game trailblazer

Chapter 202 Satellite Video Phone
After Wang Mengyao left, Zhang Lexing continued to write and draw on the few pages in front of him, perfecting the "King of Adventure" in his mind. Suddenly, there was a "uh-oh" sound from the computer speaker, and he hurriedly held the mouse and shook it. After shaking, the computer screen slowly lit up.After the entire computer desktop appeared, Zhang Lexing skillfully pressed the ICQ hotkey to bring up the message window. Looking carefully, it turned out that it was Yang Xinxin who sent a message "Brother, are you there?" followed by A smiley symbol "^_^".

Zhang Lexing moved the mouse, clicked the reply button, typed "Sister Xin, I'm here, what's the matter?", and sent it back.

So the two chatted back and forth like this, and Zhang Lexing found out that Yang Xinxin had developed a software for video communication using satellites, and she planned to try it out with Zhang Lexing.Zhang Lexing touched his chin for a while, and finally remembered that he had installed some kind of satellite receiving equipment some time ago, and it was in his office.So according to Yang Xinxin's instructions, I tossed and tossed for a while, and finally connected the satellite terminal to the computer through the parallel port, and then received a file of about 1.2M bytes sent by Yang Xinxin through ICQ.This file is not too big, if it is on the 2M broadband that is common in later generations, it will only take a few seconds, but at this time, it will take about 10 minutes to collect it on the so-called information highway that is close to the narrow path. Fortunately, it is still very fast to install.

After the software was installed, an icon that looked like a satellite dish immediately appeared on the desktop. Zhang Lexing moved the mouse and clicked to start the software, and then entered the account number and password provided by Yang Xinxin to start logging in.After waiting for a while, the software interface finally popped up, and Zhang Lexing also saw Yang Xinxin's video.Zhang Lexing's first impression of this software was very similar to some online video conferencing software he had seen, with very similar and concise pages, but the software in front of him seemed to be used by only two people.

When he actually used it, Zhang Lexing immediately discovered the problem again. The delay of this software is too long, it seems to be as long as 2 seconds.In Zhang Lexing's impression, the channel of satellite communication should be quite wide, and the clarity of the video picture in front of him is also very average, and it is only on Yang Xinxin's side, so there is such a big delay. If there are more people, That's worth it.

After Zhang Lexing sent this question by text, Yang Xinxin's explanation was sent over. It turned out that this software was developed by the ICQ project team. It was originally intended to be used on ICQ, but considering the current network situation, it is temporarily pressed down.After Yang Xinxin learned about it, just in time for her company's satellite communication to be established, she dug up the video transmission software, modified it, and turned it into a satellite-specific video communication software. It is still in the testing period and has not been optimized, so this excessive delay occurs.According to Yang Xinxin's researchers, if it can be optimized, the delay can theoretically be compressed to 400 milliseconds, which is also the limit of satellite communication.Although the video function is still a bit impractical, Zhang Lexing also discovered a major benefit of satellite communication, at least the speed of file transfer is two hundred times faster than the current Internet.

"Sister Xin, since the speed of satellite communication can be so fast, I think it can be used to establish a distributed internal patent and invention retrieval system, so that any new achievements of research institutes in various places will not be wasted." Zhang Lexing sent his thoughts over.

Unexpectedly, Yang Xinxin replied right away: "I have considered this matter a long time ago. Now this system is under development, and there may be a chance to use it this year."

Zhang Lexing shook his head, it seems that the hero really sees the same thing, unexpectedly Yang Xinxin has already walked ahead.After chatting for a while, Yang Xinxin had something to do, and the first "video chat" between the two had to come to an end.After minimizing ICQ, Zhang Lexing recalled the retrieval system for patents and inventions. In fact, he proposed this idea not to make any new breakthroughs in the operating system. Anyway, the system has been established, and there is no need for him to constantly search for it. Immediately followed behind and urged.The reason why Zhang Lexing proposed this retrieval system for patents and inventions was just to see what the latest technology can be applied to game development. Now, if you want to know this situation, you must find someone to keep an eye on it. But if you have this With a search system, you may be able to discover useful technologies in advance, so that you have the opportunity to lead the trend of the world's game development technology.

When it comes to the retrieval of patents and inventions, Zhang Lexing couldn’t help thinking about the preservation of game creative materials. Now they are usually recorded in files and then stored in the data room. It will continue to develop overseas. It is impossible for the game development companies and studios under the banner to be together, so the sharing of creative materials for this game will be relatively troublesome.Since the patents and inventions can be searched, is it possible to consider setting up a similar internal creative draft retrieval system, so that any new ideas in the future, no matter whether they can be realized immediately, can be input into the computer system, and then the games in various places Both development companies and studios can retrieve the ideas they need in this system, and can realize the paid transfer of creative drafts through the internal trading system, so that anyone in the company can contribute their own ideas, even with conditions At the same time, you can further expand the scope of accepting creative drafts, so that the companies under you will no longer have to worry about encountering a day of lack of entrepreneurship. Once Zhang Lexing has any good game ideas, you can also publish them. Maybe your own ideas can be better implemented.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lexing logged into his work mailbox, wrote these thoughts into the email, and then sent a copy of the past to Hong Mingjie, the general manager of Dongfang Electronic Entertainment Co., Ltd. Xu Yeming, the director of the Electronic Entertainment Division, each sent a copy, asking them to push this matter forward.Zhang Lexing's goal is not just a creative draft retrieval system. He hopes to digitize the entire game development process. Not only can he find and trade ideas in the system, but he can also apply for development projects through this system and manage the entire development process. , and even development funds can be incorporated into this system.Once this system can be truly realized, the future game development management will be like completing tasks in the game, just a few clicks of the mouse can be completed, not only can greatly improve work efficiency, but also allow managers to grasp in a timely manner With the development progress of the game, Zhang Lexing even suspected that the development cost of the game might be reduced.That must be good advice, at least in his opinion.

In the following time, Zhang Lexing continued to focus on perfecting the concept of "Adventure King", and occasionally dealt with some documents sent by his assistant. Of course, he did not forget to invite Chen Zishan to have dinner and walk around the street after get off work. It's just that the bodyguards have never dared to take less, and even Tang Jingyi has been upgraded from a temporary helper to a long-term bodyguard.

Time passed bit by bit like this, and two days passed in a blink of an eye, and the 18-person development team from the creative workshop also came to Hong Kong from BJ as scheduled...

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