game trailblazer

Chapter 363 EyeToy
Just when Iwata Manxing was lying on the oversized and soft bed of the Foster City Crown Hotel with excitement, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, Xu Yeming was also excited, and Wang Mengyao was in the far east on the other side of the ocean. In the Oriental Game Research Institute, watching the latest technology demonstration.

"...As you can see," Chen Qixia, director of the Comprehensive Research Department of the Game Research Institute, pointed to the staff next to him who was about to demonstrate, and continued: "What he will demonstrate is a new game control technology .”

Xu Yeming looked in the direction Chen Qixia was pointing at. The staff member was sitting there, holding something that looked like a game controller, but instead of holding it with both hands like a regular game controller, he only used his right hand take it. "Well, it seems that it should be a relatively unique game controller!" Xu Yeming guessed in his heart.

The staff glanced at Chen Qixia, and then saw that she was doing a demonstration, but it was a bit unexpected to Xu Yeming. The staff did not press the buttons on the "game controller" with their fingers, but held the "game controller" "Swipe it directly, and what's even more amazing is that the game characters on the TV screen also moved.

"Huh!" Xu Yeming showed a surprised expression, took two steps forward, and came to the side of the staff member to observe. Wang Mengyao also showed a curious expression, and stood on the other side to look at it.The "game controller" in the hands of the staff is very different from the conventional game controller. It looks a bit like a TV remote control, but the buttons on it are much less than ordinary TV remote controls. There is only one analog joystick, plus 4 Buttons, if the "gamepad" is horizontal, if the appearance of the "gamepad" is more rounded, it will look a bit like a gamepad.However, judging from the actual operation of the staff, there is no need to push the analog joystick to move up and down, and the game characters on the TV screen are also doing the same movements, which makes Xu Yeming and Wang Mengyao Very confused.

"This is a new type of game controller developed using the motion sensor developed in cooperation with American Analog Devices..." Chen Qixia noticed the puzzled expressions of the two, and hurriedly stepped forward to introduce: "However, it is still relatively primitive. For the time being, only plane motion can be detected, that is, up, down, left, and right, but if it moves back and forth, it won't work."

Xu Yeming suddenly realized, and then he understood why the staff member didn't need to push the analog joystick, but just shook the "game controller" up and down, which turned out to be pressing the direction keys.Wang Mengyao curiously took the "game controller" from the staff, and imitated the other party's operation method to shake it up and down. It was a bit unfamiliar at first, and the game characters on the screen seemed to be out of control, but it didn't take long for her to find out from it. Gained new fun, and the game control has become similar...

"Look here!" Chen Qixia led the two to continue the tour, and said as they walked, "This is also a new type of game controller."

Looking in the direction pointed by Chen Qixia, Xu Yeming and Wang Mengyao saw something that surprised them even more. Accompanied by relaxing music, a staff member stood in front of the TV screen with empty hands and danced around. Looking at that posture, it is as if there is a piece of glass in the air in front of him. What is amazing is that there is also the image of this staff member on the TV screen, and he is doing the same movement with his movements. There are some things similar to game screens, and Xu Yeming is a little suspicious that the one in front of him seems to be the legendary "video surveillance".

Xu Yeming had also been to the Game Research Institute before, but because the authority was not high enough, he was not allowed to visit many places at that time. It is not always possible to encounter such comprehensive new technology demonstrations, but there is one thing He is clear that the Oriental Game Research Institute will not do that kind of unnutritious stuff, and nine out of ten are related to games.Obviously, from the perspective of the game, the thing in front of him should not be "video surveillance", or it should not be pure video surveillance, so Xu Yeming took two steps forward and observed it carefully.

Before Xu Yeming could figure out why, Wang Mengyao couldn't bear it anymore. She turned her head to look at Chen Qixia, and asked curiously, "Mr. Chen, what exactly is this?"

"Well," they were all from the inside, so Chen Qixia didn't intend to play tricks, organized the language in her mind, and began to introduce directly: "This is a human-computer interaction technology based on visual recognition. , or it can also be said to be the image attitude control technology..."

After listening to Chen Qixia's explanation, Xu Yeming suddenly realized that the so-called "video surveillance" in front of him was really not video surveillance. In fact, when he was observing before, he noticed something that looked like a camera on the TV. At one point he took the performance of the staff as a special demonstration of "video surveillance", but after receiving Chen Qixia's explanation, he finally understood that the scene in front of him was actually a demonstration of a somewhat different game control method. The player's body movements control the performance of the game.

Perhaps because she felt that dancing in front of the TV screen in full view was not ladylike enough, Wang Mengyao did not take the initiative to try it this time, but Xu Yeming was attracted by this novel way of playing. With the help of the staff, she stood on the TV. In front of the screen, try to imitate the opponent's actions just now.

"Hmm... Move your hand a little to the left, yes, shake it lightly..."

"...You can move both hands together, pay attention to the reaction on the TV screen, just move your hands accordingly..."

Under the guidance of the staff, Xu Yeming quickly figured out the situation. He is now playing a game called "Glass Wiping". At home, he seldom does this kind of thing. He often spends some money to hire hourly workers to finish the work when he is forced to die. But standing in front of the TV screen and "cleaning the glass" in the air is just an extra accompaniment music. Just let him rub one piece after another with great interest, without feeling tired or bored at all.

After playing for a while, Xu Yeming reluctantly walked away from the TV screen, came to Chen Qixia's side, and asked with a smile: "Well, this thing is really interesting, does it have a name?"

"EyeToy!" Chen Qixia replied with a slight smile on her face, "This name was given by the boss himself, it's quite interesting."

"Oh! The name given by the boss, um, is really interesting." Xu Yeming nodded with deep sympathy, and his admiration for his boss Zhang Lexing grew a little more in his heart.

"Speaking of EyeToy, it's really thanks to the boss. If it wasn't for a small company called GestureTek that he acquired a few years ago, if it wasn't for the boss who specifically mentioned this image gesture control technology, if it wasn't for the boss. Shares, maybe there will be no EyeToy at all, at least it won't come out so soon..." Chen Qixia sighed from the side.

Xu Yeming nodded again with deep sympathy. The boss sometimes seems very magical, and often made arrangements that many people could not understand a long time ago, just like PS game consoles and electronic pets back then. It will take a long time to show the effect, and at this time, people have to admire the boss's foresight.The same should be true for EyeToy, which is valued by the boss. Maybe it will become a fashionable gadget in a while. At least Xu Yeming thought it was very interesting when he tried it just now. If such a product really comes out, he will definitely not hesitate. I bought one of them.

"Hmm..." At this time, Xu Yeming thought of a very important question, so he asked Chen Qixia: "Then is the technology of this EyeToy already mature?"

Xu Yeming asked this question because he had seen or heard of many amazing technologies before, but eventually disappeared in the long river of history due to various reasons. Those who engage in the game industry need new technologies, but they also need mature technologies, otherwise Perhaps it can only be a glimpse at some exhibitions.

Chen Qixia shook her head slightly with a smile, and said: "Minister Xu, don't worry, we have been researching EyeToy's related technologies for a long time. Although it has not yet reached the point of direct production, the technical reserves in all aspects are already in place. , it can be said that as long as the market needs it, we can produce the final product as quickly as possible.”

Xu Yeming nodded in satisfaction. Just now he had the idea of ​​arranging market research and then packaging EyeToy for the market. Now that he had Chen Qixia's guarantee, he continued to visit with confidence.

"...Here is a technology that is planned to be extended to large arcades. Memory cards can be used to save specific data in the game..."

"...these are some special accessories intended to be used on the DreamBox128 mainframe, which can improve the performance of the mainframe or increase the fun of the game..."

"...over there is a demonstration of a new control technology, kind of like a touchscreen, but better suited for gaming than the usual ones..."

Under the leadership of Chen Qixia, Xu Yeming and Wang Mengyao displayed one novel technology after another, which made them both surprised and learned some anecdotes, such as the weather they saw on Phoenix Satellite TV this month. Forecasting, the miraculous performance of the weather host standing in front of the map and marking all kinds of weather with his hands actually used the variant technology of EyeToy, which surprised the two of them.

Xu Yeming and Wang Mengyao were even more surprised by some technology demonstrations under development, such as the immature brain wave controller, although it can only be used to play cards, or it took a long time to move it on the electronic chessboard. chess pieces, but it can bring a very sci-fi feeling, as described in some sci-fi movies or novels, maybe one day players no longer need to play games with their hands, but just rely on their thoughts.

The most dazzling display in the audience is a special display technology from the German Institute of Materials Research, which uses something called a holographic film, which can actually present a 360-degree three-dimensional image in the air.When the picture appeared in the air for the first time, the two people who came to visit had a very shocking feeling, as if they had entered the future world. Although the picture looked a bit rough, Wang Mengyao still couldn't help reaching out to touch it. for a moment.

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After reading the last Bluetooth wireless data exchange module used between game consoles and portable handhelds, Xu Yeming's heart suddenly surged with pride. If he had only a little confidence in becoming No. 1 in the game industry before, now He already has [-] points of confidence. With so many novel technologies as a foundation, he is full of confidence in the company and his own future.

Reaching out to shake hands with Chen Qixia, Xu Yeming said with some gratitude: "Minister Chen, I hope to see more interesting things in the future!"

"Minister Xu, don't worry, that's what we do." Chen Qixia kept a smile on his face. He was also very satisfied with today's display, at least it seemed that the two visitors in front of him were impressed.Withdrawing her hand from Xu Yeming's side, Chen Qixia suddenly remembered something, turned around and smiled at Wang Mengyao, and asked, "Miss Wang, how is the boss doing recently, I haven't seen you for a while."

"The boss is very busy now, the boss's wife is about to give birth, and he is not in the mood to care about other things for the time being!" Wang Mengyao replied.

"Oh, I heard that the boss's wife's due date is next month." Hearing someone mentioning the boss, Xu Yeming came over very gossip and asked, "Miss Wang, is this true?"

"It should be. I heard it was the end of February or the beginning of March." Wang Mengyao continued to answer.

"Oh!" Xu Yeming and Chen Qixia each muttered in their hearts, and then began to think about their plans for the next few months...

(End of this chapter)