After being stuck in a traffic jam for an hour, Hao Yun finally arrived at the Brain-Computer Interface Research Institute in the High-tech Park in the south of the city before the rush hour.
To be honest, he really didn't understand the connection between augmented reality and brain-computer interface technology.
No matter how you think about it, the former should belong to the category of display technology, while the latter obviously has nothing to do with display technology.
And speaking of augmented reality technology…
It doesn't seem to be anything particularly new.
At least not in this world.
According to what Hao Yun learned, this technology had been used in the military field as early as fifty years ago, and related applications in the civilian field have also developed rapidly after the first year of the New Year.
Hao Yun didn't know what breakthrough Wu Fan was talking about.
In any case, his tone didn't sound like he was joking with himself.
With this idea in mind, Hao Yun followed Wu Fan's footsteps and came to a laboratory deep in the research institute.
The layout inside the laboratory is very simple. There is a half-person-high screen in the center of the spacious room. On the table in front of the screen are two glasses that look like sunglasses.
"... Strictly speaking, what we have completed is not reality augmentation technology, but we have made certain improvements based on reality augmentation technology."
"Improve?"
"That's right."
Walking to the screen, Wu Fan picked up two glasses from the table and handed one to Hao Yun.
"Remember what I told you before? In research on brain-computer interfaces, the main problem we face is how to accurately identify brain wave signals and translate them into computer language that machines can understand."
Hao Yun nodded, looked at the glasses in his hand with a strange expression and said.
"It seems that I have said it before... But, what does this have to do with AR technology?"
"This means that we have made breakthrough progress recently!" Wu Fan showed a smile on his face and continued in an excited tone, "After a year of hard work, brainwave signal collection and modulation and demodulation technology have been Our researchers got it done!”
Before Hao Yun could ask what that thing was, Wu Fan took the initiative to introduce it to him.
The so-called collection and modulation of brain wave signals is to collect the signals emitted by the human brain and modulate them into computer language after processing.
As for why this technology is applied to AR devices, it has to start with the technical route selection of Yunmeng Technology when researching brain-computer interface technology.
For commercialization and safety considerations, Yunmeng Technology Research Institute mainly focuses on the research of "non-invasive" brain-computer interfaces.
To put it simply, it is an external brain patch, not an intracerebral intubation.
The advantages of this technical route are mainly user experience and security, but the existing problems are also obvious.
The first one is signal collection.
Compared with collecting signals directly from the cerebral cortex, indirect observation of brain activity through changes in brain waves is obviously inferior to invasive brain interfaces in terms of signal strength and accuracy. few.
Therefore, for brain-computer interface research institutes, how to accurately identify and process brain wave signals has become a key problem.
But now, this technical problem has been solved.
The Brain Computer Interface Research Institute has not only successfully solved the problem of collecting and modulating brain waves, but also beautifully applied it to AR technology, enabling the operation of "AR" devices through thoughts.
Compared with the original AR devices that required gestures and body movements to complete human-computer interaction, this advanced operation method not only looks less stupid, but is also much safer and more convenient.
Under the guidance of Wu Fan, Hao Yun, who put on AR glasses, quickly mastered the use of this device. Through the scene switching function, he instantly turned the laboratory in front of him into a castle, and then turned the castle into a A golden rice field.
Most of these materials came from the "Warcraft" crew next door, but it was precisely because of this that Hao Yun's emotions of shock and joy became even stronger.
If you use this device to play games, wouldn't it be much more powerful than computers and mobile phones
Especially now that there is no need to use gestures to operate the device, things like bumping into the wall because you are too involved, or being looked at by others with strange eyes have become a thing of the past.
Seeing the happy expression on Hao Yun's face, Wu Fan, who didn't know what the boss was thinking, continued with a smile on his face.
"The next focus of our research is to find ways to interfere with brain activities through electrical signals! Now we can only collect a single signal, and we still need to use monitors and speakers to feed the picture back to the user. In the next stage, we will Try to abandon these two devices completely and transmit images and sounds directly into the user’s mind!”
"Our current idea is to use deep sleep states to achieve effects similar to virtual reality in the form of dreams. Although some progress has been made in animals, this involves another problem, that is, we cannot ensure that users can It goes to sleep immediately after starting up."
"Imagine, if you have to fall asleep every time you connect to a virtual reality device, I'm afraid we will have to spend more than ten minutes or even half an hour to turn it on."
"Not to mention falling asleep with a burden is not an easy task."
Wu Fan, who was standing aside, became more and more excited as he talked and kept gesticulating with his hands. However, Hao Yun's attention was not at all on what he was talking about, but was completely attracted by the picture he saw in his pupils.
This thing is simply a fortress, isn’t it
Whether it is used for playing games or for daily use, I believe that as long as the price is right, most consumers will not reject such an electronic product that can be easily controlled with thoughts.
Interrupting Wu Fan's eloquence, Hao Yun said immediately.
"How much does it cost to produce one piece of this thing? Is it expensive?"
Faced with this sudden question, Wu Fan was stunned for a moment, thought about it for a while and then said with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Well, I haven't understood this before."
"But boss, if you want to put this thing on the shelves, I still have to remind you that our patent reserves in AR technology are close to zero... Including the glasses in your hand, they are actually made of rice. An improved version of AR glasses.”
"And because processing brainwave signals requires a lot of computing power, we have to equip these glasses with a Bluetooth-connected host. Just like the glasses in your hand, although they seem to be very convenient to use, when you walk out of this room The house will be unusable.”
Taking off the AR eyes and holding them in his hands, Hao Yun frowned and said.
"Leave aside the patent issue, as long as there is a market, there should be a way to solve this... As for the glasses you said need to be matched with a host, it is indeed a problem, but can't it be solved through cloud technology?"
Wu Fan scratched the back of his head and said.
"Are you planning to provide cloud computing services to users? In theory, it is possible, but... I'm afraid the cost is not small."
"As long as it's technically possible, I think it's worth giving it a try," Hao Yun returned the glasses to Wu Fan, looked at him and smiled, and continued, "I'll just take care of this." Yes, I will consult professionals for advice, you only need to be responsible for optimizing this device as I said!"