Dean Bai laughed dumbly: "I'm afraid this is difficult, right?
"Jinghai is so far away, so you want to invite so many people here to hold a martial arts competition? Then what kind of prizes are you preparing for, and how much bonus are you preparing for?
"Moreover, many things are not actually about money. In reality, famous masters care about face. They use martial arts to make friends and carry each other's sedan chairs. There should be many people coming.
"But if your purpose is to collect data, then there must be actual combat, and actual combat means losing and losing. It's okay if you win, but what if you lose?
"Many masters recruit disciples based on their reputation. If they lose, they lose face and all their disciples run away. This is not a waste of people's jobs.
"So, if you are willing to give up the bonus, such as several million, you may be able to invite some people, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to invite real experts and it will be difficult to gain enough popularity.
"There are many problems here."
In fact, to put it bluntly, the most critical issue is that what Lu Zhixing needs is a large amount of data collected in actual combat, so that such data is real.
If everyone is holding back, or is simply trying to trick someone, then there will definitely be a big deviation in the data collected, and the purpose of training AI will not be achieved.
But if everyone is not allowed to keep their hands and try their best, many people will definitely not be willing to participate. After all, there is no special benefit if you win, and you lose blood if you lose.
Lu Zhixing thought for a while: "It will definitely be a bit troublesome to get all these enthusiasts to come to Jinghai. But can we set up a virtual competition field or something like that? If everyone can use VR helmets to compete in the virtual world, The threshold for participating is much lower, and more people should participate.”
Dean Bai was silent for a moment: "This is a solution.
"Exactly, Xiaolu, have you ever heard of the 'Virtual City' project?"
Lu Zhixing shook his head: "I've never heard of it."
Dean Bai was not surprised: "Well, it's normal if you haven't heard of it. This is an official confidential project, but various research institutes have been preparing for a long time. Our Jinghai Research Institute's 'Virtual Jinghai' The project has been developed for more than a year so far.
"Currently, within the institute, we are still discussing how to launch this project and how to publicize it after it is launched. The general results have just been reached.
"If this project can go online smoothly, it may be able to achieve your goal."
Lu Zhixing became interested: "Dean Bai, what exactly is this 'virtual city' project? Can you explain it in detail?"
Dean Bai chuckled: "It's actually very simple. As the name suggests, research groups in various cities are trying hard to create another city in the deep virtual world of 'Taiqing'.
“The city created by Jinghai Research Institute is, of course, Jinghai City in the virtual space.
“Of course, there will be trade-offs during the creation process. For example, some landmark buildings and important places in Jinghai will be retained, while some unnecessary buildings and unreasonable municipal planning content will have to be deleted.
"In short, it is to build a more perfect virtual city and open experience on the basis of retaining the cultural characteristics of the city. The biggest feature of this virtual city is that as a super large virtual space, it can accommodate many people to visit and participate together.
“The virtual spaces you came into contact with in the past were probably relatively small, accommodating dozens or hundreds of people at most, and only a few thousand at most.
"But a super-large virtual space like a virtual city can accommodate up to 100,000 or even 20,000 to 300,000 people. Of course, larger virtual spaces may appear in the future, but it still requires a lot of preparation work."
Lu Zhixing was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the officials were still planning such a big project.
A huge virtual city that can accommodate 100,000 people? This is indeed beyond imagination.
If this step can be achieved, then it will not be difficult to completely build a huge virtual world so that everyone can access it.
This is called black technology.
But after thinking about it, it makes sense. After all, small virtual spaces that can accommodate hundreds or thousands of people have appeared, and even such qualifications have begun to be widely distributed, so there must be some big guys in the officialdom.
The Jinghai Research Institute occupies such a large area, with so many staff and so many research groups. It cannot just study basic motion capture. There must be more important tasks.
Now it seems that this "virtual city" should be one of the important tasks undertaken by the institute.
Lu Zhixing hurriedly asked: "Dean Bai, how is the development progress of this project?"
Dean Bai said: "As for the development, it was actually completed last month. However, it has not been launched yet, because it has not yet reached the official launch time, and there is currently no discussion within the institute that is sufficiently identifiable. degree, a sufficiently competitive city business card.
“Oh, you may not know much about this, it’s like this.
"Actually, it's not just Jinghai Research Institute. Research institutes across the country are conducting similar project research. Places like Imperial Capital, Magic City, Yangcheng, and Jingzhou have developed game industries, and the research institutes are also full of talents. They create The virtual cities produced are also very competitive.
“After all, virtual cities are different from real cities. The carrying capacity of real cities is limited, and there are many people traveling during holidays. Although there will be competition for traffic, it is relatively less intense.
“But virtual cities are different. Currently, the carrying capacity of virtual cities is far greater than the number of users with VR helmets, so competition among virtual cities will be particularly fierce.
"Wouldn't it be embarrassing if a virtual city went online but no one came. Research institutes in various cities will also have some overt and covert competition in terms of traffic and popularity."
Lu Zhixing knew clearly that this was equivalent to various tourist cities competing for tourists!
During the holidays, these tourist cities will rack their brains for all kinds of publicity. On the one hand, it is to build awareness and boost the city's economy. On the other hand, it can also promote the development of the three industries, which is a real political achievement.
Now, this competition carries over into the virtual world.
Thinking about it, if Jinghai's virtual city can become popular and surpass cities such as Imperial Capital and Magic City after it goes online, it will be a quite remarkable achievement for Jinghai Research Institute.
Lu Zhixing thought for a moment: "Dean Bai, if it's about publicity, I have some ideas, maybe I can help."
Dean Bai was very happy: "Oh? Really? Of course that's good! I know that those of you who make games do have some good ideas in terms of publicity. I wonder what your specific plans are?"
Lu Zhixing did not answer directly, but asked: "Dean Bai, when will Jinghai's virtual city be officially launched?"
Dean Bai said: "In fact, it has entered the internal testing stage, but it has not yet started official promotion. The official large-scale promotion should be on the 21st, this Thursday night.
“We are still very pressed for time.
"At that time, not only Jinghai, but also virtual cities in other cities will start promoting it simultaneously. This is the time that the official has arranged in advance.
"Isn't there not enough time? The main reason is that I didn't think of looking for you at the first time. If I had looked for you earlier, maybe this plan would have been finalized long ago."
There was some regret in Dean Bai's voice. Apparently, after seeing the performance of the two games "Ordinary Life" and "Walking with Darkness", Dean Bai discovered that Lu Zhixing did have some clever ideas in terms of publicity.
Perhaps more reliable than these people in the institute.
No, no, maybe, it will definitely be more reliable than these people in the institute.
Lu Zhixing thought for a while: "It doesn't matter, I have enough time. However... my publicity methods may be a little unconventional. The popularity is bound to be there, but it is not necessarily a particularly positive one."
Dean Bai smiled: "Ah? I'm afraid that's not good. We are the official after all."
Lu Zhixing said: "But there is a way, that is, I am not representing the official government in this activity, I just need Dean Bai to give me some support secretly.
"For example, provide me with a fixed venue and a virtual identity that no one knows. When it really becomes popular, we can promote it appropriately and without any relationship."
Dean Bai was a little curious: "A virtual identity that no one knows? What on earth are you going to do?"
Lu Zhixing smiled: "Dean Bai, have you ever considered making Jinghai a... martial arts holy place?"
(End of chapter)
