Chen Mo didn't pay attention to how many Game of the Year Doomsday won. He was currently in Zhou Jiangping's office, discussing the new device with Zhou Jiangping and Le Hui's designers.
"These are the three new designs from our designers. What do you think, Mr. Chen?" asked Zhou Jiangping.
Chen Mo shook his head, "None of them work, their positioning isn't very clear."
The three designers were a bit confused.
They had just received a mission from Zhou Jiangping, to design a new device that could read the consciousness. Time was tight, so the three of them each designed a device and showed it to Zhou Jiangping.
The designs of these three designers were more or less the same. This was because the design itself had certain limitations.
The new consciousness reading device was slightly bigger than the bottle cap of Mai Dong, and had the same thickness. Moreover, the device had a limitation, which was that it had to be attached to the user's head in order to accurately read the consciousness signal. Therefore, it wasn't possible to make a telepathic phone.
The three designers had pretty much the same idea, which was to make it portable.
After all, Le Hui was a mobile phone manufacturer, so the designers more or less preferred simple and convenient design. Two of the three designs were head-mounted devices, and one was a backpack device.
The first was a pair of glasses with the consciousness reading device on the back of the player's head. The front of the glasses was completely transparent, and came with a simple operating system that could be connected to the phone via Bluetooth, allowing the user to browse the web, send messages, etc. It was equivalent to making an external device that could control the phone with brain waves.
The second was a helmet that basically covered half of the player's head, similar to the VR helmets Chen Mo had seen in his previous life. This device could give the player a complete virtual field of view like the VR pod, allowing them to play some simple VR games. However, its performance was a far cry from the VR pod. After all, only the consciousness reading device was shrunk, nothing else was shrunk. Therefore, the performance of this thing was only slightly better than a high-end phone. 'VR anytime, anywhere' was just a gimmick.
The third plan was a bit more stupid. The player would still be wearing the VR helmet, but it would be connected to other devices via a cable. The player could carry a device that was slightly larger than a laptop on their back, allowing them to simulate relatively low-end VR games. The graphics and quality would be on par with a high-end PC game. But the problem was that carrying this thing would definitely be quite heavy.
Just like in Chen Mo's previous life, most gaming consoles were portable desktops. Most players wouldn't bring these consoles around, as they were too heavy.
The first plan was obviously to develop an accessory to support the phone, while the second and third plans were to tentatively take a small step toward a VR gaming device.
Le Hui's main business was mobile phones, but in recent years, its business had gradually expanded to smart homes, personal computers, and VR gaming pods.
After all, in the parallel world, VR gaming pods were the pinnacle of high-end digital equipment. Everyone was jealous of the profits.
However, each industry had its own specialization. Le Hui had spent many years to gain a foothold in the mobile phone market. Her PC business wasn't particularly smooth, and she had no idea how to make a VR gaming pod.
The designers of Plan 2 and 3 obviously wanted to use this opportunity to test the waters in the VR field.
However, Chen Mo felt that none of the three plans were very reliable after a quick look. It wasn't that the three designers weren't good enough, but that they weren't clear on the positioning of the new product.
Zhou Jiangping wasn't angry as he said cheerfully, "What do you think, Mr Chen, which direction should we take this device in? It'll also be a good lesson for my designers. "
Chen Mo said, "Obviously, the device is too small to be used as an accessory for mobile phones. But if it's used for VR, the performance isn't up to par. Therefore, the most suitable plan would be MR, Mixed Reality. "
Zhou Jiangping was shocked, "Mixed Reality? That concept … has been outdated for a long time? "
Chen Mo laughed, "It has indeed been outdated for a long time, but it'll be popular again very soon."
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In the beginning, there were three branches of virtual reality, VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality), and MR (Mixed Reality).
The concepts of AR and MR actually had something in common, so these two concepts were often confused. Simply put, they both inserted information into the player's field of view, superimposing virtual objects and scenes onto the real world, thus enhancing reality and allowing the player to experience the effects of illusion.
But in the parallel world, the development of VR was much better than MR.
In the beginning, there were still some developers who developed equipment for MR. Later on, they all focused on VR, so this concept was ignored by people.
Because of VR's consciousness reading technology, gaming pods, and the support of a large number of video game companies, it was able to give players a gaming experience that was close to "soul crossing". On the other hand, MR couldn't provide players with an exciting gaming experience, and couldn't even read their consciousness, which was why it slowly faded out of people's sight.
After all, the premise of AR and MR was that they had to be portable. In order to place virtual objects in a real world, the players had to leave their homes and go to more places in the real world.
Therefore, Chen Mo's first reaction when he heard about the development of a miniature consciousness reading device was that it was an opportunity for MR.
Chen Mo said to Zhou Jiangping, "I'll send you a draft, take a look."
Zhou Jiangping opened Chen Mo's design draft on his computer.
His first reaction was that it was similar to Plan 1. But after taking a closer look at the design, Zhou Jiangping realized that it was completely different from the "Bluetooth Goggles" in Plan 1.
From the looks of it, the front of the device was a full-coverage goggles that fit seamlessly, basically covering the player's entire field of vision. There was a miniature HD camera on the front, which was used to capture the player's field of vision.
The back of the device was also a ring-shaped structure, covering the back of the player's head and ears. Behind the left ear was the consciousness collecting device, which could read the player's consciousness signal. Behind the right ear was the operation module, which allowed the player to press buttons or make specific gestures to perform actions that were inconvenient for consciousness signals.
There were headphones on the device, and they had a surround sound effect. The headphones could be turned on or off. If they were turned on, not only could the player hear the sound from the headphones, but they could also choose to block out the sound from their surroundings, providing a great soundproofing effect.
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