"Mr. Zhong, this is the rough design of the current holographic projection display, you can take a look."

Lin Xiaoguang sent a design plan to Zhong Ming's bracelet.

This time, Zhong Ming didn't design it himself, but first asked Lin Xiaoguang to give the design drawing.

When I opened the design and looked at it, this holographic projection display was a boxy structure, flat, and looked like a black table.

The player controls the character most of the time in the center of the table, but not in the center, and will be slightly offset in the direction of the player, so that the player can play most of the time in an over-the-shoulder view.

Of course, this specific position and perspective can be adjusted freely.

This holographic projection display, like a regular monitor, is also recommended to be placed on the desktop, and the projected image is roughly at the level of the player's line of sight.

"Couldn't this picture be bigger?" Zhong Ming asked.

Lin Xiaoguang explained: "Bigger was okay at the time, but there were two problems, one was the distortion of the projection, and the other was the display accuracy of the picture. ”

"The previous holographic projection module projected Xia Nell was about the same size as a real person, and that was because it was only responsible for projecting the characters, not the entire scene. In fact, the projection equipment in the holographic projection module can be turned freely, and when Chanel is walking around, the projection equipment is actually turning, which will make people feel that the projection can cover a very large range. ”

"But our holographic projection device doesn't just project a character, it has to project an entire scene. The base is so big, if you zoom in to ...... For example, if half a room is the size of a room, the projected light will become a pyramid with very different proportions. The bottom is relatively small, and the top is relatively large, Mr. Zhong, can you understand? ”

Zhong Ming nodded: "I know, but can't the projection of the bracelet also be magnified?" ”

"Yes, but there are also strict restrictions on the holographic projection magnification of the bracelet. This principle is similar to the common projector in the past. Lin Xiaoguang explained, "The traditional kind of projector can indeed be projected very large, but the resolution is certain, and the larger the projection, the less clear it is." The device itself has trapezoidal correction, but the effect of keystone correction can only be adjusted within the projection coverage area. ”

Zhong Ming instantly understood: "Oh, I see. In other words, you can zoom in if you want, but you can only cut out a cube in this 'pyramidal' holographic projection space, right? ”

Lin Xiaoguang nodded: "Yes, that's what it means." We mainly consider that the whole scene will only become more blurry because the image is enlarged and the resolution remains the same, so it doesn't make much sense. ”

Zhong Ming thought about it for a while, and this design plan is indeed a relatively safe design plan.

It is not impossible to make the holographic projection very large, but it will inevitably lead to worrying about the resolution. Chanel's holographic projection module only needs to project a character, and the projection direction moves with Chanel, which is very economical, and the final price is still sold to 998.

Although Zhong Ming has always said that "Ink and Smoke 2" does not need too high picture accuracy, but it is compared with a traditional display as big as a wall, and even the handheld in this world has reached the resolution of 4K, and the resolution of the holographic projection display cannot be lower than that of the handheld, right? In that case, it would be a joke at the press conference.

Therefore, the solution given by Lin Xiaoguang here is to make the holographic projection display about the same size as a general PC monitor, which is basically similar to the feeling of putting the PC monitor flat on the table, which can ensure the highest accuracy, and if the player plays the game with his face, the effect will be better.

"But let's add the function of adjusting the size. Players can do without, we can't do without. Zhong Ming thought about it for a while, but still said.

There may be some players who prefer to play with a relatively large size, although the resolution remains unchanged after magnification, but there may also be some players who have the need to put the projector on the living room floor and lie on the sofa to play.

Lin Xiaoguang nodded: "Okay, then we will add it to the settings of the projector, and players can freely adjust it according to their own needs if they want to adjust it." ”

……

After roughly determining the plan of the holographic projection display with Lin Xiaoguang, Zhong Ming began to write a new document.

This time it's about some display issues after porting the game to a holographic projection display.

To put it simply, the original game, although it was a 3D game, was displayed on a flat screen to display the game content, so the UI in the game was displayed directly on the screen.

For example, the upper left corner of the screen shows the amount of health, and the right side shows the task list, and these UIs are displayed directly on the screen.

However, the holographic projection display uses a completely different display method, and it is very unreasonable to recreate these UI designs.

Whether it is the current "Ink and Smoke 2", or Zhong Ming's plan to open a holographic projection mode for most of the 3D games on the low-light platform in the future, these need to re-determine the UI and interactive interface in the game.

These, like shooting simulators, also require a standard.

Of course,Zhong Ming doesn't have to start from scratch,The previous "Dawn Era","City Guard Battle" is a holographic projection mode game,At that time, Zhong Ming had already tried the UI design in this mode,It's just that because these two games are mobile games,UI is relatively simple,Most of the troops in "City Guard Battle" can be carded,So there is no very clear rule。

Now "Ink and Smoke" is a real 3A masterpiece, and its holographic projection mode will determine a rule for all future masterpieces that will be moved to holographic projection, so this UI interaction must be done well.

Zhong Ming thought about it for a while and decided on a set of plans.

In short, the UI design in holographic projection reality mode needs to follow a principle, that is, to reduce the UI in the scene as much as possible, and some of the necessary UIs should also be integrated into the game scene as much as possible.

In fact, many cinematic games have been trying this, and they have also achieved certain results.

Specific to the game "Ink and Smoke 2", the UI information on the interface is no longer floating above the game scene, but is integrated with the game scene.

For example, the scholar has the concept of "ink volume", which is similar to the energy value that allows him to release special actions. The "amount of ink" will be displayed in the form of a yin-yang fish + taiji diagram, and every time the scholar uses a special action, the "amount of ink" will appear next to his model and start to consume. The way of consumption is that the yin and yang fish in the Taiji diagram begin to rotate, and at the same time, the Bagua patterns of the Taiji diagram begin to be consumed one by one, and after the Bagua pattern is consumed, the yin and yang fish will begin to become smaller, and the complete disappearance of the yin and yang fish means that the "ink" has been exhausted.

When a scholar talks to an NPC in the scene, the pop-up options will also be displayed directly above or on the side of the NPC. As for the subtitles of NPCs speaking, the player can freely adjust them, either directly below the holographic projection facing the player's position, or on the NPC's head.

In addition, when the scholar performs a long-range attack, the original display method is to appear a crosshair cross on the screen, and on the holographic projection screen, it will become a dotted parabola, and the direction of aiming can be adjusted with the right stick and gyroscope.

In addition, there are some specific features in the game, such as open maps, backpacks, etc., which will be displayed directly in front of the player. In particular, the map interface will show players a 3D map, reducing the player's fear of being dominated by the map level.

……

Linghu live broadcast platform, president's office.

Zhang Xinjie, CEO of Linghu Live, was so angry that he threw a file in his hand on the table: "Waste! ”

Manager Bai stood aside, lowered his head, and didn't dare to reply.

Zhang Xinjie is angry for a reason, Manager Bai lost Tang Ying, the big anchor, no matter what, it is a very serious work mistake.

Of course, strictly speaking, this is not Manager Bai's fault, because the Linghu live broadcast platform has always done this, and it was also instructed and acquiesced by Zhang Xinjie. When the contract of the anchor whose popularity has declined expires, he will lock in some popularity more or less to reduce the price.

This matter itself is understandable, after all, the live broadcast platform also has to consider its own interests, suppress some heat, reduce the signing fee, as long as a little bit of something is pulled out of the mouths of these big anchors, it is also a lot of money.

But I never expected that Tang Ying not only left in style and rejected the contract given by Linghu Live, but also became more popular than before!

Judging from the current situation, the Shimmer live broadcast platform is still in a state of influx in the industry, but Tang Ying's personal popularity is even higher than before, whether it is Weibo popularity, hot search index and other data, it has surpassed her state when she was in Linghu live broadcast (suppressed).

In the final analysis, it is still borrowed from the "Xuanjia Project".

"Xuanjia Project" became popular, especially the GS1 simulator became popular is a completely unexpected thing, who would have thought that Tang Ying, who has always won games by lying down, would play the GS1 version of "Xuanjia Project" so powerful?

Moreover, the most terrible thing is that Linghu Live can't find anyone who can replace Tang Ying.

The platform originally wanted to hold Brooky, but she is very good in all aspects, and she is also good at playing games, but she can't play the GS1 emulator. But now viewers love to watch streamers play on GS1 emulators.

Therefore, Zhang Xinjie was very angry. What he was angry about was not that Manager Bai suppressed Tang Ying's popularity, but that Manager Bai suppressed people for a long time, and he didn't succeed in signing a relatively low contract!

"Moreover, the problem now is that our new generation of anchors is very problematic, and Shimmer Live is more attractive to new anchors than us." Zhang Xinjie's face was gloomy.

Zhang Xinjie's words are not groundless speculation, but they are true.

The Linghu live broadcast platform has been digging for the anchors of the GS1 version of "Xuanjia Project", not only on its own platform, but also in the high segments of the game.

As a result, I searched and found that a large part of these high-level players had already signed contracts with the Shimmer live broadcast platform!

This thing made Linghu Live very disgusting, poaching people, a contract has been signed, and the contract is a dynamic contract, less money is paid to dig people, people are reluctant to come, more money is paid, and Linghu Live feels very lost.

Of course, if you are really willing to spend money to dig people, you will definitely be able to dig them, and the staff of Linghu Live will also watch and inspect, and they will spend a lot of money to dig if they feel that there is a fire foundation. But in the final analysis, there are still a few who are really willing to spend money to dig.

Moreover, the liquidated damages for signing a contract with the microlight live broadcast platform are not low, if the popularity of the anchor has risen, the liquidated damages will be higher, and the contracts for the microlight live broadcast are relatively long.

What's more, poaching people halfway, you also have to consider the lawsuit after the breach of contract, losing money is a small matter, and banning the broadcast is a big problem, and it is likely to poach people to a dozen lawsuits and ban the broadcast, and lose both people and money.

In the past, when Linghu Live fought with other live broadcast platforms to poach people, there were many lawsuits to ban these anchors, so they naturally knew the danger.

Of course, to say that Linghu Live can't dig people or encountered great difficulties? It can't be, but it's just a little disgusting.

Many potential newcomers have been lost, and they have to pay liquidated damages if they are poached again, and they have to risk being banned.

This is also where Zhang Xinjie is angry, he feels a sense of crisis.

At present, the Shimmer live broadcast platform has not poached big anchors with great fanfare, so most of these head anchors, who mainly contribute traffic and income to the platform, are still staying in Linghu Live in a down-to-earth manner, and they have not moved their nests, so don't worry about this.

However, the attraction of the Shimmer live broadcast platform to some newcomers has surpassed that of Linghu Live, which is equivalent to making the hematopoietic ability of Linghu Live Broadcast worse.

In the past, newcomers who have a little technology and want to start a live broadcast, their first reaction is to go to Linghu Live to broadcast it, if the popularity is good, they can sign a contract with Linghu Live, and they may sign a contract directly. Linghu Live itself doesn't need to make much effort, as long as you screen potential newcomers on your own platform and sign a contract, it's fine.

In other words, Linghu Live has always been the largest platform among so many live broadcast platforms, and its hematopoietic ability is naturally the strongest, so it can continue to pick up new anchors one by one, and it doesn't hurt to poach one or two big anchors.

But now, many newcomers who want to start broadcasting take Shimmer live broadcast as their first choice.

The reason is simple, it's easier to get ahead.

Although the volume of Linghu live broadcast is large, most of the newcomers can't get ahead, and no one watches it at the bottom of the live broadcast room, even if you really have technology and strength, you have to slowly accumulate popularity. Although the staff will excavate, after all, there are too many newcomers, and the staff will not be able to discover so many at all.

But Shimmer Live is completely different, its biggest advantage is that it can directly read the in-game data, and automatically label new streamers with various tags. Viewers can quickly filter out what they want to see with just a little bit of a search.

If an anchor plays "Xuanjia Project" is particularly strong and has good data, then players can search for it casually according to the data, and the exposure is much greater than that of Linghu Live.

This forms a very stark contrast: no one cares about Linghu live broadcast, but when it comes to Shimmer live broadcast, many people come to watch their live broadcast, and naturally prefer to broadcast on Shimmer live broadcast.

Moreover, many people didn't plan to broadcast live, just playing games, and a box popped up in the game prompting you to click a button to directly start the live broadcast for everyone to see, so these players clicked casually, and after a live broadcast, they found that they really had a lot of viewers!

In this way, many newcomers signed a contract with Shimmer Live directly as soon as they were happy, and they didn't think too much about it when they signed the contract, after all, it is a dynamic salary, the higher the heat, the higher the salary, everyone is a unified standard, and they are not afraid of the contract being pitted.

Shimmer Live has in-game data, which can find these people faster, and by the time the staff of Linghu Live found these people, many of them had already signed contracts with Shimmer Live.