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Pei Qian nodded: "Well, what you said is correct, you really need to redesign the entire VR experience area."

"In this way, the host is still all placed on the overhead shelf, and the power button is led down through a line. Then the entire VR experience area is made into a compartment style, and the display screen is hung on the front partition. A foldable table, with a bracket on the table, hanging a keyboard and mouse."

"The table top is designed to be the right height for standing use."

"The VR headset and handles are hung on the partitions on both sides for easy access."

In this way, the table board has two forms: flat or wall-mounted.

When the player uses it, the default is in the flat state, and you can operate the mouse and keyboard to find games on the computer and enter the VR mode.Then you can stick the table board to the wall to leave space to experience the game.

Because the mouse and keyboard are fixed by a small bracket on the table, as long as the mouse is stuck in the bracket before putting it down, there will be no embarrassing situation of hanging in the air.

It can only be said that if players like to stand and play computer games, then play.

Pei Qian felt that such players should be a minority.

Xiao Peng nodded, "Okay, then I will arrange it according to this method."

"But... President Pei, have you ever thought about a problem? Moyu Internet cafes are already a bit overcrowded. If half of the computers of Moyu Internet Cafe 1.0 are removed and replaced with VR, wouldn't this be aggravated? "

"Then I can only open more branches."

The corners of Pei Qian's mouth twitched slightly, good boy, is this a threat to me?

What's wrong, are you great to open more branches?

It's as if I don't change this VR game zone and you won't open a branch. How fresh!

Now that branch is open like dumplings. Anyway, it is open. Changing the VR experience area can reduce the income of all stores by a big margin. I don't lose money.

Pei Qian waved his hand: "Just open it. I told you that opening a branch doesn't restrict you anymore. You can open it as you like."

Xiao Peng nodded happily: "Understood, President Pei! Then I will begin preparations."

“It’s not a small project to build a VR experience zone. It can’t be done in one or two days. After all, it’s a cubicle, equipment purchase, etc.”

"I plan to transform batch by batch. I just told Liang Qingfan to help redesign the Internet cafe. I haven't found a good time. I can take this opportunity to complete it together!"

"Although the cost of such a change is not small, I believe that Moyu Internet Cafe will have a brand new look at that time, and its turnover will reach a new high!"

Pei Qian said in his heart, he denied Xiao Peng's last sentence several times.

A brand new look can be considered, but it is better to reduce the turnover.

...

Soon after Pei Qian left Chixing's studio.

Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin came to the meeting room to discuss some design details of "Animal Island" with Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong, the current chief designer of Chi Xing Studio.

Lin Wan took a few documents from the side, searched for it and picked out one of them, and then asked the assistant to copy it.

Soon after, this information was sent to everyone.

Each of these documents is a design plan for the new VR glasses, and the one selected by Lin Wan is the final plan.

Lin Wan said: "President Pei has just decided. Tenda and Shenhua will each add another 10 million yuan in investment, which means that the research funding for this VR glasses has reached 40 million."

"So, the design of the VR glasses can almost be finalized, just use the most expensive version."

Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and Cai Jiadong all picked up this information and read it carefully again.

Lao Song had a lot of ideas before, and according to the difference in research and development funds and the final price, they organized several versions of the plan.

The most satisfactory version was temporarily shelved because of insufficient research and development funds. Now that the funds are in place, there is no need to hesitate.

Lin Wan introduced: "This VR glasses will use an all-in-one + wireless and wired streaming + binocular head 6DoF positioning system. The lens has a 4K resolution, a maximum refresh rate of 120hz, a 125-degree field of view, and a 5000mAh battery. It can be played continuously for 2 and a half hours..."

Although there are not many VR devices at present, and they are mainly in foreign countries, there has been a clear polarization in the development direction of VR glasses.

One is a pure VR headset that must be connected to a computer and used with a positioning base station, and the other is a VR all-in-one with a built-in chip that can be used alone.

Both approaches have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Relatively speaking, pure VR headsets must have better experience, higher prices, and lighter weight. For example, a VR glasses with 8K as a gimmick in Pei Qian’s memory achieved a 200-degree field of view and a resolution of up to 8K. Compared with the screen parameters of all VR all-in-one machines, they are completely crushed.

But the all-in-one VR machine also has its meaning because it has more usage scenarios.

The VR headset must be used with a high-end computer, and it must be connected via a wired connection, which means that it cannot watch VR movies independently, cannot be too far away from the host, and the relatively high price makes most players have little desire to buy.

The VR all-in-one is relatively heavier, because there are chips inside and a large battery, but it does not need to be connected, which is more flexible.Moreover, it can have built-in programs, and you can play some low-profile VR games without a computer, similar to the level of mobile games.

If you want to play large-scale computer games, the VR all-in-one machine can be solved by wireless or wired streaming.

This piece is actually the strength of Shenhua Group.

It is precisely because of the confidence in the wired and wireless streaming technology of this glasses that Lao Song prefers to use the all-in-one solution.

In fact, each of these specific parameters was determined by Lao Song after repeated thinking.

The binocular head 6DoF positioning system adopted by the all-in-one machine simply means that there is no need to locate the base station. Instead, there are two cameras in front of the glasses to capture the real environment and perform positioning based on the captured images.

Although the accuracy is slightly worse than that of the base station, the difference is not obvious, and the average player can't feel it.

Moreover, these two cameras have special uses.When the player leaves the safe zone, or under some special circumstances, the glasses will no longer display the game screen, but display the real screen shot by the camera.

It's just that the picture is blurry, just like the picture seen by myopic patients who are three or four Baidu.

And another very critical parameter is the screen quality.

The resolution of VR glasses directly determines the player's experience. The first generation of VR glasses all use 2K resolution, but 2K resolution is obviously not enough, and it must be up to 4K.

In fact, even 4K can't completely eliminate the rasterization effect of VR, but if you increase the resolution further, the price paid is too great, and it is difficult to achieve with the current technical level.

In order to get the best gaming experience, the refresh rate of 120hz is also necessary. If it is only 60hz, there will actually be some lagging feelings, and the smoothest gaming experience cannot be obtained.

If watching movies is the main function, 60hz is enough, but you must play games at 120hz.

The field of view is the viewing angle of the VR glasses. If it is small, the player will feel like looking at something through the crack of the door, which is more cramped.

But the viewing angle cannot be unrestrictedly large, because the larger the viewing angle means the larger the lens, and the larger the lens is not only the higher the cost, the original resolution will also be stretched.

For example, a 100-degree field of view can maintain 4K, if it is pulled to a 200-degree field of view, the resolution may only be 2K.

The overlapping field of view of the human eye is 124 degrees, and the range of sight when focusing is 25 degrees, and the maximum horizontal viewing angle of the eyes can reach 188 degrees.

In other words, after the VR glasses achieve a 200-degree field of view, it will bring players an extreme sense of immersion, and there will be no black borders in the field of view.

But this is too extravagant after all, not a solution that can be adopted at this stage.

Lao Song set the field of view at 125 degrees, which is in line with the normal overlap of his eyes. Although some black borders may still be glimpsed from the corner of his eyes, there is no longer the feeling of being cramped and looking through the door.

And this screen quality coupled with the all-in-one chip will obviously increase its energy consumption greatly, and the 5000mAh battery is only enough to play for two and a half hours.

This battery life is actually more appropriate, because VR games are different from computer games. The immersion is too strong. If you play too much, you will feel dizzy and tired. It is actually more reasonable to play for two hours.

Of course, if you are online, you can play while charging, so there is no time limit, but the action will be inconvenient.

This battery is not small, so it is necessary to adopt a rear-mounted design to balance the weight of the entire glasses, that is, the battery part is pressed on the back of the player's head.

As a result, the price of this VR glasses is set at the price of 4599.

Still beyond everyone's psychological bottom line.

In fact, at the beginning, everyone really wanted to control the price at around 3,000 yuan, so that the price would be more affordable for consumers and more conducive to the popularization of equipment.

But there is no way, many parameters can't be lowered with the addition, and the price can't be lowered naturally.

Everyone looked at the information carefully and basically knew what they knew.

Because the specific parameters of this VR glasses will affect some things in the game.

Game design can be said to be an art of "dancing in shackles", because in all ages since the birth of the game, its specific content has to be restricted by hardware parameters.

How to do the best possible under limited hardware conditions is a test that all designers must face.

Everyone didn't get into the topic immediately, but chatted a few words first.

Lin Wan asked, "How's the situation at Zang Yang Game?"

Wang Xiaobin smiled: "It's all pretty good. "Fitness Campaign" is considered a success. At first, I was worried that the refund mechanism would cause revenue to plummet, but it didn't. Instead, it stimulated the players' enthusiasm for recharging."

"Except for continuing to produce new props for "Fitness Fight", there is basically no other work."

Lin Wan asked again: "Then what will be the next new project?"

Wang Xiaobin shook his head: "I don't know, wait for President Pei to give the task. We both have some ideas, but neither are very mature."

This topic is over here. Lin Wan sorted out the information and prepared to move on to the next topic.

But at this moment, Ye Zhizhou, who was sitting next to him, suddenly raised his head and seemed to realize something.

"Wait, I suddenly thought of something!"

"Perhaps Mr. Pei has already hinted at our next new project?"

Wang Xiaobin and Lin Wan were both surprised: "Huh?"

Ye Zhizhou suddenly got excited, and said to Wang Xiaobin: "We just met President Pei at the door, what did Pei always say?"

Wang Xiaobin tried his best to recall: "Uh... Mr. Pei said, let us fully cooperate with the work of Chi Xing Studio. It is really not good. You can just put things aside for Wang Yang Games."

Ye Zhizhou said, "Isn't this right?"

Wang Xiaobin still looked confused: "Why is it right?"

Ye Zhizhou paused and explained: "You can put things aside for Zangyang games, which means we don't rush to start new projects and think about new games."

"To cooperate fully with the work of Chixing Studio is obviously not only to help design games. After all, no matter how we cooperate, the design work is mainly based on the designers of Chixing Studio."

"But our cooperation is not limited to this, we can also do something helpful to VR glasses!"

"For example, do we also develop a VR version of "Fitness Fight"?"

"I suddenly discovered that "Fitness Fight" and VR, isn't this a match made in heaven?"