Chapter 247
So far, Xingze's projects have no competitors. However, according to the latest announcement from Folks, it is clear that their competitors will be on the horizon soon.
"Intelligent control, capable of dialogue, containing an electronically controlled metal skeleton, can carry out certain autonomous activities...... It looks like it's really a threat to us. Ju Mingfeng looked at the news and said.
Lin Shu also looked more dignified, and said: "In fact, the focus is on how intelligent these puppets can be, and how well they can carry out that kind of activity." Cheng dΓΉ is different, and the difference is also very big. β
"Competition is going to come sooner or later, after all, we are not very advanced in technology. At present, the company's technology accumulation will not exceed the top domestic companies for more than three years. If enough money and manpower are invested, this time can even be shortened to one year. Lin Shu said.
Although the golden finger is opened, the power of a person is very limited. No matter how hard he tried, he was worthy of the power of three or four people, but he was not worthy of the strength of dozens or hundreds of people.
Especially when it comes to projects that are not difficult but have a huge workload, what Lin Shu can do is no different from ordinary employees with general professional ability, such as the construction of artificial intelligence logic system, which is a meticulous and huge job, Lin Shu himself plays a coordinating role at most, and there are very few things that can be done.
There are also some jobs, such as art design or storytelling, and even if he is not good at it at all, he is not as efficient as most employees.
However, Xingze's technical level is still leading at home and abroad, not because he has too many black technologies, but because he has accurate vision and unique methods in project management and talent promotion. This is the most basic and important part of a company, and Xingze relies on these, not the so-called golden finger to lead the crowd.
Therefore, he is neither afraid of someone learning from him or imitating him, nor is he afraid that the accumulation of technology of others will surpass him.
Rebirth novels are particularly popular these days, and there are always authors who think that they can make a lot of money with a few prophets, when in fact it is simply impossible. Chen Tianqiao acted as a legend, and the means of taking advantage of the situation became a classic case in the textbook, but did he earn hundreds of millions of dollars by relying on this means? No, he still relies on every important or small decision and long-term management. Pony Ma imitated OICQ to develop penguins, but penguins are clearly more popular with most Chinese netizens than OICQ or MSN, and it would be incorrect to summarize these momentum purely as an early market preemption. Because Penguin does have a variety of advantages, it has a very accurate grasp of the psychology of many users, and it is truly the top social platform that integrates communication and entertainment.
Therefore, Lin Shu is not afraid of competition in the same industry. For him, the technology that should be accumulated has been accumulated, and the products that can be dedicated have been dedicated. He's done the best he can and Folkes couldn't have done better. If they really have a more outstanding product, it is not within the reach of manpower, and Lin Shu can only face it head-on.
He analyzed Zheng Fangcheng: "I am confident in the intelligent process of our products. As for the other aspects, we can analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each of the two. First of all, the joint puppet is a joint puppet after all, and the action table is definitely not as smooth and natural as our intelligent partner. β
Zheng Fangcheng nodded and said: "There must be a big difference between real dolls and animations. β
Lin Shu continued: "But they also have an advantage that we can't match, that is, compared to projection crystals, dolls can hug and touch, which is incomparable to our intelligent system. At most, we have an option to simulate interaction, and it's separated by a layer of cold crystals. β
Ju Mingfeng said at this time: "It's better for us to think about it like this, which type of consumer group is most attractive to hugs or physical contact." β
"Kid, huh?"
"Old man?"
"The old man probably won't like this type of doll, right? The feel of the joint doll is actually not good, and it is small, so I think if you want to hold it, it is more comfortable to hold a large doll. β
Lin Shu thought for a while before saying: "In fact, according to the past consumption positioning, the main target customers of joint dolls should be teenage girls who have left the scope of children, as well as adult women who have worked and have good financial ability. β
"I think we're going in the wrong direction." Ju Mingfeng suddenly spoke, "The positioning of the joint puppet is actually to dress up the puppet rather than decorate or β‘β‘ the doll, so in fact, we don't need to consider it from the aspect that it can be touched. Since it is a costume puppet, the main role of this puppet should be to change clothes, pose, and possibly shoot. You know what comes to mind? β
Lin Shu replied: "Playing house? β
Ju Mingfeng snapped his fingers: "Bingo!" That's it. Then he continued, "If I were a designer at Folks, I would design two modes for the dolls, one for free movement and one for full control...... The advantage of the joint puppets over ours is that they can interact with the outside world, rather than touching such details. β
Lin Shu imagined it for a moment and found that Ju Mingfeng's judgment was obviously right.
Unlike smart companions, who are destined to be trapped in a small projection crystal all the time, joint puppets with physical entities obviously have more room for movement. Not only can they interact with each other, but they can also interact with their surroundings and objects. It may sound like nothing more than that, but perhaps only lonely people who live alone and are lonely enough to have pets to talk about β‘β‘can understand, in the quiet of the night, a person living alone in an empty house, or floating in a foreign land or lonely, in this case there is a person around who will make a little noise by himself, how different is that.
And this smart doll has two very important advantages over pets, one is that they will not die even if they are neglected to feed and take care of them, and the other is that they can conduct basic communication.
Don't underestimate communication. Many times people will say that cats and dogs also have the IQ of children between the ages of two and seven, but they do not understand human language and cannot communicate with people, and the satisfaction they can produce for humans is much different.
Even if the smart puppet can only reply to the user most of the time, as long as they can respond, it means something different to the user. There will be many times in an ordinary person's life that need to be confided in, and a smart doll that can respond will obviously be better than a small animal that can't respond, and will make people have a stronger confiding*.
In this regard, the smart joint puppet does have a direct competition with them.
The three of them were silent for a while, and Zheng Fangchengcai suddenly said, "But we also have our own advantages. For example, in terms of skills, animations can be expressed xiΓ n, but joint puppets may not be able to be expressed...... No, there is definitely no way to express xiΓ n. All kinds of skills, such as cooking, dancing, we can always add new packs, add new moves and new recipes, and the joint puppet can't do it! β
Lin Shu nodded and said, "That's it." So we and each other generally have our own advantages, and if I have to say, my advantages are actually greater. The next thing to do is to see how they set it up...... The level of intelligence will determine the fierce competition between us and the other party. β
Then he opened his mouth and asked Zheng Fangcheng: "Is Fulks open for pre-sale?" β
Zheng Fangcheng said: "At present, it is only an advertisement, and it has not yet been sold. It is said to be on the shelves at the end of the month. β
Lin Shu said: "Let's buy a few and have a look." The specific situation can only be judged after looking at the real thing. β
After the smart joint puppet IS series dolls were put on the shelves, Zheng Fangguo asked people to order a set as soon as possible.
Overseas orders take a little longer than domestic orders, but thanks to the development of the postal industry, Lin Shu still saw the real thing in early April.
This morning, he and Ju Mingfeng arrived in Xingze, Lin Shu went around the planning and technical department as usual, but as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the technical department, he found that a bunch of people had gathered in the conference room next to him, and a large group of people gathered around the table and didn't know what they were excited about.
Then someone found out that Lin Shu and Ju Mingfeng appeared, and immediately beckoned everyone to give up some positions, so that the two of them could see the internal situation.
At the huge conference table in between, there are two small and cute is dolls dancing. The male doll wore a black uniform with an extended cape, and the female doll wore a delicate and beautiful long gauze skirt, and as the two danced, the cloak and long skirt were rippling, which was very beautiful.
Lin Shu didn't make a sound, and watched with a group of people for a long time, while showing a contemplative expression, until the two dolls stopped.
After the two dolls stopped, Lin Shu reached out and grabbed them, and then pinched them in his hands, and sure enough, he found that the hands and feet of the two dolls had adsorption devices - as Lin Shu expected, unlike humans who can naturally maintain a sense of balance, these anthropomorphic dolls are too close to human appearance, it is difficult to maintain balance when moving, and they cannot independently control the muscles to shift the center of gravity by their own will - they don't even have such a thing as muscles.
The designers of Fulks used an electronically controlled electromagnetic ball that moved inside the doll to maintain its balance, and some adsorption devices were added to the hands and feet to ensure that the doll could perform various actions.
He opened his mouth to the group of technicians and asked, "How much did you test?" How is the table xiΓ n? β