Ecosystem

What was the hottest thing in the age of self-media? In technology and entertainment, it was basically headline news.

There was no need to say much about entertainment. From ancient times to the present, people had always cared deeply about celebrities' gossip; it was part of everyday leisure. Technology-related news, meanwhile, had only become popular over the past century.

After all, the Chinese people had suffered enough from a lack of technology. So whenever some new technology was revealed, it could always draw a great deal of attention.

Virtual Reality Helmets were exactly that kind of technology. For most students and adults, the games they played every day were displayed flatly through monitors. But this had an obvious flaw: the sense of immersion was far too poor. That was why Virtual Reality Technology had emerged in recent years.

However, Virtual Reality Technology still had many shortcomings, including an intense grainy feel, severe network latency, insufficient resources, and more.

But all of that had been completely remedied by Chen Feng's entry-level Virtual Reality Helmet. Of course, there was still one issue his Virtual Reality Helmet had not fully resolved: the ecosystem. There were plenty of VR resources online, but most were shoddy productions that could not be considered quality content at all.

Building a complete ecosystem from the ground up would be a long and arduous task. Yet for Chen Feng, it was still quite simple. He had an Elementary Artificial Intelligence. Its upgrade speed lately had been so fast that it somewhat exceeded Chen Feng's expectations. Both games had been written by the Elementary Artificial Intelligence.

According to Singer, in just a few months, it would be able to learn seventy or eighty percent of all knowledge on the internet. But truly advancing to the next level would still be difficult. It seemed Singer needed to reconstruct its own neural network.

That was no simple task. At best, it would take several months; at worst, several years or even more than a decade.

Of course, that was only Chen Feng's guess. In his view, Singer would probably advance to the next stage before long. Perhaps it could even become a super artificial intelligence like Jarvis.

With the help of artificial intelligence, the Virtual Reality Helmet's ecosystem would soon be established, completely making up for its final shortcoming. Therefore, it would be hard for this product not to become popular.

Chen Feng named this Virtual Reality Helmet Explorer One. He chose the name Explorer because he felt it best suited the current position of Virtual Reality Technology.

This was a new technology that needed exploration before it could be perfected. Now, major companies had set their sights on Chen Feng's Explorer One. To them, it was unexpected that an obscure little company would release such a heavyweight product.

Cao Deming's exhibition had ended. Afterward, he was given greater importance by Goose Factory because he had many private connections with Chen Feng. But that morning, he received a call from a manager in one of his company's divisions.

"Cao Deming, I heard you know this Chen Feng?"

Chen Feng? After hearing that, Cao Deming answered.

"Yes, I know Chen Feng. We're in a cooperative relationship. The figurine models for that previous exhibition were purchased from him."

"Good. Open a livestreaming platform now—any platform will do. Then switch to the latest technology section and find the Corona Technology Company Press Conference. See whether that person is Chen Feng."

Cao Deming found it strange, but he did as instructed. The moment he opened the livestream room, he saw Chen Feng.

"That's right, it's him. He's the Chen Feng I cooperated with."

Upon hearing that, the person on the other end of the line breathed a sigh of relief, then gave him an order.

"No matter what, find Chen Feng and discuss things with him. Tell him Goose Factory wants to enter into deep Cooperation with him. I'll send someone to contact you. You'll only be responsible for making the introduction; the specific negotiations will be handled by someone else."

"Alright, no problem."

After hanging up, Cao Deming was immediately astonished. He had repeatedly overestimated Chen Feng, but he had never expected Chen Feng to attract the attention of upper management.

They were sending someone specifically to contact Chen Feng and pursue deep Cooperation with him. What exactly was going on? He began watching the livestream, and before long, he was utterly shocked.

As a member of Goose Factory, he understood the movements of the Digital World and knew what kind of market scale Virtual Reality Technology would have once it matured.

Especially a Virtual Reality Technology with such semi-mature potential—once launched, it would surely be beloved by gamers around the world.

It could even give rise to numerous sectors of the gaming industry. The birth of computers had spawned PC games, while the birth of mobile phones had brought countless mobile games. Once this Virtual Reality Helmet appeared, it would absolutely lead the next direction of game development.

As a major gaming company, Goose Factory would never miss this opportunity. If they sent someone to speak with Chen Feng, Cao Deming could also imagine what benefits he himself might receive.

Cao Deming thought that he absolutely could not miss this opportunity. He had to keep a firm grip on Chen Feng.

Besides Goose Factory, Pig Factory and other major companies—even large corporations such as Ali Mama—were watching this Press Conference. They had already sent people to Ning City. The small city of Ning City was now a gathering storm.

The Press Conference had reached its most crucial stage. Chen Feng, as the Chief Technology Officer, had been onstage for quite some time. Finally, they announced the product's price.

"Explorer One Virtual Reality Helmet: priced at 8,999. The built-in games will be free for three months. Corona Technology Company also welcomes relevant development companies, individuals, and groups from the industry to jointly build the ecosystem."

The price of 8,999 left everyone watching the livestream speechless, and all kinds of comments erupted.

"8,999 is so expensive! Why not just rob us? It's much more expensive than every other Virtual Reality Device."

"8,999 actually isn't that expensive. Look at those other Virtual Reality Helmets. For a better one, aside from a 7,000-yuan helmet, you also need a computer with at least dual Titan cards running in SLI."

"8,999. What a steal."

Besides the price, the proposal to build an ecosystem drew the most attention. After all, the two major mobile phone camps each had their own ecosystem. The reason domestic mobile phones had failed to adopt domestic operating systems was because the ecosystem could not keep up. Otherwise, anyone could do the research.