VR has undoubtedly become the biggest dark horse of this year's CES, earning a lot of eyeballs at the show, and major technology media have focused on its products, reporting on the outstanding display effect of VR glasses, the perfect coordination of interactive devices, and the mysterious brainwave control technology.

The most important is undoubtedly the display effect, and the display eyepiece design adopted by the VR company is novel, which can be seen from the company's large number of appearance and design patent applications; In terms of display resolution and refresh rate, it has reached a new height.

Some media claim that the products of Sony and Oculus have become obsolete before they are launched.

Based on actual experience, it is indeed ahead of its time in technology, and the company's slogan of "second generation" is not an exaggeration.

The exhibition allowed more people to experience the black technology of the VR company, and also triggered this year's virtual reality boom, and the media boldly predicted that the "first year" of virtual reality may be advanced to 2015, as for the 2016 plan of peers, I am afraid that it will die.

The attention of the media allows the company to expand its popularity, and the attention of users indicates the market of the product.

On the official forum of the VR company, the number of registrations and posts has been increasing, and the number of users has exceeded one million in a short period of time, and by the time Meng Qian returned to the United States, it was close to 5 million! It can attract so much attention, mainly because the official will release news from time to time to share technology.

Meng Qian logged in to the forum and clicked on the most popular post.

This is a video posted by the staff about the tips and practical use of brainwave manipulation.

Scrolling down, the messages at the bottom are all expecting, discussing or predicting, and some particularly smart people ask: Does this indicate that brainwave technology will be used in VR glasses?

There are people at the bottom who analyze the head. It is believed that brainwaves can be called a weapon for players in relatively simple games. In shooting games and racing games, there is a lack of excitement.

Let's look at the rest of the content. There are also expectations for the application of brainwave technology in other fields, such as mobile phones and players, where people only need to use their brains when their hands are busy.

Meng Qian browsed while eating snacks, and users were generally looking forward to it.

This undoubtedly lays a fan base for the release of future products, and what he expects is that only one trump card will be sought after at present. Later, if the brainwave manipulation comes true. The big hole card of artificial intelligence is also thrown, what will happen when the system platform is connected to the Internet?

"Five million users, if one-fifth are consumers, it's worth it." Meng Qian told Wang Manwen that she is now focusing on VR companies.

"It could actually be higher." Wang Manwen is more optimistic than him -- her optimism is based on technology, market, user feedback, etc., and scientific predictions.

"I hope so." Meng Qian said.

Wang Manwen has already picked up the burden he gave, considering and combining with Meng Qian's actual situation, she decided to build a comprehensive customized team. From finance, taxation, to legal, these private teams can share the work that she can't do alone.

Meng Qian put her in full charge. Look at the performance to determine the results.

He had plans for himself, and with Madeleine's help, he ordered a small computer from IBM that he had asked him to build. It supports up to 32 CPUs and a maximum memory of 256G. The performance and stability are the best among small machines. Long-term operation, annual downtime is only one hour.

Because it is high-end customization. It cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars, but it's worth it - he wants to use it to provide a good hardware foundation for artificial intelligence. Unlike the intelligence of VR companies, he personally needs smarter and more flexible AI, which is why he needs a powerful minicomputer.

I called a few assistants from the VR company and went to his house to help.

A room was set aside for the installation of machines as well as holographic display equipment, cameras and wiring modifications.

Meng Qian had the idea of using AI butler for a long time, and this scene would be cool, like in the movie; Secondly, it can also help him with a lot of things, he will let the AI connect and take over the appliances and cameras of the house, and then let it connect to the Internet to constantly update its functions.

It took two days for the borrowed helper to be successfully installed.

Of course, Meng Qian also thanked him for his help, and then he concentrated on artificial intelligence.

The VROS that VR companies will launch is subject to the consideration of the amount of computation, and the intelligence is a castrated version. And Meng Qian gave himself this share, which is the same platform as the artificial intelligence company, and then upgraded. It means that as long as the conditions and hardware are perfect, it can be comparable to real people.

It took a while to install and then initialize it.

Meng Qian turned out the USB flash drive from the AI laboratory, which has many personality templates, male, female, cute, and queen...... After thinking about it, since it was a family and work assistant, he picked an efficient and straightforward female template and named it "Little V".

"Why is it called Little V?" Wang Manwen, who was watching from the sidelines, asked.

"Because it was created on your foundation." Meng Qian said as he tapped on the keyboard, "V is Victoria, a capable and efficient helper. ”

"Created for me?" Wang Manwen heard about it for the first time.

"Yes." Meng Qian's emotional intelligence is still there: "Of course, real people are more likable. ”

Wang Manwen put his hand on his shoulder, and his voice softened a little: "Can I give some advice?" ”

"No problem, it's what you think you are." Meng Qian gave her the position, "Because it is intelligence, it will continue to improve and grow." ”

"So amazing?" Wang Manwen was surprised.

"Otherwise, why would I go to all the trouble of renovating the house?" Meng Qian asked rhetorically, "Its character can't be set in an hour or two, you can take your time and improve it later." ”

"I will." Wang Manwen found something interesting.

Meng Qian handed over the AI personality setting work to her, and he himself did more core aspects, such as he added functional expansion to it, and also paid tribute to the classics, quoting the "Three Laws of Robots", and then gave it the authority to manage the house, and realized a full range of voice control.

In his spare time, Wang Manwen works on design when he has time.

Finally, after a busy week, the customized little V was officially born.

"Hello, Victoria!" Meng Qian said hello to it, and on the screen was a woman with shoulder-length short hair and a smart and well-dressed woman.

"Hello, sir!" Little V looked at him.

"How are you feeling right now?" Meng Qian asked.

Xiao V analyzed his mood and responded: "I feel great, sir." ”

"Let me try." Wang Manwen couldn't wait.

"Hello, Miss!" Little V looked at her.

Wang Manwen looked at her: "Do you like your hairstyle?" This outfit looks like it suits you. ”

"I like it, miss." Little V smiled.

"My name is Victoria, just like your name." Wang Manwen introduced himself, "But I like to call you V"

"V is Victoria?" Xiao V was "smart" and smiled again: "I like this name, and I like you too, Victoria!" ”

"Me too." Wang Manwen likes it.

Meng Qian smiled: "Don't worry, let's test its other functions." ”

"I'll be glad to help, sir." Xiao V looked at him again.

"In this house, you have a lot of cameras, sensors, input and output devices at your disposal." Meng Qian walked out, "Come with us." ”

"I can see the hallway of the room." Xiao V said.

"Very good." Meng Qian nodded, "Can you help me turn on the light in the living room?" ”

"No problem." Little V's voice fell, and the light in the living room turned on.

Meng Qian walked over and sat down on the sofa: "I want to watch TV." ”

The TV was turned on, and Xiao V displayed intelligence again: "What program do you want to watch?" ”

"Weather forecast." Meng Qian said.

The station that was playing the TV series was replaced and became the content that was broadcasting the weather, but it was not from California, Meng Qian explained to her: "It has not fully played the performance of the small machine, and after adding enough data programs, it will be smarter later, and it is learning." ”

Wang Manwen understood, and learned the same: "I feel a little cold, v"

"I can turn up the indoor temperature for you." Xiao V has the authority to do this, he turns up the temperature of the air conditioner, and then asks: "Is this appropriate?" ”

"Good." Wang Manwen is satisfied.

"Help me see what's going on in the garage and cut the picture to the TV." Meng Qian said.

"Okay." The surveillance footage of the garage is displayed on the TV screen.

"I need you to zoom in on the charger wall." Meng Qian said again, and the small V also enlarged the screen, which showed the charging status of the i8 sports car.

"It's 86 percent complete." Little V analyzes the data.

"Well done, now you can cut back." Meng Qian said.

The end of the weather forecast was displayed on the TV screen, and Wang Manwen was already impeccable: "It's so smart, how did you do it?" ”

"Processing power based on minicomputers." Meng Qian said that he took out his mobile phone: "After I improve the APP function in the future, I can maintain communication even if I am away from home." ”

"Looking forward to it." Wang Manwen feels that he has half a foot into the future, which is very magical.

Meng Qian said: "As for its body image, the holographic modeling has not yet been completed, and after it is completed, we can designate a few more places to build a holographic platform." ”

Wang Manwen said: "It can be in the living room, at the door and in the room, and it is a bit strange to communicate with the air. ”

Meng Qian said: "I know that when the time comes, you can directly use your holographic 3D data to add a beautiful and lively girl to the family, which is much more fun than raising pets." ”

"I don't mind that." Wang Manwen smiled.

"It can also simulate your personality, the way you speak, and even retain and show your rare feelings. Fun side. Meng Qian said crookedly.

Wang Manwen frowned: "Can you have less crooked thoughts?" ”

"It's up to you!" Meng Qian smiled and looked forward: "But there are still too many things that need to be improved, and only the aspects of life have been dealt with at present." ”

"Will it be stronger?" Wang Manwen asked.

"Of course, helping you turn on the lights and change the TV is just a small fight. The intelligence I want, it can help you deal with certain work, can chat with you to pass the time, play games with you are all necessary, it can be a person's all-round assistant. (To be continued.) )