Chapter 978: The Idea of an AR Game

"That's right." Listening to Xu Yu's words, Yang Chen nodded lightly.

The words of AR, also known as augmented reality, are too complex technical words, and ordinary people may be a little confused when they hear them.

The most direct example, for example, in "Iron Man", Tony Stark enters the armor, and the information data that appears in front of him belongs to AR technology.

Including AR technology, it is actually relatively mature, and major technology manufacturers have also launched corresponding AR devices.

For example, the most convenient AR glasses use infrared cameras to lock the remote control ring, and voice to complete interactive commands.

But this kind of product is not all smooth sailing, and it also suffered a lot of turmoil in the early days of release, among which the biggest noise is privacy theft.

Because of the unique screen material, except for the person who used the glasses, no one else knew whether the other party was using normal glasses or had silently turned on the camera function.

This also led to the fact that in order to avoid this situation, major manufacturers either directly chose to delete the camera on the AR glasses device, or adopted the function of turning on and envisioning that there would be a flashing light that could not be turned off.

But there are still only some basic functions in entertainment, such as searching for information on the Internet, movies, animation, listening to music, these AR devices can be done very well, and the actual experience may not be as perfect as mobile phones, and the big screen and computers, but it is better than portability.

As for games, it's not like there are no manufacturers making AR games, but most of them are very small games.

For example, card games, and puzzle games such as werewolf killing games.

Originally, Yang Chen didn't have any ideas about AR, because the configuration of his own equipment was a big limitation.

If you want to present a perfect result, you will need a higher configuration, but in this case, it has no advantage over other AR glasses devices.

After all, AR glasses are not a special game console like switch, and it is actually difficult to make players excited by a simple exclusive game.

However, the upgrade of communication technology and cloud gaming are about to be realized, and there are many places that can be operated.

There is no gap between the function and other manufacturers' AR glasses, and the price is about the same, but there are unique AR game masterpieces, so it is needless to say which one consumers will buy.

The group that buys AR glasses is basically divided into two types, one is for work and business needs, and the other is for daily leisure and entertainment.

And Yang Chen is aiming at the latter, of course, this piece is also the largest in the market, but also the most competitive one.

"Confirm cooperation with Warwick and mobile communications, ask them to provide some technical support, and first port a few games internally to test the waters, and try the feasibility of cloud gaming on AR devices." Yang Chen said towards Xu Yu.

In the early stage, they cooperated with Warwick and mobile communications, and they naturally had to subsidize the cost of developing games.

And AR glasses are not the focus of Nebula games, even if they fail, they have nothing to do with suppression.

At that time, if the feasibility of cloud gaming is determined, then the follow-up game development, Yang Chen dares to say that the industry will usher in a big change.

The constraint that has been limiting the improvement of the game's graphics is not actually technology, but the player's wallet.

For example, what titan graphics card in the dream memory, 2080TI, it seems that 90% of players on the Internet are configured like this, but in fact, the proportion is less than 10%, and the more mainstream configuration still belongs to the dessert level.

Because of this, game manufacturers can only use this as a standard when developing games.

If cloud gaming is really feasible, then players can use the original configuration if they want to play the most cutting-edge graphics, without having to update it.

This will undoubtedly greatly liberate the constraints of game manufacturers, especially those with money and technology such as Nebula Games and UEgame.

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Yang Chen's project was established, and the efficiency of this project can be said to be quite fast.

The corresponding designs of its AR glasses are basically ready-made.

The main direction is cost performance, as well as game exclusivity.

After all, Nebula Games' specialty is games, and one of the biggest advantages of this is naturally not to be missed.

The appearance design of glasses basically uses a universal design and corresponding molds.

This is also to save costs and make the equipment cheaper.

As for the other functions of the glasses themselves, such as Internet access, music video playback, and corresponding office software, there is no need to worry.

After all, the team originally acquired, although it is not a top team in the industry, is relatively powerful.

There are basically not many problems with the product itself, what Yang Chen needs is to add a unique feature on the basis of the original.

That's the game!

In addition to old games like "Yu-Gi-Oh", which are more suitable, the switch platform also has the Nebula game platform, and Yang Chen will also contact some manufacturers and studios that are more suitable for transplanting to AR glasses.

Give technical and financial subsidies to port the corresponding version and monopolize it.

After all, there is still a certain game lineup in the early stage, and in addition, an AR game that can hold the scene is also needed.

After all, when the product is just launched, there will inevitably not be many consumers who buy it, which requires something to attract them.

Just like when Nebula Games launched the Switch, it was with masterpieces like "Super Mario: Manufacturing" and "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" that made the vast majority of players itch in their hearts, and finally chose to buy it, and then fell into this big pit with a pop.

Therefore, if AR glasses want to gain momentum in the early stage, rather than slowly accumulating products from generation to generation, it is necessary to have content that is difficult for players to refuse.

Yang Chen also has some general ideas on this, but whether to develop or not, you still have to wait until a few old games, such as "Yu-Gi-Oh", are developed on its AR glasses platform, and actually experience the improvement of mobile communication technology, whether the experience of cloud gaming is smooth or bad, before making a decision.

After all, unlike a game that acts as a game lineup, making a game that can hold the scene is bound to be a big production.

And this cannot be decided casually.

The cost loss is a small matter for the current Yang Chen and Nebula games, and there is no shortage of these hundreds of millions.

The key is the impact on the Nebula game signboard, which is the most important point.