The gaze returned to the country.

In the past few years, Xinghai Technology has gone headlong into the desert, and some have relaxed its investment and exploration in other scientific and technological fields.

In fact, due to the rapid development of science and technology, the GDP growth rate of country Z has been above 8% for five consecutive years.

Many sunrise industries have sprung up in China, and many outlets have erupted.

These include "indoor three-dimensional agriculture", "new energy", "quantum computing", "artificial intelligence and robotics" and "VR technology".

Among these outlets, Xinghai Technology, the "indoor three-dimensional agriculture", has little investment, and its technical strength is acceptable, accounting for less than 5% of the market share.

"VR technology" is not interested at all and misses this outlet.

Not bad.

The "VR technology", which is no longer considered a "new industry", has had a second spring in recent years.

Today, VR games account for 60% of the gaming market.

All kinds of VR social, VR education, VR shopping, VR live broadcast, VR concerts, ...... and other VR applications have sprung up like mushrooms.

The global market size exceeds 1 trillion.

In the future, it is expected to exceed 3 trillion and 5 trillion yuan...... Countless capitals are increasing investment in this field.

The outbreak of the "VR industry" actually has a certain relationship with Xinghai Technology.

First, after the large-scale application of graphene chips, the performance has been improved several times or dozens of times compared with traditional silicon chips, and the size is smaller and the power consumption is lower, which meets the requirements of running VR applications and has a hardware foundation.

Secondly, a research center of Xinghai Technology has made a breakthrough in holographic projection technology, and the volume of the device can be reduced to a helmet device, and the displayed picture has reached the 8K high-definition standard, and the concept of "screen refresh rate" has been eliminated.

Because holographic projection technology does not have a refresh rate, or "unlimited refresh rate", the picture seen is consistent with reality.

This solves the problem that people are prone to dizziness after wearing a VR headset.

Plus the refinement of other sensor technologies.

Several glaring flaws in the VR device, all of which have been addressed.

So the win came another outbreak.

But Xinghai Technology is not interested in this field in the slightest.

In the VR industry, Xinghai Technology's investment is almost 0.

This has attracted the attention of many domestic critics and professional netizens in the science and technology circle.

"It's strange that Xinghai Technology has no interest in the VR industry and has not entered this outlet."

"Now a set of high-end VR equipment, the market price is more than 50,000, and the price of low-configuration is also more than 10,000, but it is still in short supply, and the global shipments in 20X7 exceeded 10 million units, and this year it should exceed 15 million units...... Everyone is desperately rushing to this outlet, but Xinghai Technology is indifferent. ”

"Could it be that big business has become sick, become conservative, and lose the motivation to move forward?"

"I also couldn't understand it, and even left a message on Mr. Chen's Weibo, asking him to do VR as well...... I am a hardcore star fan, Xinghai Technology's products are used to it, I always feel that Xinghai Technology's product experience is the best, the highest quality, if Xinghai Technology also makes VR equipment, I think it will be the best VR. ”

"Yes, the industry that has not entered Xinghai Technology always feels that it is not very mature and perfect."

"Now the bigwigs are focused on environmental protection, and the VR industry, which exceeds trillions of dollars and profits of hundreds of billions every year, has no interest in taking a look."

"Well, not necessarily, I think Xinghai Technology may be holding back some big move, and is developing more advanced equipment than VR headsets...... This is a future industry, and it is even possible to eliminate PC hosts, and it is impossible for Xinghai Technology not to care. Some netizens analyzed.

……

Some netizens are right.

Ultimate.

Xinghai Technology is indeed brewing a big move.

20X8, August.

Xinghai Sixth R&D Center.

Chen Jin himself and some executives of the company came to inspect it.

In the product testing room, I saw the brand new product named "Dream 1".

The product consists of a helmet filled with induction wires, a metal chair, and a capsule-shaped experience pod.

Liu Yuankai, who was responsible for the development of this system, explained to Chen Jin and others:

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Ling, leaders, six years, the research and development of this device took us six years!"

He picked up the helmet full of wires and sighed: "Such a device, it can simulate 40% of the sense of pain, 55% of the sense of touch, 14% of the sense of smell and 10% of the sense of taste, and can use brain waves and eye movements to manipulate the character in the virtual world to make any allowed movements." ”

"Coupled with 99% vision and 96% hearing, the comprehensive simulation degree of this virtual helmet should reach 50%."

"It's not close to reality, but compared to those VR products on the market, it is definitely an epoch-making progress, and they don't have any comparison in front of the first generation of Fantasy."

"Once Dream 1 is introduced to the market, I believe that it will set off a storm and sweep all VR products into the dustbin of history."

"This is the real future."

Speaking of which.

Liu Yuankai had a feeling of making people happy.

He is not actually a programmer, he can't type a line of so-called code, and he is a pure layman when it comes to programming.

But the "Virtual Helmet" project was still handed over to him to be in charge, and the company's general manager Ling even looked at the thatched house, offered a very high salary, and dug him up.

It's not because he has any aura on him, but because he's the world's top expert in human brain research.

In the project team, there are more human brain experts like him than programmers, and programmers completely obey their scheduling, which belongs to the role of "miscellaneous".

After all, "Virtual Helmet" is related to the human brain, and the human brain is extremely complex and mysterious, and only these brain experts can slightly understand the meaning of those brain waves, decipher some of the mysteries, and then develop a usable virtual helmet.

Leave it to programmers or hardware engineers to do it, but I'm afraid that I will be caught blind immediately.

Therefore, in a strict sense, "Virtual Helmet" is a product of human brain medicine, not a simple digital product.

It is conceivable that compared with VR products that cannot provide pain, touch, smell, and taste experience, this kind of "virtual helmet" is simply a magical artifact.

You can also manipulate the character with your mind and experience the virtual world. You don't have to step on a universal treadmill under your feet, you don't have to hold a control handle in your hands, and you don't need to shake your head.

It goes without saying that the experience is better and more convenient.

"By the way, Lao Liu, what is the approximate production cost of the 1st generation of Fantasy Dreams?" Thinking of something, Chen Jin asked.

"Well, about 100,000 units, it uses a lot of high-purity rare earth metals to improve the detection sensitivity of brain waves."

"What if it's mass-produced? How much can the cost be reduced? ”

Liu Yuankai shook his head: "It can't be reduced much, at least more than seventy or eighty thousand, and the amount of rare earth metals cannot be reduced, otherwise the authenticity will drop to less than 50%, and the idea control is not accurate......"

Ling Jundong frowned and shook his head and said: "Seventy or eighty thousand, at this price, there are not many users who can afford it, can it only be used by the rich?" ”

"Rest assured, there will be a way to reduce costs."

Chen Jin is not worried: "In another five years, its cost can be reduced to about 30,000 yuan; In another ten years, its success will not exceed 10 thousand. ”

Everyone looked at him with doubts on their faces.

The reserves of rare earth elements on the earth are very small, the cost of mining and refining is very high, and the virtual helmet must use rare earth elements.

Could it be that there are new materials or technologies that can reduce the amount of rare earth elements?

Liu Yuankai still shook his head, the effect of rare earth elements is absolutely the best, and no material can replace it.

Chen Jin smiled mysteriously, raised his head slightly, looked beyond the ceiling of the room, and put his mind on the deep outer space.