The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 159 A crucial puzzle piece!
Of course, it is impossible to change to other technologies.

The more cutting-edge the technology, the harder it is to make substantial progress.

Not to mention that the "technological achievements" need to be transformed into products.

These are not things that can be accomplished in a short period of time.

The reason Xu Meng was able to do it so quickly was simply because he had access to ready-made technical information.

[Force Feedback Haptic Gloves] This "new" product is actually just a lower-level product of the somatosensory synchronization suit. This is not an "optimization" of the somatosensory synchronization suit, but a "deterioration" in a certain sense.

The technical content is even lower.

Including the lightweighting studied by the "outsourced" team, the overall lightweighting is achieved at the expense of the refinement of the physical sensation.

If we really want to move to a more cutting-edge and in-depth direction, beyond the muscle level to touch the nerve signals, it will probably take 10 years.

It may not succeed yet.

Only a true genius, or an accident like Xu Meng, can greatly accelerate the research and development process.

Xu Meng eased her disappointment, looked at Yu Hao who was expecting her, and shook her head.

"Feel sorry."

"I am also very interested in your technology, but the technology of the somatosensory synchronization suit, especially the algorithm, is now strictly confidential by the authorities."

“I can’t delegate it to anyone else either.”

This is of course an excuse, but at least it is more polite than a blunt rejection.

Visible surprise and disappointment appeared on Yu Hao's face.

He did not speak immediately, but looked up slightly, thinking quickly about why this technology was required to be kept secret.

After a moment, he shook his head and sighed, "Okay, I get it, what a shame."

"Yes." Xu Meng also nodded.

But he also felt that it would be embarrassing to use someone else's exhibition hall for three days without paying a penny and not giving anything in return.

Then he added: "In fact, DreamWorks is also researching artificial intelligence, and has entered the application stage."

“However, we did not apply it directly in the game, but used it to assist game development.”

"If you don't mind, can we exchange some techniques in this area?"

Yu Hao was a little confused at first——

Your company has only been established for less than two years, and it's outrageous that you have come up with a somatosensory synchronization service.

We even have AI now?
Where do you get the talent, funds, and time?
Are you trying to get something for nothing and steal my skills?

But he immediately overturned this idea.

Because the development efficiency of DreamZhu is indeed far ahead of the industry!

"Using AI to assist game development" can just explain their incredible work efficiency.

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 question.

……

In this way, the content of the two people's communication became more and more in-depth and more and more obscure.

Chen Mengling, who was standing next to them, clearly didn't understand what they were saying at all, but she still felt her head itching. The more carefully she listened, the more it hurt.

Finally I had to give up thinking and started to daydream.

It was not until Xu Meng's stomach growled with hunger that the two stopped talking, called the waiter and started ordering food.

Songshiji is worthy of its reputation as a high-end restaurant. When the two were talking, no one came to disturb them.

But once they started ordering, the food was served quickly.

The speed was so fast that Xu Meng almost suspected that they were making pre-prepared dishes.

However, after eating it, he immediately overturned this idea, and the only thought left was to poach him - this chef is really good, it would be great if he could be poached to work in the Dream Building canteen.

After the meal, the two shook hands and said goodbye happily.

When the assistant drove Xu Meng home, he was still confused: "Senior, didn't we reach a cooperation agreement? Why are you all so happy?"

"We are all working on AI, but the technical routes and application methods we use are very different. We can have in-depth exchanges and refer to each other, which will be very helpful for the future development of technology."

“An enlightening technical exchange is already a great gain.”

Xu Meng explained to her with a smile.

“In addition, it’s not that there is no cooperation at all.”

“Although we didn’t say it explicitly, we did exchange views during the communication.”

“If nothing unexpected happens, the next generation of God’s Abyss will be launched on our brand new gaming platform built based on somatosensory synchronization technology.”

"In addition to providing the necessary technical support, we will also give them a good share of the profits."

“???” If she wasn’t driving, Chen Mengling would have to stare at Xu Meng’s face so that Xu Meng could see the confusion on her face clearly.

“Did you mention these??”

"Although I didn't understand your technical communication and was a little distracted in the middle...but I wouldn't miss such important information, right?"

"I didn't say it clearly!" Xu Meng said in a relaxed and a little absent-minded tone.

Chen Mengling had a lot of questions to ask.

But after looking at Xu Meng and finding that he was thinking, he immediately calmed down and drove quietly without saying a word. It was already dark outside, passers-by were in a hurry, and the shops on the street were brightly lit.

From time to time, passers-by walk 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 all act independently in the city, interact with each other, and avoid bugs.

Just like a real city.

Before today, his plan was to mobilize enough manpower, with the assistance of intelligent tools, to use force to overcome cleverness and come up with the action routes and behavioral logic of 1000 independent NPCs.

Then sprinkle in the same number of background NPCs with relatively simple behaviors to fill in the gap.

——Anyway, with the help of [Smart Office Partner], repetitive development work will only be completed faster and faster!

But after today's communication, he had a new idea.

Although no substantive technology was exchanged this time - and it cannot be exchanged, substantive technical exchange requires papers, hardware and practice, and it is not enough to rely on words alone.

But after he digested the knowledge of [intelligent collaborative development tools] and completed the separation and cultivation of [intelligent core] in practice, his knowledge base was sufficient.

What is lacking is the experience and inspiration along these different paths.

During this exchange, Xu Meng had a clearer idea about another application method - rationally allocating resources to appropriately endow virtual characters with the abilities of "thinking", "memory" and "judgment" while minimizing the pressure on hardware.

We can even go a step further and make virtual characters smarter, smart enough to cope with some changes brought about by players.

But the cost is not low: the cost of computing power and bandwidth will increase rapidly.

——For this part of the function, you can't always rely on the player's hardware to operate.

These things must be placed in the cloud - that is, in the server, to relieve players of hardware pressure.

Otherwise, by then, there would probably be ridiculously few hosts capable of running virtual cities.

It was at this time that Xu Meng realized:
Why did "God's Abyss" launch cloud gaming so early?

Previously, he thought that Four-Dimensional Games was simply wealthy and wanted to reach more users with poor mobile phone performance.

But now it seems that Yu Hao has probably made some progress in the research and development of large AI models since two years ago, and started technical practice and layout early on.

But coincidentally, Dream Building has reached this point by accident.

On September 9st, the next update of "Frost Project" will be released simultaneously with the cloud gaming client.

During these two months, after Xiao Meng became fully familiar with the work content of all employees in the "Frost and Snow Project" development team, he led the programming department to complete the underlying code optimization of "Frost and Snow Project" at an astonishing speed.

Based on this, he led the team to complete the development of cloud games.

——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 the desk in Xu Meng's office.

One was used by Xu Meng himself to develop "Lord of War".

One is for Xiao Meng to use, leading the team to optimize and even refactor the code of "Frost and Snow Project" - it is also convenient for Xu Meng to occasionally take a look at the process and progress.

In the last one, Xiao Meng uses her own cartoon image to sit on the table and play ball, read books, and watch short videos, so that she can act cute in front of her owner at any time.

Fulfilling and happy.

If nothing goes wrong, DreamCraft will soon complete the technical practice of cloud gaming and obtain another key piece of the puzzle for the [intelligent NPC] function.

In this way, the [virtual city] can be more lively and more "human"!

The characters in Project Frost can also be more intelligent and understanding.

……

Xu Meng withdrew his gaze from the car window, opened his phone and looked at the memo, then began to think about another thing——

Somatosensory gaming platform.

Previously in Cologne, he and Li Yunchuan reached a preliminary agreement:
Providing technical support enables the game "It's Over! I'm Surrounded by Demons" to use the somatosensory synchronization service to provide players with a stronger immersive gaming experience.

Chen Yujia, the chief planner of "Nations", also hopes that "Nations" can use the somatosensory synchronization game.

During the few days since returning to China, he has also convinced his boss, and 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 which is still in the planning stage.

In addition, there are its own "Project Frost and Snow", "Lord of War", and the virtual city of the future.

Even if we don’t consider those studios that have only expressed some intentions but have no specific projects yet.

In terms of content volume, this gaming platform has already taken shape!
"The Dream Building Game Platform can now be officially included in the agenda," he said.

It seemed like he was talking to himself, but actually he was talking to Xiao Meng.

……

……

Xu Meng is very proactive. Early the next morning, he sat on the carpet in the office wearing a motion sensing suit and VR glasses and started working with Xiao Meng.

I was busy until lunch, and then went to discuss cooperation with the partners who left their contact information at the Cologne Fair.

He spent the last few days of August in this busy manner.

Then, September arrived.

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)