Digital Kingdom

Wang Tianbao asked, "Can this kind of participatory experience interact with the plot and even affect the development of the plot?"

Li Yu gave a secret compliment. Jiang is worthy of being an old man. Although Vice President Wang has been out of front-line business for many years, he immediately grasped the core of the problem.

Can you interact with the plot?

To put it more simply, can you change the plot, the player's efforts, and whether it works.

If it can only be a spectator's participation, it is just a popcorn-style visual feast.

Novelty, noise, and adrenal secretion will not leave much touch afterwards.

For example: Yang Guo should have his arm broken and Qiao Feng should jump off the cliff.

However, once the plot can be changed, it will bring about earth-shaking changes.

Think about it, how many sad tragedies are there in film and television works?How many haunting moments make people dream back?How many unacceptable but helpless regrets?

Although it is only a virtual story, it is also worth all the emotions.

One sand one world, one flower one heaven.

"I don't know if you have ever read the book "Infinite Horror"," Li Yu said, looking at the dazed expressions of a few people, and explained:

"This is an online novel that tells a story about players who passively participate in the world of horror movies and struggle to survive by changing the plot, or helping the protagonist or villain."

When Wang Tianbao heard the words, his eyes began to shine.

"Our ultimate goal is to create a realistic version of "Infinite Horror", allowing players to participate in the development of the movie plot, allowing or even encouraging them to make changes in certain key links, which will have an unpredictable impact on the entire movie world."

Li Yu said his ultimate ambition.

Not just experiencing another life, but even creating life.

"This, this, it's so cool, I can't imagine", Xiaobai was excited and even stuttered a little.

Looking at his brother-in-law in reverence, he is a genius among geniuses to come up with such an idea.

Li Yu smiled faintly. He is determined to create the "strongest on the surface" entertainment experience, but it is not just a gimmick, there are deeper things in it.

"Our first stage is naturally experience-oriented, and full participation as a movie character. Who doesn't want to try the heroic sentiment of "Unbeaten in the East", the romance of "Titanic" and the thrills of "Die Hard" ..."

Xiaomi couldn't help but complain about it, and I haven't watched any movie it said.

"The second stage is to enter as a character and change the plot. Who doesn't want to fight Ye Gucheng on the top of the Forbidden City, go through the fire with Xiao Ma, jump with Monroe, and Spider-Man city..." Li Yu vaguely skipped over.

Wang Tianbao let go of his thoughts, the more he thought about it, the more shocked.

He originally thought that the super dream experience was the biggest selling point, but he didn't expect that there would be more surprises behind. If what Li Yu said could be realized, it would be a movie of all kinds, a life of every taste.

Xiaobai: "Brother-in-law, how will the world evolve after the plot of the movie changes? Will it be completely different, or even collapse?"

Li Yu smiled confidently, with a steady tone, giving people a strong sense of control:

"A movie usually lasts about two hours. According to our artificial intelligence, it is not difficult to maintain the original style within a certain period of time. Using intelligent AI as the sky, as close as possible to the original drama structure, of course, if there is a BUG, ​​or gameover , Or pass the level successfully."

Xiao Bai: "In other words, every time the plot ends is a restart?"

Li Yu: "We ultimately hope to be able to build a virtual world, but the workload is too large. At this stage, we can only experience it in a single or related movie plot. The TV series world is our next goal."

Xiao Bai: "Oh oh, this is also a kind of stand-alone game, but it is more immersive. Maybe it can be called'movie gamification'."

Li Yu was quite satisfied with his brother-in-law's mind, and he reacted quickly. He was able to draw inferences from one another. The offline experience center really made movies into games.

Xiaobai continued: "In this way, in order to increase the stickiness of users, we can do some work outside the game. For example, we can issue various tasks to players, let them change movie plots to earn points, and even launch various live games. Turn the stand-alone player online, launch the leaderboard, and even compete for supremacy, just like a chicken game."

Li Yu glanced at his brother-in-law, really wanted to ask him, "Have you really never seen "Infinite Horror"?"

Wang Tianbao took the words: "Xiaobai's words are reasonable. If this is achieved, almost everything related to the game will be changed."

Xiaobai nodded, and said his thoughts over the years:

"Now the virtual reality industry chain is basically complete, VR hardware manufacturing and system research and development, and new experiences in VR movies, VR games, and VR live broadcasts are constantly emerging, indicating that a new era of entertainment and smart entertainment has arrived.

"In this era, large-scale applications of AI and big data in content operations and interactive interfaces are possible. VR, AR, and MR allow users to experience content, data, and the environment in a new way. New technologies will inevitably bring entertainment upgrades.

"The entertainment industry has always been "content-based". If it loses the support of cultural connotation, no one will like it even if it uses cool technology.

"The combination of these three is the future direction. Content is the cornerstone, IP is emotion, and technology is the means."

After listening to Li Yu's overall strategy, Wang Tianbao had to admire his great skill.

The offline experience center is used as a bridgehead to integrate the three. Once successful, its influence can be imagined.

After all, no matter how magnificent the strategy is, it is still a fantasy. Li Yu's cleverness is to find a foothold.It is very feasible to use the VR Ecological Park as the fulcrum to leverage the entire entertainment industry.

Wang Tianbao: "There is a technical problem here. The change in the plot of the movie will inevitably lead to new reactions in the relevant characters. How do you solve it?"

It was originally the angry expression of the protagonist, but through the player's participation in the plot, it turned into joy.

In this case, you can't find the original crew to make up the shoot, right?

One or two plots, fortunately to solve.

And Li Yu means that a large number of movies are released at the same time, and you will know how terrible the workload is when you think about it.

"This involves our core technology. The idea of ​​a movie character chaos is not uncommon. How to land is the key." Li Yu smiled and revealed the answer:

"It's also very simple. Through artificial intelligence, just use a photo of a celebrity and a short recording to generate a three-dimensional virtual image similar to a real person of the celebrity. Then, artificial intelligence can be created by simulating human voice, image and personality. Virtual star image."

Wang Tianbao was stunned for a moment, and later realized that he was limited to the blind zone of cognition and did not notice.

As long as you reverse it, you know that since the digital group can create virtual characters, virtual star images are no longer a problem.

No wonder Magic Company has acquired massive amounts of film and television copyrights. With a selfie and a voice, you can get a "virtual person avatar" that is similar to me. The more positive, side, or multi-angle photos provided, the better the image. lifelike.

It is not difficult to sort out the data in all movies and generate intelligent star AIs to deal with various changes.

Li Yu: "There are many companies on the market that can generate user avatars. We are just a step ahead. There was a company two years ago that used "virtual image reconstruction" technology to shape Teresa Teng's three-dimensional images, which are very realistic.

"Of course, our technology is not limited to this. In addition to creating virtual images, it also integrates personal voice reconstruction, three-dimensional visual reconstruction, and natural language processing. In this way, the virtual image created in accordance with the "target" can be Keep learning the "target" to speak, sing, and learn the corresponding expressions and actions, etc., eventually it will become more and more like the "target" himself."

Xiao Bai: "Brother-in-law, how realistic is this avatar?"

Li Yu replied: "This mainly depends on our shooting equipment. If you use a mobile phone to shoot, although the pixels are very high, it cannot be compared with professional equipment. Even if optimized by artificial intelligence, its fidelity is comparable to the virtual reality presented in the concert. Stars are incomparable.

"However, many companies will soon launch laser point projection technology for facial recognition technology, and its popularization will make this technology more and more mature, and correspondingly, the accuracy of the virtual image will become higher and higher."

Millet listened and suddenly had an idea.

If so, let my brother-in-law help me to customize a virtual version of Luhan. Every day before going to bed, I can hear his good night greetings, watch movies with me, eat candlelight dinners, and even sing with him. "Our Tomorrow", just thinking about it, makes people unable to sleep.

On this occasion, no one paid attention to the thoughts of a little girl. Everyone was immersed in the shock of the new technology.

Wang Tianbao feels that there are too many impacts today. This new interactive method that combines AI and VR simply subverts human common sense.

He began to reflect on himself whether he neglected technology and business too much. Although he broke away from the front line and moved to an administrative post, it is always a taboo to ignore the power of technology.

Not to mention, he is in one of the most advanced technology companies in the world. If he has been obsessed with existing human relationship management, he may suffer a big loss.

Xiaobai suddenly interrupted: "Does this involve the issue of portrait rights?"

Li Yu glanced at him approvingly and nodded: "We have established an "artificial intelligence copyright bank", which includes the artificial intelligence image copyrights of famous Asian artists such as Lu Han, EXO, TVXQ, Zhang Yixing and Song Qian."

Wang Tianbao: "Think further, as long as you have the image copyright, these virtual images can almost be integrated into various scenes of life in the future, such as smart devices, social robots, chat tools, and self-driving cars."

Li Yu: "Yes, if this attempt is successful, the commercial value and monetization methods of artists will also be redefined."

With the impact of VR video, the entire entertainment industry is in a precarious manner. No one knows where the future of entertainment will go. At the VR Video Industry Conference, Magic Company demonstrated artificial intelligence virtual idols, and a new way of cultivating artists was born. Exacerbate this instability.

The film company was at a loss, and the actors and artists were equally uneasy. In this case, the magic company took the opportunity to sign the artificial intelligence virtual copyright without much effort.

Wang Tianbao: "In this way, the biggest problem of the VR Ecological Park has been solved, and now it can be predicted that its success is certain."

Li Yu is not humble. He was planning to use the offline experience center as a blockbuster to completely detonate the entire virtual reality industry.

Xiaobai: "Brother-in-law, in this way, your Magic Leap is not just a headset company, you can position yourself as a cultural and entertainment company."

Li Yu wanted to test his brother-in-law, and smiled and asked, "How do you say it."

Xiaobai thought for a while and answered seriously: "In the future, the relationship between technology and entertainment will be inseparable. Technology will reshape all aspects of the traditional entertainment industry, including the generation of content itself, including marketing, interactive methods, value realization, and so on.

"In this regard, you have a natural advantage. On the one hand, you have mastered a large amount of traditional entertainment content and brand core, on the other hand, you can use advanced technology to empower traditional content and brands to make them have the characteristics of the times. The combination of the two forms a greater appeal to users."

Li Yu clapped and said with a smile: "Xiaobai, if you can tell me this insight, the future will be limitless."

Wang Guoquan was too happy to close his mouth from ear to ear, "Don't praise him, this child's personality is too jumpy, I will ask you to mention more in the future, you are his brother-in-law, criticize if you criticize, don't have any scruples."

Li Yuying said peacefully, "Dad, don't worry, Xiaobai's future achievements will definitely be better than me."

Qingqing snickered, seeing her husband and family members so close, there was no barrier, she felt the greatest satisfaction.

Wang Tianbao suggested on the side: "Xiaobai should have learned almost his homework in his junior year. It is better to start social practice earlier and accumulate more experience."

Xiaobai: "I haven't made up my mind, what company will I go to for internship?"

Based on the relationship between the two companies, what kind of internship unit can not be found, central enterprises, state-owned enterprises, foreign investment, government agencies and institutions, he faces a problem of choice.

Li Yu: "Xiaobai, here I want to teach you that when to make a decision is much more important than whether the decision is right or wrong."

Xiaobai was stunned at once. This was completely opposite to the previous education of "the relationship between strategy and tactics".

Wang Tianbao agreed: "A good plan that is executed immediately and fully implemented is better than a perfect plan that will be executed next week. Most of the decisions we face in our lives are not fatal, life-or-death decisions that cannot be changed. .

"So in many cases, it is much better to gather information and make a decision quickly than to discuss it repeatedly, and to waste time because of uncertainty. Repeated decision-making and repeated weighing will eventually lead to nothing."

Xiao Bai nodded as if he did not understand.