Play Game of Life

After listening to Professor He Cheng's explanation, Lu Zhixing finally understood what was going on.

To put it simply, the "Taiqing" virtual world that Lu Zhixing experienced before is only a superficial application of the consciousness connection technology.

That kind of technology is relatively conservative and safe. The input of various materials is actually done by hand-painting or collecting resources on the Internet, which is interoperable with the current Internet.

However, the internal test qualification of "Taiqing Editor" is the in-depth application of consciousness connection technology. After entering, not only can you get the same experience as in reality, but you can also have some experiences beyond reality: such as purely through consciousness generation. Specific resources, or transforming the virtual world with consciousness.

But this new technology cannot exist without human consciousness, so it cannot communicate with the current Internet, nor can it use existing resources on the Internet. Everything must be started from scratch.

It can also be said that this is another higher-dimensional Internet.

Although this new technology still has many problems, everyone can see that it has great development potential and is an unstoppable trend.

For Lu Zhixing, this technology has a huge benefit for him that no one else can imagine:

The materials he exchanged from the life-playing game are all in his head, exactly. If other people's consciousness collection can only collect some vague materials, what about him?

Thinking of this, Lu Zhixing thanked Professor He Cheng again, and then left the office.

He can't wait to experience this new technology.

If it really works, then why do I have to work hard to hand-paint the model and adjust the movements? Although he did it very quickly with the help of the plug-in, it was also very tiring!

If this new technology can really be used, then he doesn't mind showing everyone what a ruthless handling machine is.

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After Lu Zhi left, Professor He Cheng picked up his cell phone and made a call.

"Hello? Old Feng.

"Tomorrow I have a student, I will go to your place to use the latest equipment, and by the way, if you have good talent, you can give him some resource quota.

"What? Oh, not a graduate student, but an undergraduate student, but his ability is very strong, no worse than a graduate student.

"There is no quota? Don't talk nonsense, how can you have no quota! Your group is the group with the highest quota of internal testing resources in Beijing!

"Too many projects? Too many people?... You're fooling me for a three-year-old, right?

"Okay, okay, then I'll find someone else."

Professor He Cheng hung up the phone angrily.

"It's actually disgusting, what's wrong with undergraduates, there are geniuses among undergraduates.

"Okay, just wait, when this game is made, you'd better not regret it!"

This new technology is still in the development stage, so not only is the internal test qualification restricted, but each internal test qualification has different permissions and resource quotas.

Only a small part of these resource quotas was sent to the account, and a large part was allocated to some research groups in various places.

Lu Zhixing's "Ordinary Life" requires a lot of resources to make, and the points on the account alone are not enough. We have to find a way to find a research group to get more.

Of course, after the resource quota is used, the game will definitely have to be distributed to others, but this is a trivial matter, and being able to make the game is the first step.

Originally, Professor He Cheng wanted to contact the largest research group here in Jinghai, but he didn't expect the other party to hear that he was an undergraduate, and he didn't even want to meet, let alone share resources.

A new number was dialed.

"Hello? Xiao Zhou, do you still have internal testing resources for 'Taiqing'? Oh, that's right, I have a student...

"Okay, then I'll let him go tomorrow."

This time, the person on the other side agreed rather straightforwardly, but he didn't say he was dead. First, let's see how Lu Zhixing's talent is.

If the talent is good, and it is indeed a talent to be made, then everything is easy to talk about; if the talent is not good, and there is nothing to squeeze out of your mind, then even if you have the face of a professor, it is useless.

After all, the current internal testing resources are so precious, there are not enough points in the group, and it is impossible to squeeze them out for unrelated outsiders.

"I'm here to help you, it's up to you to what extent you can do it."

Professor He Cheng read the design draft of "Ordinary Life" from beginning to end, then closed the document and sent the address to Lu Zhixing.

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The next morning, Lu Zhixing arrived at the address given by Professor He Cheng on time.

What surprised him was that although this address was in a prosperous area of ​​Jinghai City, next to the buildings of several technology companies, it was inconspicuous from the outside, and it didn't have a tall appearance.

But when you walk inside, you will find that various security measures are quite strict, and there are hidden caves inside.

"Hello, Xiaolu, right? I'm a researcher here, and my name is Wang Yang.

"We have no job titles here except the team leader. They are all researchers. You can just call me by my name or Brother Wang."

This Wang Yang is the one who came to meet Lu Zhixing. He looks like he is in his thirties, with his iconic black-rimmed glasses and plaid shirt, which makes people subconsciously think of him as a programmer or a man of science and technology.

However, this image is more friendly to Lu Zhixing. Programmers often have direct thinking and honest people, so it is easier to get along with them.

Lu Zhixing nodded: "Brother Wang, please teach me more in the future."

Wang Yang waved his hand: "Hey, I can't talk about giving advice. You are Teacher He's favorite student. You must have something special to be valued by him so much."

The two walked inside while exchanging greetings.

Lu Zhixing originally thought that this would be a certain game company, but after entering, he found that there was a big difference.

In addition to workstations with computers, there are more VR devices that Lu Zhixing has never seen before, not only the fifth-generation VR game helmets, but also larger ones, such as directly lying in the whole person game cabin.

Moreover, there is also a large motion capture studio, recording studio, painting studio, and even a simple rock climbing and parkour training room.

Compared with these areas, the actual office area with workstations only occupies a small part.

This is obviously completely different from the general game companies: in most game companies, more than 80% of the area is a work station, and only a very small number of very large companies will prepare their own motion capture studios and recording studios.

Lu Zhixing was a little curious: "Brother Wang, what exactly does this place do? Isn't it a game company?"

Wang Yang was stunned for a moment: "Of course not, didn't Professor He tell you? We are an official research group here, which is dedicated to research on cutting-edge VR game applications.

"Of course, there are also some game designers in our group. They may work in various game companies or studios, but here, their main job is to cooperate with other researchers to verify and develop the 'Taiqing' virtual world. New features for the world.

"And in our group, game designers only account for a small part. Other researchers have various identities, such as I am a programmer, in addition to professional athletes, painters, music producers, etc.

"Our main task is to closely cooperate with the research and development tasks above, and test various new functions and new usages of the latest VR technology. Of course, those painters, music producers, and game designers will also try their best to apply these new technologies to their own. in the latest works.

"The more successful our research is, the higher authority and more internal testing resources we can get."

While talking, the two took the elevator to the office on the top floor.

"Leader, this is the student Professor He was talking about."

The person called "team leader" by Wang Yang is a middle-aged man in his forties. Lu Zhixing guessed that as the leader of this research team, he should not only have a certain position in the government, but also have other positions. own job.

The team leader didn't raise his head: "Understood, you can take him directly to the test."

Wang Yang took Lu Zhixing to a special research room downstairs. There was no computer here, but all large VR game cabins.

At the entrance of the research room, there is a petite young girl in a shirt and trousers, who seems to be the person in charge here.

She is wearing a VR helmet that Lu Zhixing has never seen before. This kind of helmet is not fully wrapped, it is not like virtual reality, but more like "augmented reality" or "mixed reality". See a realistic picture on the screen.

Wang Yang introduced: "Her name is Chi Yue, and she is the best painter in our research group, and she is also in charge of the registration management here. Xiaochi, I told you before that we need to use some equipment for testing."

Chi Yue's eyes did not look at the computer screen on the side, but seemed to be looking at the blank space in front of her, while her hands were skillfully operating the high-precision hand-painted board in front of her, as if she was drawing something.

Lu Zhixing had a guess in his heart: "This is what Professor He mentioned before, manual handling?"

The one on Chi Yue's head is obviously another VR device, but she is not fully immersed in the virtual world, but is in a state of separation between virtual and reality.

This should be trying to move out those resources in the virtual world that cannot be directly exported, right?

Hearing Wang Yang's words, Chi Yue paused what she was doing, confirmed the test qualification key in Lu Zhixing's hand, asked Lu Zhixing to fill out the form, and then let the two of them in.

The attitude is neither warm nor cold.

Wang Yang led Lu Zhixing to one of the VR game cabins.

This thing is much larger than the VR game helmet Lu Zhixing used before. Obviously, this new technology requires higher configuration and stronger computing power.

"What you have to do after entering is very simple, just imagine.

"My suggestion is to try to imagine things that are familiar to you and have a relatively simple structure, such as your usual water cup, mouse and keyboard, or a watch with a simple structure.

"Things that are not very familiar and have a relatively complicated structure, don't try them for the time being. For example, people, even if you are familiar with them, are too complicated, so the chance of success is very low.

"After entering, you can see the amount of resources you have now, whether you succeed or fail, it will consume some amount, so save it.

"This machine will put a certain burden on people's spirits, and it is best not to use it intensively for more than one hour a day.

"Don't be discouraged if you don't succeed once. After running here a few more times, there may be improvement. Of course, the premise is that your resource quota is still sufficient."

Lu Zhixing asked: "Is there a commercial version of this machine now? Or if you want to buy it, what are the requirements?"

Wang Yang smiled: "Buy? This machine is a development version, and the cost price alone costs two to three hundred thousand. Moreover, the quantity of this thing is limited, and there is not enough for each research institute, so it is impossible to sell it to the outside world.

"Of course, there are exceptions. For example, you use this thing very well. The team thinks that you should maximize your ability. In that case, there is a slight possibility. I will specially apply for one and send it to your residence so that you can use it at any time. .

"It's just that in our entire research team, no one except the team leader can have this privilege.

"Okay, let's go in."

As Wang Yang said, he opened the door of the VR game cabin and motioned for Lu Zhixing to enter.