Virtual Reality

The meeting on the second day proceeded as scheduled.

As the name suggests, the expanded meeting is an extension of the regular meeting. Participants include not only high-ranking officials from the central government departments of the New Government, but also Administrative Officer the various Residential Spaceship, outstanding representatives from all walks of life, and leading figures.

Actually, this expanded meeting should be called a special expanded meeting, because in addition to the participants of the usual expanded meetings, there are also representatives elected by the people of each Residential Spaceship according to their own wishes. Similarly, each residential spaceship is a unit, with representatives of the people on each Residential Spaceship being elected by the civilians of the Residential Spaceship themselves.

In order to allow ordinary people to elect their representatives as quickly as possible, the New Government also provided them with a communication platform to exchange ideas in the shortest possible time. However, even so, some Residential Spaceship still had not yet decided on their representatives when the meeting arrived.

This is not a problem of the efficiency of Strong Artificial Intelligence, but a problem of ordinary people themselves. Currently, the maximum population that a human can live on Residential Spaceship is one million people, but for the sake of living comfort, a spaceship generally only has about 500,000 people.

Humanity currently has approximately 100,000 Residential Spaceship, but they are not fully occupied due to the low birth rate caused by the Life Elixir; most are idle. The total human population is currently around 10 billion, which can be accommodated by 20,000 Residential Spaceship.

With 20,000 spaceships and 20,000 ordinary people as representatives, the venue for the expanded meeting certainly wasn't that big, so these people basically participated in Virtual Reality.

While humanity has not yet achieved true Holographic Technology, Virtual Reality technology is quite remarkable. It is entirely possible to create a virtual venue, much like a game, and allow attendees to participate in the event via Virtual Cabin.

The success of this technology is also mainly due to the progress of Nanotechnology. Humans had already accumulated technology in the field of Virtual Reality, and the 'Human Microcurrent Induction Technology' used to operate Tactical Armor at that time was also used in the civilian field in virtual pods, becoming the gateway for people to explore the virtual game world.

Yes, the game world.

In a society where the pressure of survival has been greatly reduced, many forms of entertainment have emerged, and video games are one of them. Especially in recent years, a wide variety of game types have sprung up, including space-themed, Wuxia, and fantasy games.

People access the game through Virtual Cabin.

The virtual pod, manufactured with Level 3 Civilization technology, has achieved a holographic gaming experience similar to that described in Earth Era game novels. It can even realistically allow 'players' to experience pain in the game. This is based on the 'Human Microcurrent Induction Technology' used to operate Tactical Armor. It can be achieved simply by modifying some microcurrent feedback parameters, which is not difficult for humans who have reached the Level 3 Civilization level.

Of course, the New Government does not support games like virtual games and Metaverse, but it has not stopped the emergence of these derivative technologies either.

After all, the technology itself is not wrong; the problem lies in how it is used. The New Government certainly doesn't want ordinary people to become addicted to the virtual world, but this is something that cannot be completely stopped unless a strong executive order is issued to ban game development.

After all, developing games is not difficult for people nowadays. As long as they complete fifty years of compulsory education and learn some relevant professional knowledge, they can develop a game on their own.

Many Wuxia and fantasy games that have emerged in society today are the result of collaboration among enthusiasts. They don't even need Strong Artificial Intelligence to provide computing power and algorithmic support; they can easily obtain so-called game servers simply by using their rights as human citizens. The knowledge they acquire allows them to write Artificial Intelligence to serve the games.

The operating programs for the various NPCs in the game were written in this way.

During the period between the return of the human fleet and the creation of Little Grey, the human world generally stabilized, and people gradually awoke during this time. Decades of time allowed people to find new forms of entertainment, and many people who were bored but had a certain amount of knowledge began to develop games based on their own interests during this period.

Virtual Reality game operation emerged in light of the technological environment at the time.

The concepts of virtual world and Second World were also proposed at that time. Admittedly, the dangers of this technology are obvious, but it also has a good side. For example, through this technology, the New Government can use it to provide soldiers with immersive combat simulations.

Therefore, after Virtual Reality technology matured, it was absorbed by the New Government, and many talents in this field were thus given official recognition.

Now, this technology is also being used in large conferences.

The conference was held in a virtual world. Compared to the limitations of the real world, the virtual venue was much more spacious, and the venue could be changed at will depending on the number of attendees.

After entering the virtual venue from the Virtual Cabin, you can see as if you are actually there. The venue is a building that looks like a football stadium stands, with distinct levels. In the middle is the speaker's stage, and around it are seats for the attendees.

If participants want to express their views or represent the demands of an interest group, they must come to the central podium one by one in the order of speaking, and then the meeting minutes will be recorded. Afterwards, the participants will discuss each suggestion and each topic.

In the end, a result was obtained that satisfied most people.

Clearly, a special expanded meeting of this scale could not be completed in a single day.

Based on the demands submitted by representatives of various interest groups to the meeting, the meeting coordinator divided the meeting process.

As can be seen from the schedule, this meeting will take a total of fifteen days. The main topic of discussion is naturally the opening of the Life Elixir, but it is not limited to this topic; there are also many other issues arising from this topic.

For example, what are the implications of the virtual world for humanity's future development, and how can we take preventative measures? How can we address the imbalance between the efforts and rewards of scientific researchers and ordinary citizens? Should ordinary people who do nothing enjoy the computing power of Strong Artificial Intelligence? Because with the emergence of Strong Artificial Intelligence, ordinary people could reap rewards without any effort, so how can we improve their work motivation, and what kind of work should they do?

How should the New Government define those who simply coast along and enjoy life, or those who contribute to human development? What constitutes fairness—relative fairness? Absolute fairness?

Should researchers, scientists, and other groups continue to enjoy treatment higher than that of ordinary people? Where should this treatment be reflected? What kind of treatment should soldiers, civilians, and government officials enjoy? All these are questions arising from the current issue of fully opening up Life Elixir, and they must be resolved, whether through legislation or other means. If these issues are not resolved, Human Civilization cannot develop healthily.