Jin Ling University.
Mathematics department dormitory.
Duan Siqi, who had finished his self-study, leaned back in his chair and stretched. He took out his phone from his pocket and started to browse Weibo.
As a new student who joined the Jin Ling University mathematics department this summer, Duan Siqi was in the top 200 in the college entrance examination a few months ago. He was considered a genius student.
However, in the mathematics department that was full of strong people, in this stressful dormitory, it was just a hot honor. It was still not enough.
Especially that Ji Mo. Apparently, he was an IMO gold medalist, a gold medalist with a perfect score.
The strength that this guy displayed made people not want to compete with him in mathematics. They just wanted to ask him why he didn't go to Shuimu University or Yan University? Why did he come to Jin Ling University?
Time passed by silently.
Duan Siqi estimated that he had rested enough. Just as he was about to put away his phone and continue writing, a piece of news suddenly appeared in front of him. He was so surprised that his eyes widened, and his eyeballs almost popped out of his eye sockets.
"Neural interface virtual reality device?"
"F * ck me! Seriously?! "
In just a few words, the quiet dormitory suddenly became lively.
Ji Mo, who was still writing, was stunned for a moment. Other than Duan Siqi, the other three people in the dormitory quickly took out their phones and opened Weibo with interest.
Soon after, they saw the shocking news on Weibo's trending page.
"Jesus Christ! Is this … the kind of VR that puts people in a virtual reality world? "
"This is way too f * cking awesome …"
The dormitory room suddenly began to chatter.
"Using nerve microcurrent stimulation to output the electrical signal of the neural modem …" Yang Shuang found a piece of news that introduced this technology and quietly read the introduction. He couldn't help but say to himself, "F * ck me, using electricity on the brain? Won't it damage the brain? "
Ji Mo stared at his phone screen and shook his head.
"No way, this project is led by Academician Lu! If there was such a serious security risk, that person would definitely not take it out. "
Looking at this guy, Duan Siqi said, "… You really worship that person."
"Of course." Ji Mo smiled and scratched the back of his head. "God Lu is my idol."
Hearing this, the other two roommates in the dorm looked at each other at the same time and revealed a smile that was not malicious but a little awkward.
Even Duan Siqi smiled and sighed emotionally in his heart.
Perhaps all geniuses were so short-sighted.
He couldn't imagine what it felt like to worship someone.
Even if a person was worthy of respect, he would at most give them a like on the internet. In real life, it was really difficult to find people who would sincerely respect or worship a great person.
Also, compared to the virtual reality technology that was described in the news, these were minor issues.
Connect your consciousness directly to the machine.
Experiencing an immersive virtual reality world in the form of dreams …
Is this really possible?
Although he had looked through the relevant news and reported this matter with affirmative statements, his inherent common sense still restrained him, making it hard for him to believe that this was true.
Suddenly, Duan Siqi noticed that at the end of one of the news articles, it mentioned that Star Sky Technology was recruiting volunteers to participate in closed beta testing.
The second he saw this news, his mind instantly became active.
Maybe …
This is an opportunity.
I want to know if this thing is real? Is it really as cool as the news says?
I might as well sign up and try it out myself …
…
Compared to frozen dormancy, which was far away from most people's lives, the sensation caused by the neural interface virtual reality equipment was undoubtedly much greater.
Whether it was the online games from more than 20 years ago, or the series of anime such as SAO in Japan, or the Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters like Ready Player One, they all had a series of associations about this technology and the future world with this technology.
It could be said that people's imagination and brain holes had long overflowed like a flood from a broken dam towards this second world that they had been yearning for day and night.
Now that they suddenly heard about this technology, how could they not go crazy?
There was almost no suspense. After the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study and Star Sky Technology announced the major research progress of neural interface virtual reality technology and released a live demonstration, almost all online communication platforms, including Weibo, Qiuhu, and various other platforms, exploded like a nuclear bomb.
In addition to the optimistic voices, there were also many pessimistic voices.
A small number of people expressed concern about the various social hazards that virtual reality technology might bring, but more people expressed doubts about whether this technology was possible or not.
After all, immersing oneself in a virtual world in the form of guided dreams sounded too sci-fi. Even though the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study made this technology a lot more convincing, when people heard that it was made by Chinese researchers, many people instinctively couldn't believe it.
However, this feeling of distrust didn't become a trend.
Because soon after, someone revealed that the person in charge of this virtual reality project was Professor Lu himself!
Once this piece of news was released, the heated discussion was like a bucket of gasoline being poured on it, and the flames shot up to the sky.
Lu Zhou was one of the top young scholars in the Chinese academic community. At first, there were people who doubted whether the person who published the news was exaggerating the research results. But now, almost all of these speculations were dispelled when Professor Lu's name was mentioned.
The number of people who signed up exceeded the one million mark within an hour of the registration being released on the official website of Star Sky Technology.
The lowest age range was 18 years old, and the highest age range was 60 years old. The volunteers who signed up covered almost all age groups.
Even though Star Sky Technology clearly stated on their official website that they would pay for their own air tickets, no salary, and only provide food and accommodation, even though the first batch of closed beta testers was limited to only 100 people, this didn't stop people's enthusiasm for virtual reality technology.
Money or not, it was all secondary.
Everyone wanted to experience the legendary feeling of being immersed in a second world.
Everyone wanted to be a witness to this historic moment …
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