Back to the country.
In the past few years, Xing Hai Technologies had dived into the desert. They had somewhat relaxed their investment and exploration in other fields of science and technology.
In fact, due to the rapid development of science and technology, the Z country's GDP growth rate had been above 8% for five consecutive years.
Many sunrise industries had emerged in the country, and there had been many breakthroughs.
Among them were "indoor three-dimensional agriculture," "new energy," "quantum computing," "artificial intelligence and robotics," and "VR technology."
In these few breakthroughs, Xing Hai Technologies did not invest much in "indoor three-dimensional agriculture." Its technical strength was passable, and it occupied less than 5% of the market share.
"VR technology" was completely uninterested and had missed this opportunity.
Not bad.
"VR technology," which was no longer a "new industry," had a second spring in the past few years.
Nowadays, VR games occupied 60% of the game market.
All kinds of VR social, VR education, VR shopping, VR live streaming, VR concerts, and other VR applications had sprung up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.
The global market size had exceeded 1 trillion.
In the future, there was hope to break through 3 trillion, 5 trillion … Countless capitals were increasing their investment in this field.
And the outbreak of the "VR industry" was actually related to Xing Hai Technologies.
Firstly, after the large-scale application of graphene chips, its performance was several times or even dozens of times better than traditional silicon chips. Moreover, it was smaller and had lower power consumption. It met the requirements of running VR applications and had the hardware foundation.
Secondly, a certain research center of Xing Hai Technologies had made a breakthrough in holographic projection technology. The size of the equipment could be reduced to the size of a helmet device. The displayed picture reached 8K HD standard, and the concept of "screen refresh rate" was eliminated.
Because holographic projection technology did not have a refresh rate, or "unlimited refresh rate," the picture seen was consistent with reality.
This solved the problem of people easily getting dizzy after wearing a VR helmet.
Coupled with the improvement of other sensor technology.
Several obvious defects of VR equipment had all been solved.
Hence, another breakout was won.
But Xing Hai Technologies was not interested in this field at all.
In the VR industry, Xing Hai Technologies' investment was almost zero.
This attracted the attention of many domestic critics and professional netizens in the technology circle.
"Strange, Xing Hai Technologies has no interest in the VR industry and did not enter this market."
"Now, a set of high-end VR equipment costs more than $50,000 in the market. The price of a low-end VR equipment is also more than $10,000, but the supply still cannot meet the demand. In 20X7, the global shipment volume exceeded 10 million units. This year, it should exceed 15 million units. Everyone is desperately rushing into this market, but Xing Hai Technologies is actually indifferent."
"Could it be that the illness of the big companies has relapsed? They've become conservative and lost the motivation to move forward?"
"I can't understand it either. I even left a message on Big Boss Chen's Weibo, asking him to make VR too … I'm a hardcore fan of Xing Hai Technologies. I'm used to using Xing Hai Technologies' products. I always feel that Xing Hai Technologies' products have the best experience and the highest quality. If Xing Hai Technologies also makes VR equipment, I think it will be the best VR."
"Yes, an industry without Xing Hai Technologies always feels immature and imperfect."
"Now that the big shots are focused on environmental protection, they're not even interested in the VR industry that's worth trillions a year and hundreds of billions in profits."
Some netizens analyzed, "Uh, not necessarily. I think Xing Hai Technologies may be holding back for some big move. They are developing equipment that is more advanced than the VR helmet. This is a future industry that may even eliminate the PC. It's impossible for Xing Hai Technologies not to care."
…
Some netizens were right.
A big move.
Xing Hai Technologies was indeed preparing a big move.
August, 20X8.
Xing Hai Technologies Sixth Research and Development Center.
Chen Jin and some of the company's senior executives came for an inspection.
In the product testing room, they saw the brand-new product named "First Generation Fantasy."
The product consisted of a helmet full of induction wires, a metal chair, and a capsule-shaped experience cabin.
Liu Yuankai, who was responsible for the development of this system, explained to Chen Jin and the others.
"Mr. Chen, Mr. Ling, and all the leaders, it took us six years to develop this set of equipment!"
He picked up the helmet that was covered in wires and sighed. "This device can simulate 40% of pain, 55% of touch, 14% of smell, and 10% of taste. Furthermore, it can use brain waves and eye movements to control a character in the virtual world to perform any actions allowed."
"Coupled with 99% vision and 96% hearing, the comprehensive degree of simulation of this virtual helmet should reach 50%.
"It's not close to the real thing, but compared to the VR products on the market, it's definitely an epoch-making improvement. They can't be compared to the First Generation Fantasy.
"Once the First Generation Fantasy is launched into the market, I believe that it will set off a storm and sweep all VR products into the trash heap of history.
"This is the real future."
Speaking of this.
Liu Yuankai had a feeling that fate was toying with him.
He was actually not a programmer. He did not know how to type a single line of code. He was a complete layman when it came to programming.
But the "Virtual Helmet" project was still handed over to him. Mr. Ling of the company even paid him a visit three times and offered him an extremely high salary to poach him.
This was not because he had some kind of halo, but because he was the world's top expert in human brain research.
There were more human brain experts like him in the project team than there were programmers. Moreover, the programmers completely obeyed their orders and played the role of doing odd jobs.
After all, the "Virtual Helmet" was related to the human brain, and the human brain was extremely complex and abstruse. Only human brain experts like them could slightly understand the meaning of those brain waves, decipher part of the mystery, and then develop a usable virtual helmet.
If it was handed to a programmer or a hardware engineer, they would probably be at a loss.
Therefore, in a strict sense, the "Virtual Helmet" was a product of human brain medicine, not a purely digital product.
One could imagine that compared to VR products that could not provide the experience of pain, touch, smell, or taste, the "Virtual Helmet" was simply a magical object.
Moreover, one could control the character with their mind and experience the virtual world. There was no need to step on a universal treadmill, no need to hold an operating controller in one's hand, and no need to shake one's head.
It was self-evident that the experience was better and more convenient.
Chen Jin thought of something and asked, "By the way, Old Liu, what is the approximate production cost of the First Generation Fantasy?"
"Uh, about $100,000 per unit. It uses a lot of high-purity rare earth metals to increase the sensitivity of brain wave detection."
"What if it is mass-produced? How much can the cost be reduced? "
Liu Yuankai shook his head. "Not much, at least more than $70,000. The use of rare earth metals cannot be reduced, or else the degree of realism will drop below 50%, and the control of the mind will not be accurate …"
Ling Jun Dong frowned and shook his head. "$70,000 per unit. There are not many users who can afford this price. Can it only be used by the rich?"
"Don't worry, there are ways to reduce the cost."
Chen Jin was not worried. "In another five years, the cost can be reduced to about $30,000; in another 10 years, the success rate will not exceed $10,000."
Everyone looked at him, their faces full of doubt.
The reserves of rare earth elements on Earth were very small, and the cost of mining and refining them was very high. The virtual helmet also had to use rare earth elements. Where did the boss get the confidence to reduce the cost to 1/3 or 1/10?
Could it be that there was some new material or technology that could reduce the use of rare earth elements?
Liu Yuankai still shook his head. The effect of rare earth elements was definitely the best, and no other material could replace it.
Chen Jin smiled mysteriously and raised his head slightly. His gaze passed over the ceiling of the room, and his mind was placed on the deep outer space.
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