"That's right, team leader.
"What is the rough route for this competition? Is there a route map or something like that that I can refer to?
"Also...are there any dangers in competing in a virtual world?"
Lu Zhixing suddenly thought that these issues must be confirmed in advance.
Zhou Yiping smiled: "Danger? This is a virtual space, and of course there will be no dangers in the real world. In virtual world competitions, the pain is similar to that of most virtual reality games, and will be strictly limited to about 5%.
"It doesn't matter if you bump or fall inside. Otherwise, the organizer wouldn't be able to let designers like you, who have absolutely no parkour experience, be the guinea pigs."
Obviously he had misunderstood, thinking that Lu Zhixing was afraid of injury or pain.
But in fact, how could Lu Zhixing be afraid of getting hurt? His parkour skills are almost reaching perfection. Even in the virtual world, he can completely hold on to the difficulty level prepared for normal humans.
Lu Zhixing was mainly still thinking about his role as "overly cautious parkour master".
If there are some additional dangers in parkour this time, then Lu Zhixing can be fully prepared in advance. The more danger there is, the faster the progress of the role is completed!
Therefore, Lu Zhixing was a little disappointed when he heard Team Leader Zhou say that "there will be no danger in the real world."
However, he quickly realized that Team Leader Zhou's words seemed to have some room for special interpretation: "Team Leader, you said there would be no danger in the real world, so... maybe there would be danger in the virtual world?"
Zhou Yiping said "poof": "Can you still understand it this way? Why do you feel like you are looking forward to danger?
"Well, if I have to say it's dangerous, I can't say it's not at all.
"For example, some hacker hacked the server, the network and power were suddenly cut off at the site, and some unknown bug suddenly appeared in the deep world of 'Tai Qing'... These can also be considered dangers.
“It’s just that the probability of this kind of danger occurring is extremely low, it’s basically the same as winning five million in a lottery ticket.
"Although the virtual reality technology of the 'Tai Qing' deep world is not yet fully mature, it is already very stable, and there haven't been any bugs for more than half a year.
"It is even more impossible to cut off the Internet and power. The organizers have backup plans."
Lu Zhixing was a little disappointed: "Okay team leader, I understand."
Since there are no special dangers, there is no point in getting some extra playing progress. However, if you continue to use the cautious running method before, you should be able to increase your performance progress somewhat.
Zhou Yiping added: "Then I will send you the process of this competition, which contains a general introduction to the content of the competition. This thing must be kept confidential and cannot be spread outside."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Zhixing looked at the competition process sent by team leader Zhou.
The process of this competition is not particularly complicated, but compared to previous motion capture competitions, the scale is indeed much larger.
After all, the previous games were all played in reality.
The venues for motion capture competitions held in various places are also different. Some use parkour competition venues directly, and some use variety show venues. There are also some cities with deep pockets that will choose to directly build a dedicated venue.
But in any case, the scope of these venues will not be too large. At most, it will be similar to programs such as "XX Breakthrough" or "XXXX Rush Forward".
Of course, considering that the contestants are all top parkour masters, the difficulty of the levels will definitely increase across the board, but the general scope of the venue remains unchanged.
But this year, due to entering the virtual world, the scope of venues has been greatly expanded.
According to the introduction above, the venue for this competition is quite large, five times larger than the previous venue.
In the past, real-life venues were basically a long strip, with a length of about 130 to 150 meters and consisting of eight to ten levels.
The virtual world venue this time roughly forms a ring, similar to an inward spiraling pentagon, and is divided into five stages. Each stage is more than 100 meters long and has a small level of more than 10 meters.
These small levels include different challenging levels such as climbing, off-roading, obstacle avoidance, and hanging jumping.
All players start together and are not allowed to have intense physical contact with each other, but they are allowed to use the venue mechanism to attack other competitors.
In addition, there are clear regulations on how to enter the virtual world.
Although it is in a virtual world, officials still have to verify the identity of the contestants in reality.
During the competition, the contestant's image in the virtual world will be a complete replica of the real world. Not only physical fitness, but also the clothes and various equipment on the body.
After all, the more top players, the higher the requirements for various equipment. To be fair, everyone uses the equipment they are most familiar with.
In addition, this competition venue has restrictions on entry and exit. Specific equipment and keys are required to enter. Except for the contestants, no one else can enter the virtual world. They can only observe the competition in real time through large screens and holographic projection equipment. .
Similarly, once a player is eliminated or injured on the field, he will immediately leave the field, be disqualified from the competition, and return to reality.
This is also to reduce the impact of various off-field factors on the players as much as possible.
"You can bring your own equipment... Then I should bring as much as possible. It should also meet the role of 'overly cautious', right? I don't need it anyway."
"Okay, then it's settled! This is an event that attracts a lot of attention, so the progress of the performance should be quite fast. If everything goes well, maybe we can directly complete the performance of Parkour Master."
Lu Zhixing began to prepare.
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Wednesday, November 27th.
The day of the motion capture competition.
Lu Zhixing took a taxi to the competition site.
He still carries laser pointers, catnip balls and other equipment, and also wears the shoes purchased by the previous company specifically for parkour. However, there are some differences compared to previous parkour equipment.
For example, he no longer carries the satchel, but instead carries laser pointers and catnip balls in his pockets. Moreover, he no longer wore the black sweatshirt and trousers purchased by the company, but changed into more popular clothing: a white jacket, T-shirt and ordinary trousers.
Although Lu Zhixing's equipment looks like an amateur at this time, which may slow him down a little during the parkour and climbing process, it helps to distinguish his image from that mysterious parkour master. Come on.
Anyway, it’s just to compare with other designers, there’s no pressure.
In addition, he also brought the key to his virtual space. Although this thing is probably useless, it is at least related to the "Tai Qing" deep virtual world. Maybe it can also slightly increase the progress of the "over-cautious" role?
Anyway, there is no loss if it doesn’t rise.
Half an hour later, Lu Zhixing got off the car.
His current location is "Jinghai Virtual Reality Technology Research Institute".
Lu Zhixing found that there were many differences between the institute and the research groups he often went to before.
The location selection of the research group is basically influenced by the subjective opinions of the leaders of each group. For example, although the second research group is located in a prosperous area of Jinghai City and is close to the buildings of several technology companies, it is not eye-catching from the outside. , nothing fancy in appearance.
This is directly related to Zhou Ping's personal preferences.
But the institute is different. Jinghai Virtual Reality Technology Research Institute can be said to be the highest official research institution in Jinghai City, so it occupies a large area of land. From the outside, it looks similar to some high-tech industrial parks.
The interior space is very spacious, with various venues, many different types of laboratories, and a main office building that is dozens of floors high and looks quite majestic.
The security guard at the door, no, more accurately, it should be a guard. After confirming Lu Zhixing's identity, he released him and asked him to go directly to the main building. There will be a dedicated person in charge of receiving him.
Before entering the main building, there is a rather complicated security check.
Lu Zhixing looked around and saw that there was no one else, then he walked to the security check channel with peace of mind.
"drop!"
Sure enough, the security inspection equipment sounded a warning sound.
"Hello, please take out the items in your pocket for further inspection." The security staff stopped Lu Zhixing very politely.
"No problem." Lu Zhixing took out everything from his pocket one by one, including his cell phone, wallet, keys, and...laser pens and catnip ball toys.
The structure of this catnip ball toy is very simple. There is a base to lock the catnip ball. There is a translucent plastic protective cover on the base, which can be buckled when not in use. There is a small ring buckle under the base, which can be put on the hand. On or tied to a rope or cat teasing stick.
The reason why Lu Zhixing bought this type of catnip ball toy was because it was more convenient to wear it directly on his finger and smell it at any time.
Security personnel quickly scanned cell phones, wallets, keys, and finally stopped at laser pointers and catnip ball toys.
"Is this...?" There was a confused expression on his face.
(End of chapter)
