Zhou Jiangping carefully pondered the structure and functions of this brand new device. Although he felt that he understood Chen Mo's intentions, he was still a little confused.
From the hardware point of view, this device is basically between solution 1 and solution 3. It has many more functions than pure bluetooth glasses, but it is impossible to have too many high-end functions, at least to reach the level of large-scale PC games. difficult.
Zhou Jiangping said: "Well, there is nothing wrong with this design, but I still don't quite understand. What is the core difference between this plan and plan 1 and plan 2?"
Chen Mo smiled: "It lies in the positioning of this device. It has more functions than the Bluetooth glasses of Solution 1, but the difference from the portable VR helmet of Solution 2 is that its main attack direction is MR, not VR, that is to say It won't mix with current VR games."
"The core function of mr is not game entertainment, but convenience in real life."
Zhou Jiangping's eyes lit up.
Chen Mo continued: "The front of this device is equipped with a camera, which is used to capture the picture in front of the player's field of vision. Through this camera, real objects can be scanned for the player, and the value can be estimated online, and the length and distance can be measured. At the same time, this device It can also integrate most of the software functions of current mobile phones. It will not be an accessory of mobile phones, and it can replace many functions of mobile phones."
"Players can open web pages on the glasses, process text messages and emails, install smart software, open navigation, maps, and shop online, etc."
"Of course, you can also use it to listen to music and watch movies, but the image effect may not be as good, but it is definitely not bad."
"In some special scenarios, mixed reality will provide players with more convenience. For example, when watching a football game, players can see the data and scoreboard of the player currently in possession of the ball; The glasses are combined with special simulated firearms to create a gun battle with explosive audio-visual effects... Of course, this kind of function needs follow-up development, but they are completely achievable from a technical perspective.”
"At the same time, it can also integrate the function of a translator. When it hears other languages, it can translate it into a language you can understand, and translate it for you through the headset."
"If you want to go further, it can be equipped with a simple artificial intelligence system to help you arrange your schedule, write memos, automatically remind you, help you analyze certain problems, and even chat with you when you are bored."
"Of course, in terms of entertainment, it can carry a lot of mr games on it, and get a completely different fun from the current mobile games and vr games."
Zhou Jiangping kept nodding: "Yes, so the scenes in many sci-fi movies can actually become a reality? An artificial intelligence butler that everyone carries with them? Sounds very good! In this way, in fact, on the device The camera can also be equipped with live broadcast and video recording functions?"
Chen Mo pondered for a moment and said, "Well... Actually, I don't really recommend turning on the live broadcast and video recording functions."
Zhou Jiangping was stunned for a moment: "Why? This function is completely fine, isn't it a natural thing to do?"
Chen Mo said: "Because the live broadcast and recording functions have the risk of infringing on other people's privacy. Simply put, most people will feel very uncomfortable when they see strangers on the road holding up their mobile phones to record you? That's the reason. If given With the live broadcast and video recording functions enabled on the device, it is equivalent to giving everyone a mobile phone that can be used to secretly take pictures at any time, which will inevitably cause other people to resist this device."
"...it makes sense." Zhou Jiangping suddenly realized.
Chen Mo said: "This is just one of the problems. There are other problems, such as price, energy consumption, heat generation, etc. Only by solving these problems can this product be truly launched on the market. However, with the current From the technical level, it is a bit difficult, but it can be solved.”
Zhou Jiangping nodded: "Okay, then I will arrange people to develop it according to your plan, Mr. Chen. By the way, about the games on this thing..."
Chen Mo said, "Don't worry, I'll consider this."
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In fact, in Chen Mo's previous life, some companies also conducted research on wearable devices, such as Google Glass, which was once popular.
However, Google Glass actually failed. It was born in an era that did not belong to itself.
There are actually a lot of questions about Google Glass.
The price is too expensive, the battery life is too short, and it gets very hot during use.
Only one eye can see the screen, and the viewing area is too small. When viewing the screen in the upper right corner, the user seems to be rolling their eyes, which seriously affects the image.
There are too few related applications, and software development is difficult.
Many people feel that this thing invades their privacy, and people who wear it in public will even be called "classhole" (glasses bastard).
There is also a very critical issue, which is worrying about interactivity.
Google Glass uses voice, touch, and somatosensory interactions. That is to say, if you want to give instructions to the glasses, you need to speak or make gestures yourself, but this function is also fully available on mobile phones. Google Glass does not have intelligent image recognition, nor does it have mind reading, so this thing will not be particularly convenient to use, and it cannot be effectively distinguished from the functions of mobile phones.
In other words, it is very expensive, but there is nothing that can be better than mobile phones in all aspects, and it is not even so outstanding.
Therefore, if the technical level is not reached, Chen Mo will never choose to make similar glasses, because it is doomed to fail.
But now, with the advent of tiny mind-reading devices, similar wearable devices are possible.
For the smart glasses that Chen Mo wants to make, the entire mirror surface is a display screen, and the information will be directly mixed with the real scene and displayed in the player's entire field of vision instead of just intercepting a part of the screen; interactivity can directly read the player's consciousness, and the use of the glasses It will become very fast, and this is absolutely impossible for mobile phones, because the consciousness reading device must be close to the human brain.
Moreover, after the artificial intelligence system is equipped on the glasses, it can also intelligently recognize the current environment of the player. When the player is in an environment with chaotic road conditions, the artificial intelligence in the glasses will automatically lock certain functions to prevent the player from Danger occurs because vision and hearing are affected.
The problem of too few applications, as long as this device can be popularized, a large number of IT companies will inevitably develop applications for glasses.
At the same time, turning off the camera function of the glasses can well protect the privacy of other people, so that other people will not have resistance to this device.
As for the price issue, battery life issue, heating issue... The technology in the parallel world is more advanced, so these issues also have corresponding solutions. Chen Mo also has some hardware knowledge. According to his estimation, the price of this smart glasses should be between 3,000 and 8,000 (there are different models and configurations), and the battery life is between 6 and 12 hours (the whole process consumes a lot of energy). It can last for 6 hours in battery application and 12 hours in normal use).
In addition, the glasses have a folding scheme when not in use, and can be put in the bag to carry with you.
In other words, the problems that plagued Google Glass in the previous life can actually be solved with the technical level of the parallel world.