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Dean Bai couldn't help laughing: "I'm afraid this is difficult, right?

"Beijing is so far away, so many people are going to be invited to hold a martial arts competition? Then what kind of prize are you planning to offer, and how much bonus are you planning to offer?

"Besides, many things are not about money. In reality, well-known masters are very concerned about face. There should be many people who come to make friends with martial arts and carry each other's sedan chairs.

"But your purpose is to collect data, so there must be actual combat, and actual combat means winning and losing. It's okay to win, but what to do if you lose?

"Many masters rely on their fame to recruit apprentices. If they lose, they lose face and their apprentices all run away. Isn't this throwing people's jobs away.

"So, if you are willing to pay a bonus, such as a few million, you may be able to invite some people, but I am afraid it will be difficult to invite real masters, and it will be difficult to have enough enthusiasm.

"There are many problems here."

In fact, to put it bluntly, the most critical issue is that what Lu Zhixing needs is a large amount of data collected in actual combat, and such data is real.

If everyone keeps their hands, or is simply playing tricks, then there must be a big deviation in the data collected, which will not achieve the purpose of training AI.

But if you don't let everyone keep their hands and don't let everyone use tricks, many people will definitely not want to participate. After all, there is no special benefit if you win, and you will lose money if you lose.

Lu Zhixing thought for a while: "It must be a little troublesome to get all these fans to come to Jinghai. But can we set up a virtual martial arts field or something? If everyone can use the VR helmet in the virtual world If you participate in the competition, the threshold is much lower, and more people should participate."

Dean Bai was silent for a moment: "This is also a way.

"Exactly, Xiaolu, have you heard of the 'Virtual City' project?"

Lu Zhixing shook his head: "I've never heard of it."

Dean Bai was not surprised: "Well, it's normal if you haven't heard of it. This is an official confidential project, but the research institutes have been preparing for a long time. Our Jinghai Research Institute's 'Virtual Jinghai' The project has been in development for more than a year so far.

"Currently, within the research institute, how to launch this project and how to publicize it after launch are still under discussion, and the general results have just been obtained.

"If this project can go online smoothly, it may be able to achieve your goal."

Lu Zhixing became interested: "Dean Bai, what exactly is this 'virtual city' project? Can you tell me in detail?"

Dean Bai chuckled: "It's actually very simple, as the name suggests, the research groups in each city are trying hard to create another city in the deep virtual world of 'Taiqing'.

"The city created by Jinghai Research Institute is of course Jinghai City in the virtual space.

"Of course, there will be trade-offs in the creation process, for example, some landmark buildings and important places in Jinghai will be retained, and some unnecessary buildings and unreasonable municipal planning content will need to be deleted.

"In short, it is to construct a more perfect virtual city and open experience on the basis of retaining the cultural characteristics of the city. The biggest characteristic of this virtual city is that, as a super-large virtual space, it can accommodate many people to visit and participate together.

"In the past, the virtual spaces you came into contact with should be relatively small, accommodating dozens, hundreds of people at most, and no more than a few thousand people at most.

"However, a super-large virtual space like a virtual city can accommodate up to 100,000 or even 200,000 to 300,000 people. Of course, even larger virtual spaces may appear in the future, but a lot of preparation work is still needed."

Lu Zhixing was a little surprised, he didn't expect that such a big project was still in the pipeline.

A huge virtual city that can accommodate 100,000 people? This is indeed a bit beyond imagination.

If this step can be realized, it will not be difficult to completely build a huge virtual world so that everyone can access it.

This is called black technology.

But it makes sense on second thought. After all, small virtual spaces accommodating hundreds or thousands of people have already appeared, and even this kind of qualification has begun to be widely distributed, so there must be some big guys in the official.

The Jinghai Research Institute occupies such a large area, with so many staff members and so many research groups, it is impossible to just study basic motion capture, and there must be more important tasks.

Now it seems that this "virtual city" should be one of the important tasks undertaken by the research institute.

Lu Zhixing hurriedly asked: "Dean Bai, how is the development progress of this project?"

Dean Bai said: "In terms of development, it was actually completed last month. However, it has not yet been launched, because it has not yet reached the official unified launch time, and the research institute has not yet discussed a sufficiently recognizable one. Degree, sufficiently competitive city business card.

"Oh, you may not know much about this, it's like this.

"Actually, it's not just the Jinghai Research Institute. Research institutes all over the country are conducting similar project research. Places like the Imperial Capital, Magic City, Yangcheng, and Jingzhou have a developed game industry, and the research institutes are also full of talents. They create The virtual cities produced are also very competitive.

"After all, virtual cities are different from real cities. Real cities have limited carrying capacity, and there are many people traveling on holidays. Although they will compete for traffic, it is relatively less intense.

"But virtual cities are different. At present, the carrying capacity of virtual cities is far more than the number of users with VR helmets. Therefore, the competition among virtual cities will be particularly fierce.

"Wouldn't it be embarrassing if no one came to the virtual city after it went online. The research institutes in each city will also have some open and secret struggles in terms of the flow of people and popularity."

Lu Zhixing knew it well, isn't this the same as various tourist cities competing for tourists!

During the holidays, these tourist cities will rack their brains to think of all kinds of publicity. On the one hand, it will build popularity and boost the city's economy, and on the other hand, it will also promote the development of the tertiary industry. This is a real political achievement.

Now, that competition has carried over into the virtual world.

Thinking about it, if Jinghai's virtual city can be popular and overwhelm cities such as the imperial capital and the magic capital after it goes online, it will be quite a remarkable achievement for the Jinghai Research Institute.

Lu Zhixing thought for a moment: "Dean Bai, if it's about publicity, I have some ideas, maybe I can help."

Dean Bai was very happy: "Oh? That's right, of course it's good! I know that those of you who make games do have some good ideas in terms of publicity. I don't know what your plan is exactly?"

Lu Zhixing did not answer directly, but asked: "Principal Bai, when will Jinghai's virtual city be officially launched?"

Dean Bai said: "In fact, it has entered the internal testing stage, but the official promotion has not yet started. The official large-scale promotion should be on the 21st, this Thursday night.

“It’s still very short on time.

"At that time, not only Jinghai, but virtual cities in other cities will also start publicity at the same time. This is an official time arranged in advance.

"Isn't there enough time? The main reason is that I didn't expect to find you at the first time. If I had found you sooner, maybe the plan would have been settled long ago."

There was some regret in Dean Bai's voice. Obviously, after watching the performance of the two games "Ordinary Life" and "Walking with Darkness", Dean Bai found that Lu Zhixing did have some tricks in publicity.

Maybe even more reliable than the people in the research institute.

No, no, maybe, it must be more reliable than these people in the research institute.

Lu Zhixing thought for a while: "It doesn't matter, there is absolutely enough time. However...my promotional methods may be somewhat unconventional, and there will inevitably be enthusiasm, but it does not necessarily have to be particularly positive."

Dean Bai smiled: "Ah? That's probably not good, we are the official after all."

Lu Zhixing said: "However, there is a way, that is, I will not represent the government publicly in this activity, and I only need Dean Bai to give me some support in secret.

"For example, provide me with a fixed venue, give me a virtual identity that no one knows, and when it really becomes popular, I can properly promote it on the premise of disregarding the relationship."

Dean Bai was a little curious: "A virtual identity that no one knows? What are you going to do?"

Lu Zhixing smiled: "Principal Bai, have you ever considered making Jinghai a... holy land of martial arts?"