Number One Game Designer

Of course the little Jiujiu Fangxi in Ti Long's heart knew clearly.

Voice interaction is a feature that many large 3A games want to add.

The video game itself is divided into two parts: the output terminal and the input terminal. The output terminal has basically reached a bottleneck. Although the display is updated every year, it is actually a visual stimulus in the final analysis, plus an auditory aspect. stimulate. In terms of more important tactile feedback, there is only one vibration feedback and the electrode tactile feedback that Hongyi is still developing.

The input terminal is similar. Both the keyboard and the handle use actions to input instructions, which are converted into results on the display. All in this situation, if the game can interact with the microphone, it is a huge improvement, and the most important thing is of course that a microphone is not expensive. For example, a few years ago, the famous Japanese action game company I (Illusion) developed a game that can use a camera to collect player actions, and then the game gives feedback based on the player's actions, but the effect is not satisfactory.

At that time, on the one hand, it was because the camera of the I company was still very rudimentary in the collection of actions, on the other hand, very few people would buy a camera specifically for this game. But the microphone is different. Many people have a microphone in their computers, and the microphone is not expensive, basically it can be done for a dozen dollars. In general, the next step in the input terminal upgrade, the voice interaction seems to be the most useful for the time being. hopefully.

But in fact, Fang Xi feels that there is no need at all. The strong voice interaction function is stronger, but in reality? What kind of game Fang Xi in "GTA" can't be clearer. The main behaviors of players in the game are driving, shooting, and fighting. There may be a street girl and flying a plane. None of them can rely solely on voice. The function is fully implemented.

On the contrary, I am still developing VR, the virtual reality system needs the professor's upgrade too much! Virtual reality is to reshape a virtual world, using machines to simulate the five senses. Of course, the voice aspect is the top priority. If the professor joins the voice communication algorithm, plus the golden finger of the death server, Fang Xi I saw my bright future!

Last time, when Fang Xi's attribute was a dead house, he always dreamed of resigning if he was unhappy, and then traveled as he pleased.

As a result, this time and space is the boss himself, and I won’t be able to resign, but there are a lot of business trips.

A direct flight from Haifang City to Chicago would cross the Pacific over the Pacific. After a 14-hour flight, Fang Xi only had two words: sour and cool.

When he was in school, Fang Xi always thought that flying by plane was a kind of enjoyment, but after enjoying a 14-hour cross-country flight last time, he finally realized that all those who set aside time to talk about comfort are hooligans. Thirty minutes of train travel can be very comfortable, and more than twelve hours of air travel can be very exhausting.

All this time, Xiao Lan also booked business class in a slippery way, slept, and after reading some boring information, Fang Xi once again went to the city he had been to twice.

Fang Xi’s designated Dillon was picked up by Fang Xi. Fang Xi didn’t want to let too many people know about the fact that he came to Los Angeles, because this professor was not the only choice for Fang Xi. He just announced on Twitter that he would not. Participate in any American company, but besides the Americas, Japan, South Korea, EU, etc., there are many choices.

Moreover, voice interaction is not an unpopular technology. The application range is very wide. In fact, the more vertical field should be the mobile phone. I believe that Samsung in South Korea will definitely not mind giving this professor a generous salary.

In the hotel, Fang Xi refreshed briefly, and then looked at the confused Dillon for a direct showdown. Dillon is still not sure why Fang Xi came to Chicago directly after talking.

"Di Long." Fang Xi patted Di Long on the shoulder and said: "I understand that you want to rely on "GTA" to be a blockbuster, but to be honest, I hope this professor can work for the head office, which is now developing a new technology. This professor is one of the most critical figures for this project."

"Are you more important than the boss?" Ti Lung is still a bit unwilling to give up. It is easy to get a good way, and it is hard to find a master. This is almost the case. There are really few engineers.

"It's more critical than me." Fang Xi nodded without any psychological obstacles. Anyway, to himself, VR himself is just a concept architect, his own work has already been completed in fact, just a theory proponent. More depends on the next practice. In this respect, I can't get involved. It is a joke to say that this professor is much more critical than myself. I now have only a funding role for the VR department.

Hearing Fang Xi's words, Dillon looked sad. For the three brothers, the pressure is quite large now, because it is the project that Hongyi has predicted. Basically, success is inevitable. If this game fails, I can't imagine what kind of rhetoric.

All the active Ti Lung has moved his mind to this new technology: if "GTA" is not ideal in the end, then at least it can be washed with the application of new technology, saying that "GTA" is a practice of some new technology in the game. At least it won't be too miserable to gain emotional points from such things as Xingzhe.

But now it seems that this road is not working...

Of course Fang Xi is too lazy to guess what Ti Lung is thinking. What he is the boss is to ask others to guess his own thoughts. Otherwise, who is the boss on both sides?

"Tell me about this professor in detail."

Ti Lung cleared up his mood, the boss had already spoken, so obviously there was no chance on his side, so don't think about it.

Later, as Di Long talked about it, Fang Xi also learned more information.

Dan Pawar, a former tenured professor at the University of Chicago, was brutally expelled about four days ago because of a series of moth incidents.

According to Dillon’s information and mutual verification with acquaintances from the University of Chicago, Professor Dan is a standard workaholic, and he has a "Prometheus Project" in charge. This project is an open source voice AI project. Dan is One of the three main technical leaders. This project was jointly promoted by dozens of universities in North America, with a funding of nearly 10 million U.S. dollars. However, as Dan was expelled, he also automatically withdrew from the Prometheus plan. The professors and schools related to the plan are all running for Dan with a positive attitude, but on the other hand, the minority activities of the University of Chicago are also very active.

All according to what Dillon has heard, the attitude of the University of Chicago is very firm, and Dan is a standard man devoted to work, very sensitive to this kind of politically correct discrimination, and there is no possibility of reconciliation between the two sides.

Fang Xi's eyes lit up:

Workaholic? I like! Fang Xi loves this "entry" to death!