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Chapter 439: Augmented Reality

After being stuck in traffic for an hour, Hao Yun finally arrived at the Brain-Computer Interface Research Institute in Chengnan High-tech Park before rush hour.

To be honest, he really didn't want to understand the relationship between augmented reality and brain-computer interface technology.

No matter how you think about it, the former should belong to the category of display technology, while the latter obviously has nothing to do with display technology.

And speaking of augmented reality...

It doesn't seem to be a particularly novel thing.

At least not in this world.

According to Hao Yun's knowledge, this technology has been used in the military field as early as 50 years ago, and related applications in the civilian field have also developed rapidly after the first year of the new calendar.

Hao Yun didn't know what the breakthrough Wu Fan was talking about.

In any case, his tone didn't sound like he was joking with himself.

With this in mind, Hao Yun followed Wu Fan's footsteps to a laboratory deep in the research institute.

The interior layout of the laboratory is very simple. In the center of the spacious room is a half-person-high screen. On the table in front of the screen are two glasses shaped like sunglasses.

"...Strictly speaking, what we have accomplished is not augmented reality technology, but a certain improvement on the basis of augmented reality technology."

"Improve?"

"That's right."

Walking to the screen, Wu Fan picked up two glasses from the table and handed one of them to Hao Yun.

"Remember what I told you before? In the research on brain-computer interfaces, the main problem we face is how to accurately identify brain wave signals and translate them into computer languages ​​that machines can understand."

Hao Yun nodded, looked at the glasses in his hand with a strange expression and said.

"It seems to have been said... But, what does this have to do with AR technology?"

"This means that we have made a breakthrough recently!" Wu Fan smiled and continued in an excited tone, "After a year of hard work, the brain wave signal collection and modulation and demodulation technology has been Our researchers got it done!"

Before Hao Yun could ask what it was, Wu Fan took the initiative to introduce it to him.

The so-called acquisition and modulation and demodulation of brain wave signals is to collect the signals emitted by the human brain, and after processing, modulate and demodulate them into computer language.

As for why this technology is applied to AR devices, it has to start with Yunmeng Technology's technical route selection when researching brain-computer interface technology.

For the sake of commercialization and safety, Yunmeng Technology Research Institute mainly focuses on the research of "non-invasive" brain-computer interface.

To put it simply, it is a patch outside the brain, not an intubation inside the brain.

The advantages of this technical route are mainly user experience and security, but the existing problems are also obvious.

The first one is signal collection.

Compared with directly collecting signals from the cerebral cortex, the indirect observation of brain activity through changes in brain waves is obviously inferior to the invasive brain interface in terms of signal strength and accuracy. few.

Therefore, for the Institute of Brain-Computer Interface, how to accurately identify and process brainwave signals has become a key problem.

But now, this technical problem has been solved.

The Institute of Brain-Computer Interface not only successfully solved the problem of collecting and demodulating brain waves, but also beautifully applied it to AR technology, realizing the operation of "AR" devices through ideas.

Compared with the original AR device that needs to complete human-computer interaction through gestures and body movements, this advanced operation method not only looks less stupid, but also much safer and more convenient.

Under the guidance of Wu Fan, Hao Yun, who put on AR glasses, quickly mastered the essentials of using this device. Through the scene switching function, the laboratory in front of him instantly turned into a castle, and then the castle into a castle. A golden paddy field.

Most of these materials came from the crew of "Warcraft" next door, but because of this, the shock and joy in Hao Yun's heart became more intense.

If you use this set of equipment to play games, isn't it much better than computers and mobile phones?

Especially now that there is no need to use gestures to operate the device, and the kind of things that are too involved and bumped into the wall, or are looked at by others with weird eyes, are also a thing of the past.

Seeing the joyful expression on Hao Yun's face, Wu Fan, who didn't know what the boss was thinking, continued with a smile on his face.

"The focus of our next research is to find a way to interfere with brain activity through electrical signals! Now we can only do single-item collection of signals, and we still need to use monitors and speakers to feed back images to users. In the next stage, we will Try ditching both of these devices entirely, and sending images and sounds directly into the user's head!"

"At present, our idea is to use the deep sleep state to achieve an effect similar to virtual reality in the form of dreams. Although some progress has been made in animals, this involves another problem, that is, we cannot ensure that users can experience it in real life. Goes to sleep immediately after starting."

"Just imagine, if you need to fall asleep every time you connect to a virtual reality device, I'm afraid we will have to toss for more than ten minutes or even more than half an hour to turn on the machine."

"What's more, falling asleep with a burden is not an easy task."

Standing aside, Wu Fan became more and more excited as he talked, and kept gesticulating with his hands, but Hao Yun's attention was not on what he said at all, but was completely attracted by the picture he saw in his pupils.

This thing is a fortress, isn't it!

Whether it is for playing games or for daily use, I believe that as long as the price is right, most consumers will not reject such an electronic product that can be easily controlled with thoughts.

Interrupting Wu Fan's eloquence, Hao Yun said immediately.

"How much does it cost to produce a piece of this thing? Is it expensive?"

Facing this sudden question, Wu Fan was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he said with a face of embarrassment.

"Uh, I didn't understand that."

"However, boss, if you want to put this thing on the shelf, I still have to remind you that our patent reserve in AR technology is close to zero... including the glasses in your hand, they are actually obtained through An improved version of Rice AR Glasses.”

"Because processing brainwave signals requires a lot of computing power, we have to equip the glasses with a Bluetooth-connected host. Just like the glasses in your hand, although it seems to be very convenient to use, but walking out of this room The house is useless."

Taking off the AR eye and holding it in his hand, Hao Yun frowned and said.

"Leaving aside the matter of patents, as long as there is a market, there should be a way to solve this... As for the problem you said that the glasses need to be equipped with a host, it is indeed a problem, but can't it be solved through cloud technology?"

Wu Fan scratched the back of his head and said.

"Are you planning to provide users with cloud computing services? It is theoretically possible, but... the cost may not be small."

"As long as it is technically achievable, I think it is worth a try," Hao Yun returned the glasses to Wu Fan, Hao Yun looked at him and smiled, and continued, "I'll just worry about it." Yes, I will consult professionals for advice, you only need to be responsible for optimizing this device as I said!"