"That's Cobb, he's smart." Ren Hong, who was adjusting the data, suddenly said, at this time, Zach looked at the spotlight screens listed in the air, everything was unprecedentedly advanced, and all this seemed to have come to the future world. Only now did he understand how terrible the technical level and technical reserves of Matrix Technology were, and all this made him a little more determined to only do things that Matrix Technology was not interested in.

"It's yours." Ren Hong pointed to the perceptual helmet placed on the round platform beside Zack, who watched it repeatedly in surprise and exclaimed: "Fantasy has become reality. ”

He looked at the sensing helmet in his hand, there was a wire connected to the socket, which meant that it had to be continuously powered, "It doesn't have its own battery?" Zach asked.

"Space is limited, and wireless signals consume a lot of power, and they can't be moved." Ren Hong responded.

Unless you use amethyst, but obviously it can't be, it's too extravagant.

"It doesn't matter, no one is going to run around with a virtual helmet, it's typical of indoor household items." Zach said to himself, a little wrong, but it can be ignored.

After a while, Ren Hong explained again, and Zach followed the operation.

"Ready?" Ren Hong asked. Zach made an OK gesture.

When entering the virtual world, Zuckerberg's shock was as expected by Ren Hong. Anyone who lives in the present moment will not be calm when they first enter the virtual world, and Zuckerberg is at the forefront of technology, even though he already knows that he is about to face it.

"It's incredible." Zach watched himself split in two, staring at the other "self". He looked at Ren Hong and said in amazement: "You have done something that even God can't do, you have created a world!" ”

Supercomputing 'L' quickly became overloaded, and after only 170 seconds of connection in the virtual world, both sides withdrew, but Zach was still shocked.

"There is no doubt that this is the future," Ren said. He looked at Zuckerberg, "The virtual information age has arrived!" ”

Zuckerberg was shocked at the same time, but he was also thinking about what role Facebook would play in the future, obviously, this giant sail, Facebook has stood on the deck, with a first-mover advantage that others cannot match, this is a huge opportunity, a unique opportunity. He knew that he was right again, and that the pressure on the board of directors had completely dissipated at this time.

"What role does Facebook play in this?" Zuckerberg didn't hold back and asked curiously.

"This is a barren world, a blank piece of paper, how to portray it depends on us who hold the pen." Ren Hong said, in the face of Zuckerberg's response, Ren Hong replied: "Community! Virtual Community! That's Facebook's role here."

"There's one thing you have to figure out." Ren Hong added: "The virtual world, which is basically dominated by imagination, is nothing impossible, only the unthinkable. Personalization will be exerted here to the extreme, each user has their own world, 'my world', 'my territory', in 'my personal world' everything is up to me. ”

Zuckerberg can imagine how deadly this would be.

Ren Hong continued to introduce, saying: "In this illusory world dominated by imagination, theoretically it is a blissful world that can achieve absolute freedom, but absolute freedom is equal to disaster, so there are still rules to exist, but the rules are limited to certain places, and absolute freedom can still exist in some places, that is, it will appear in the individual's 'exclusive world', that is, 'my world'. ”

"Seeking common ground while reserving differences is the basic standard of the virtual world. People yearn for freedom and individuality, but human activities are inseparable from social interaction, so in the public area, that is, the community, it is still impossible to do whatever it wants, and rules and order are needed to maintain the function. ”

"As the operator of the virtual world, Matrix Technology will not make content itself, but maintain the normal operation of the world, and the content is carried out by all participants, including Facebook."

Ren Hong said this, Zuckerberg already understood a little, and said at the moment: "Figuratively speaking, the virtual world is like a game, all participants are the identity of 'players', and Matrix Technology is the developer of this game, and all 'players' have to pay to play this game." Is that so? ”

"Nice analogy. That's basically right. Ren Hong smiled and nodded slightly.

The clever Zuckerberg thought down and had already guessed the basic profit model of Matrix Technology for the virtual world, but instead of revealing it, he asked: "How does Matrix Technology make money?" At what cost and how do participants participate? ”

Ren Hong pondered for a moment and said, "Every participant is a user for Matrix Technology. But there are two kinds, one is enterprise-level, the other is individual, and there are only two profit points, client and platform income. ”

"For individuals, as long as the individual user purchases the client, that is, the perception of the helmet can connect to the virtual world, and Matrix Technology will not charge any individual user again. It's equivalent to buying a computer and surfing the Internet directly, the biggest difference is that you don't need to pay for broadband! ”

"Obviously, just by buying a client, the virtual world will continue to lose money after a few days of operation. The virtual world is also a platform, and Matrix Technology provides a platform for all participants, where there are endless business opportunities, and Matrix Technology, as the platform operator, will naturally not compete with participants for business. Saying that, Ren Hong suddenly looked at Zach jokingly and added: "That's so unfair!" ”

Zuckerberg also laughed, indeed, who can compete with the creator of manufacturing standards? At the same time, Zuckerberg also knows another point, as the operator of Matrix Technology can not participate in itself, participation is counterproductive, because others do not have a bright day, then they will not participate, to create a vibrant virtual ecosystem, what is needed is the participation of countless people, no one is exempt from everything, which is also the most important point.

"So, XlouS will play the role of a third party on the platform?" Zuckerberg said.

"That's right!" Ren Hong nodded, "For Matrix Technology, all participants in the virtual world are users, as I said earlier. There are two kinds of users, one provides content and the other consumes content, and Matrix Technology, as a third party, will collect part of the benefits for all individuals or organizations that make profits on this platform, that is, in the virtual world. ”

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )