Chapter 186: Smart Release
Meng Qian got up a little early the next day, and he wanted to see if they had killed each other. But things were different from any of his predictions, they got along very well, and when they felt it carefully, it was not a false politeness, it was more natural than the day before. What really happened that night?
"I said we were friends." Wang Manwen said that it seemed to Meng Qian, and it also seemed to refer to their relationship.
"It's me who is overthinking." Meng Qian couldn't guess.
After breakfast, Wang Manwen needs to take care of business.
After she left, Meng Qian still couldn't help but gossip: "Who are you now?" ”
"Don't worry." Gong Hui calmed him down, "I have a friendly relationship with her now that you can't understand. ”
Meng Qian said: "I guess I can't know the truth, right? ”
"You're a big man, what are you gossiping about with women?" Gong Hui asked rhetorically.
"Count me as talkative." Meng Qian gave up, as long as they didn't fight, they could play whatever they wanted.
"Uncle, I want to go swimming!" Xiaogu Liang ran over, shook his legs, and begged him with big eyes.
"Take you!" Meng Qian picked her up, and the two cheered through the living room to the backyard, the oversized luxury pool was indeed desirable.
Wang Manwen came back at noon, and like them, he changed into a bikini and went to the backyard to bask in the sun, drink some juice and chat.
Wang Manwen and Gong Hui discussed the problem of traveling on the weekend and what they needed to prepare, and on the way, Wang Manwen said to Meng Qian: "I'll take a vacation when I'm done this week." ”
"What have you been doing lately?" Meng Qian rarely asked about the company.
"The focus is on VR companies, and this week they are preparing for the launch of AI Butler." Wang Manwen made some points to him, and then asked, "Are you in attendance?" ”
"Of course." Meng Qian didn't want to miss the excitement.
This conference is very interesting, VR companies will launch AI butlers based on Windows, Android and iOS platforms, but also involve cloud services, data compression and other issues, and then under the praise of giants such as Microsoft, Google and Apple. It has attracted special attention and whetted its appetite.
Since the beta version of AI Butler was released in June, the evaluation and exploration enthusiasm of the market has never stopped, and related words have been high on major search engines. The VR company is willing to spin off its equipment business. Licheng subsidiary. All expectations.
What's even more surprising is that the day before the launch, the VR company announced that the launch event would remove the live-action link.
What do you mean?
VR companies are going to use artificial intelligence + holographic projection to host the whole press conference!
When this news was issued, there was even more discussion on the Internet - can you still play like this? It's a cool idea to let AI take care of the hosting!
This news undoubtedly attracted more attention to the press conference, and also allowed more video platforms to participate, and the mainstream media have reserved news slots for it.
Under a series of surprises, the VR company held a press conference in San Francisco as scheduled.
The venue was expected to be overcrowded. Large companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Apple, as shareholders, were all in attendance, as well as various friendly partners, news outlets from various countries, and a number of lucky viewers, some of whom came from far and wide.
In addition, there are viewers from all over the world, who are also sitting in front of their computers waiting for the live broadcast.
Meng Qian and the senior management of the company sat in the front row, and this time there was no link for him to take the stage. People are also much more relaxed, and are talking to people at Microsoft.
After a warm session of music ended. The lights dimmed.
The voice of the speaker suddenly decreased, and people's eyes were focused on the stage.
Countless rays of light and shadow converged in front of everyone, and a white lady wearing a daily dress and tied her hair was displayed in front of everyone.
She looked around, smiled, and said, "Welcome! My name is Isabella. It's an honor to host tonight's launch! ”
There was a buzz of conversation from the audience, and Isabella's name is definitely familiar to them, she is in charge of the official customer service of the VR company, has six million followers on Twitter, and is also well-known in China. It's just that people hear it all the time. And don't see him, finally appear tonight?
"Bella is so beautiful, the type I like." There were comments on YouTube immediately, obviously true love fans.
"The press conference lasted less than a minute, and there were two surprises in succession." In China, the person in charge of the live broadcast of pictures and texts also quickly transmitted the image back.
"I don't really want to come at a scheduled pace today." Isabella walked around the stage, and the big screen behind her changed.
"I know that there may be some people who are wondering in their hearts, is this really smart?" Isabella said, "I want to say, yes and no. ”
"I'm smart but I'm mechanical, and data supports everything I say and do. The purpose of my appearance is to provide a better and more convenient way of life for human beings. ”
The audience and the live audience were shocked, and its anthropomorphism was really high.
While AI companies have had such products, they don't offer so many and rich emotional databases, and the company doesn't focus on superficial anthropomorphism; But under Meng Qian, he focused on building the surface, which eventually led to the AI's average internal strength, but the surface kung fu was very strong.
This kind of promotion of strengths and avoiding weaknesses contributed to tonight's amazing press conference.
The intelligent Isabella, in fact, still presides over the press conference in accordance with a certain charter, first boasting about the technical strength of the VR company, the current status of the AI butler, and the subsidiary's major investment in data, applications and follow-up services.
The focus is on the use of AI butler on computer and mobile platforms.
"Restricted by computing power, the AI butler of the mobile phone platform has weakened in terms of intelligent performance." Isabella said, "But mobile phone users can connect to the cloud network through 4G, and they will be able to use the cloud computing services provided by our company, which greatly improves this shortcoming." ”
Then Isabella introduced the black technology of the VR company: cloud services.
There were many shortcomings in this technology at the beginning, but Meng Qian didn't want the company's products to be subject to the barrel effect, so he opened more plug-ins and made it ahead of the curve.
After a dazzling array of presentations, the press conference went in. into the late stage.
At the same time, it is also the link that people are most concerned about: the release date of the product, the price and the service fee, etc.
After Isabella's introduction, everyone has understood that additional product expansion requires money - this is inevitable, otherwise who will develop third-party applications?
If a product wants a better experience, for example, if it wants to achieve smart intelligence on a mobile phone, it needs cloud services - and cloud computing also costs money.
Although they all need money, the enthusiasm of everyone's AI housekeepers is undiminished.
Isabella also announced as she wished: "Because of the different levels of economy and consumption, we adopt different versions of pricing for different countries and regions, and in developed countries in Europe and the United States, the standard version of AI butler we provide is $49.9, and the deluxe version is $69.9." ”
The audience also breathed a sigh of relief, the price is acceptable, it is equivalent to the money of a game masterpiece, and I believe that many families can afford it.
At least it's not like last time, when the VR glasses deluxe cost eight hundred dollars, which is too far from the average person.
Isabella continued: "In Asia, where other regions with relatively average levels of spending, we will introduce experience and monthly payment models to make it accessible to more people." ”
This is also something that everyone can understand and the company has focused on.
Genuine has always been an embarrassing thing in China, and it is difficult for a giant like Microsoft to get it, and the launch of AI Butler will inevitably be targeted by a large number of cracking organizations. However, they are destined to be disappointed this time, and Meng Qian's encryption algorithm is futuristic and almost impossible to crack at present.
Piracy is technically eliminated, but how do you make users willing to pay? Yuan Yubo's low price, monthly payment and other methods can also mobilize enthusiasm.
For the strategy of China, it is certain that it is more affordable - who makes the boss Chinese?
But it doesn't mean that it can't be earned, Yuan Yubo learned the strategy of a penguin company very well, the basic version of the housekeeper was bought, but what about the expansion function?
If you want more cool and richer features, please pay for them, and of course, you can also provide a monthly membership mode, which allows you to enjoy more feature packs at once.
The company will launch an exclusive online store where various extended applications, such as new AI skin sets and AI functions for certain programs, will need to be paid for and purchased.
For example, a set of 20 new emoji packs sells for $2.99, which is not a big problem for European and American users, and for China, there are also specific versions.
But VR companies are not too disgusting, they are point-and-click, and although Penguin's pie is profitable, it has a bad reputation - VR companies are more inclined to Apple, and the paid apps in the Apple store make many people buy them willingly.
The main idea of the company is that the basic and main functions are fully equipped, but if you want more variety and personalization, you still have to pay for it.
This model has many companies starting first, VR companies have launched, and the audience is not too strange.
After introducing the price, Isabella went to the final stage and announced the release time: "It will be officially released at 10 o'clock Los Angeles time the day after tomorrow." ”
A press conference that lasted more than an hour ended perfectly.
The people who watched the live broadcast, and some people didn't come back to their senses in a trance, artificial intelligence hosting, holographic projection debut, plus the enriched AI housekeeper, a variety of dazzling applications...... Is this a time travel to the future?
It wasn't until the applause rang out, and more people applauded at the scene, and everyone came back to their senses, this is not the future, but some companies are playing too hard!
CEO Yuan Yubo stood up from his seat, turned around and waved to the audience, this was a successful press conference, successfully calming everyone with advanced technology.
Good feedback and word of mouth are also destined to be on the road to success.
How popular it is depends on the release the day after tomorrow and what kind of results it can achieve in one day! (To be continued.) )