With such massive popularity, professionals from many industries jumped in to ride the wave, analyzing the video from every angle.
Among the countless related articles that sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain, the most popular was a post on Zhihu by an industry big shot named Chinese Special Effects Master, which sparked widespread discussion.
This big shot was clearly a professional in the field, and his analysis was highly convincing. He stated outright that domestic technology simply could not produce a video of this level.
Either Future Technology had reached a partnership with foreign special effects companies—at the very least, some that provided technical support for Hollywood blockbusters.
Or there was something unusual about the software tools used in the video. It was very likely that they had used an entirely new game engine.
Chinese Special Effects Pioneer's view was recognized by many people.
Of course, what they accepted was the idea that Future Technology had partnered with some major technology company in Hollywood.
The more familiar someone was with the industry, the more they knew it was impossible for Future Technology to have made such a video simply because its engine was ahead of the competition.
Not to mention anything else, under the current engine licensing market, domestic companies simply would not develop engines themselves. Every one they made would lose money.
Let alone developing an engine that surpassed every engine currently on the market. That was pure fantasy.
Even internet giants like BAT and ByteDance could not possibly burn money like that.
Reason told them that Future Technology was unlikely to possess a virtual engine far ahead of the market.
But quite a few people still had a seed of hope planted in their hearts. What if Future Technology really did have one?
And the mastermind behind