousness signal.

There are headphones on the device and it is a wraparound effect. The headset has two states of opening and closing. When it is turned on, the player can not only hear the sound in the earphone, but also can choose to shield the surrounding environment and play a good soundproofing effect.

From the design point of view, this thing is quite cool, full of technology, much like the glasses worn by the spacecraft drivers in many science fiction movies. And it's not as bloated as a helmet. At least wearing it doesn't make people feel neck pain.