Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye. Li Xin has been promoted to the third year, with the help of the "Qianmo" system, the results of the Jiaotong University basketball team have made a significant breakthrough, from the original national top 16 to this year's BA national top four, (the only time in the history of the team to enter the national top eight is from Zhang Quanyi, Zheng Pengfei, Zhou Junyi has a history of nearly 20 years in the team at the same time).

On this day, Li Xin received a call from Yan Qiming, an engineer of Microgrid Technology: "Well, hello, is there anything wrong with Engineer Yan calling me?" ”

"Hey, hello, Engineer Yan, what's the matter with me?"

"Li Xin, hello, I called you today to have good news to tell you!?"

"Good news? What's the good news? ”

"Do you remember when I was in your school two years ago, I just brought the beta version of the 'Qianmo' system over, and I once introduced to you that this system will be launched in the near future with a normal version, but the final version is still under development, because the technical requirements involved are relatively high, and it may take a relatively long development cycle. And now the beta version of this final version is complete. We would like to invite you to come to our company for testing. You can also bring a teammate and test them together for better results. ”

"Really? That's great! I'll be right away! Li Xin agreed.

Yan Qiming sent the address of Microgrid Technology to Li Xin, and he also had to bring a teammate, so Xia Jun. Li Xin informed Xia Jun, and the two made an appointment to gather in the stadium and go to the headquarters of Microgrid Technology together. The two of them changed their equipment together and went straight to the company.

came to the company, Yan Qiming went out to receive Li Xin and Xia Jun.

"Hello two, come with me to the lab." Yan Qiming stretched out his hand to make an inviting gesture, and led the two of them to the laboratory alone.

The laboratory is in the basement of the company, and the entire company office is on the first floor. The basement, which is as large as the company, consists of laboratories for testing various products and a dynamic motion capture studio for making animations.

As soon as they entered the underground laboratory, they saw a huge glass box standing in front of the three of them, and next to it was a row of operating consoles with various instruments and computers.

"What is this?" Li Xin asked, pointing to the huge glass box.

Yan Qiming smiled and said, "You'll know later." Let me first introduce you to the final version of the 'Qianmo' system. I told you that. The ultimate feature that will be implemented in the final version is a dedicated holographic projection system and enhanced AR glasses to simulate holographic opponents on the pitch based on team information in the computer. Players on the field and holographic virtual opponents against each other, although it is virtual, but once there is any confrontation information, the computer will record the data and prompt in time.

We can pick any team that has stats to practice, for example, we can even find a BA team like the Golden State Warriors, the Cleveland Cavaliers, or even the Chicago Bulls in '98 or Los Angeles and the Lakers in 2001 as virtual holographic opponents.

At that time, I said that it would take three years to complete the development of the new version, and after the hard work of all colleagues in the company day and night, it finally took more than two years to complete the development of the beta version. Of course, it may be a few months before the official version is released. This system is powerful, our R&D cost is also very high, and the price is certainly not cheap, suitable for high-end customers. For example, sponsored top BA teams and professional basketball teams such as BA will become major buyers. ”

Yan Qiming led Li Xin and Xia Jun to the front of the large glass box, beckoned the two staff members to start pasting sensory patches on the main joints and nerve terminals of the two people's bodies.

Yan Qiming picked up two special VR glasses and continued to say while helping the two of them bring them on: "You two are the first batch of contestants we invited to participate in the test. In view of the fact that the normal version and the final version of the "Qianmo" system are two products that are still very different in function, we decided to finally take the final version of the "Qianmo" system with a new name called the "Phantom Sky" system. ”

"'Phantom Sky', it sounds amazing! Alas, what do you think? Li Xin, do you understand what Yan Gong said? . Xia Jun couldn't help but sigh after listening to Yan Qiming's introduction.

"Well, I understand, this is the legendary black technology that doesn't realize the Ming calendar!"

Li Xin put on the "Phantom Sky" glasses and looked at Xia Jun and said, just put on the glasses, and from the translucent lens, he could still see the things outside clearly.

After all the installations were completed, Yan Qiming beckoned: "Okay, let's start testing, today you have two people, let's simulate a two-on-two confrontation game." The players available in the current beta version, based on the latest BA game data, can choose all 30 BA teams, in addition to 10 BA legends. Of course, the level of BA is too high for ordinary athletes to fight against. You can think of it as a 'SPRSTAR Superstar'. We also collected some team and player data set up a little lower, 20 teams in BA, data from the top 8 in the country in the past 3 years, and data from the top 8 in the country in the past three years from HBL, with a total of more than 100 teams and more than 1,000 player data that can be called. Based on your current level, how about we call two players of the same level as you to test? ”

"Yes, yes!" The two said in unison.

"Then come to the computer and choose your opponent." Yan Qiming opened a software in front of the computer, which on the surface looks like a basketball game software, very similar to the BA series of games, and there are indeed many team data to choose from. Li Xin chose Shi Hongbo and Guo Lingjie, the two core players of last year's BA championship Peking University team, because last year's Jiaotong University was defeated by Peking University in the quarterfinals and lost the opportunity to enter the semifinals.

Shi Hongbo, 188 tall, is a point guard, the core guard of Peking University, and has outstanding scoring ability. At the same time, he has good organizational skills and fierce defense. Last year, Li Xin was completely undominant in the BA quarterfinals and his confrontation, and the offensive end was suppressed by the opponent's fierce defense, which became an important reason for the team's defeat.

Guo Lingjie, 186 tall, is a scoring guard, with breakthrough ability and very strong steal ability. At the same time, he has excellent athleticism, although he is only 186 tall, he often plays a good show of blocking opponents in the fast break, and his physical fitness is outstanding. The main scoring guard of Peking University, who has been selected for the national team under the age of 16, and has another identity as a member of the Guangdong youth team, but although he has been training with the Guangdong echelon for a long time, he has not registered with the Basketball Association, so he fully meets the BA enrollment rules, and is still an amateur player, but he already has the strength to surpass most professional youth players.

Then Yan Qiming motioned for the two of them to enter the large glass box, which was about 15 meters long, 14 meters wide, and about 5 meters high. It's about the size of a standard basketball half-court, but with only a glass door as the entrance.

"Why are we in this big glass box?" Li Xin asked.

"It's a motion sensing space, and we call it 'Phantom Zone'. I'll tell you more about it later. Because our company doesn't have the space as big as a real basketball court, a glass box the size of a half-court is already the largest test space we can do. So all the tests are done on top of this. You can run around it at will, and the glass around the glass box is densely covered with special sensors and force feedback generators, and the distance and pace of your running will be transmitted to the computer and reflected in the 'Phantom Sky' system. ”

"What about the basket? There's not even a hoop here, so how can you play? ”

Yan Qiming smiled and adjusted the VR glasses on Li Xin's head, and his eyes, which were originally translucent, suddenly turned black in front of him, and he couldn't see anything. Then a basket stood up from the darkness.

"Is there such a thing?" Yan Qiming asked.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Li Xin was excited, like a child who went to the playground for the first time.

"Not only this hoop, but also the number of spectators in the auditorium, the level of noise, the scoreboard in the stadium, the big screen in the center, and even the cheerleaders and referees can also be set up, these characters are all based on a 1:1 model of a real model, using the latest technology, and the appearance is almost the same as a real person." Saying that, Yan Qiming turned on these functions one by one, and the space that was originally pitch black in front of him instantly appeared with audiences, lights, a large central screen, billboards, seats, cheerleaders and referees.

"Alright, let's arrange your chosen opponent for you!" Yan Qiming clicked a few clicks on the computer, and Shi Hongbo and Guo Lingjie, who were previously selected by Li Xin, suddenly appeared on the virtual court. The appearance of the two is meticulous, and the facial features are no different from real people, while still preparing for activities.

"Take this!" Yan Qiming put on a basketball into Li Xin's hands. Li Xin suddenly had another basketball in front of him, and as soon as he held the ball, the opponent on the opposite side actually beckoned to him and said, "Hurry up and serve!" ”

"Huh? Can this avatar speak? Li Xin said in surprise.

"Hehe, of course, in order to restore the real players to the greatest extent, we have also done a special audio analysis and simulation of the voice of each player in the database to make a language simulation program. Virtual players can speak in a voice that is closest to a real person. Okay, now that the players are in the crowd, you can start playing. ”

Li Xin stood here in the arc of the middle circle and passed the ball to the opponent, who sent it back to Li Xin, and Li Xin launched the first attack. The image of Ha Jun on the other side also came into view, and he ran on the other side looking for an opportunity. Li Xin broke through from the right, and as soon as he took a step, the opponent leaned in. It was a real feeling like someone actually stepped forward and pressed against the body. The defensive road was blocked, Li Xin dribbled behind him, sent the ball to his left hand, and tried to break through again, but the opponent still blocked it quickly. This reminded him of Yan Hongbo's desperate defense against his opponent last year, which was exactly the same as the feeling at this time. After several failed breakthroughs, Li Xin could only pass the ball to Xia Jun, and in the middle of the pass, he suddenly stretched out a hand to pull the ball away, and was cut off by Guo Lingjie. The offensive and defensive situation was immediately reversed, and the opponent quickly withdrew to the three-point line, and took advantage of Xia Jun's return to the defense when he was not in place.

This reminded Li Xin of the goal that was killed by the opponent at the last moment of last year's game, which was also Guo Lingjie, but that was a real person, and this was a virtual person.