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In Fang Xi's expectation, it is best for the clothes of the VR suit to have feedback other than vibration feedback.

The most traditional in the game set is vibration feedback, and the technical game of vibration feedback is one of the earliest application areas:

As early as 1997, Lao Ren sold something called a handle vibration bag, because at that time their home machine N64 had been on sale for nearly a year, but because of the application of new technologies, Lao Ren could be called a non-stop. This external device was sold, and although this shock pack was a bit bloated, it was widely acclaimed once it was released that year.

Because this thing can improve the feel of a game through the touch, and the improvement is very obvious, so although this vibration bag is not particularly convenient to use, it was a cross-age invention at that time. The handles of later home consoles are basically all This technique is applied. Until now, the latest gamepads on the market can not only vibrate, but also emit light and sound, and there are more and more functions that can be done.

Going back to Hongyi, the vibration technology is undoubtedly the best and simple one, but it is not enough for current VR equipment.

For example, for the sensor suit currently worn by Fang Xi, if vibration feedback is used, the advantage is that this will greatly save costs, but the disadvantage is that the vibration feedback is often larger and vague, and not as accurate as other feelings.

For example, if your character is hit by a bullet in the front of the game, there should be a small area no more than three centimeters in radius to give you feedback on the sensor suit, but according to current technology, the player feels Most of the feedback I received would feel that I was hit by a 120mm mortar head-on.

Therefore, although vibration feedback is cheap, it is not accurate enough to be the biggest problem. At present, the VR studio is secretly guided by babble. They are trying to make the possibility of using electrodes to replace vibrators, and use weak current stimulation to replace imprecise vibrations. Feedback. But in general, it will take some time to actually apply.

According to the news sent by Xiao Yi to Fang Xi, the current test version of the electrode sensing suit is "like a dynamite bag" when worn, and the test version temporarily uses small lithium batteries connected in series, which is expensive and costly. The safety performance that has not been verified is a problem. I also specifically said to Fang Xi about this babble:

[They tried putting that dress on a monkey, and it turned out, hahahaha]

"?" It may have been babbling for too long. Now that I put it in the real world, I really like Fangxi's appetite.

[Then the monkey fell in love with the feeling of being electrocuted, and was developed the M-shaking attribute. Do you want to try? 】

Fang Xi edited two short messages, then directly deleted them, and decided to ignore them. By the way, I thought about branching this product in my mind, for example, fun...

A minute later, Fang Xi threw this idea out of his mind, leaving it to be developed by someone who is predestined. I am very eager for the name of the father of video games, but I am very insensitive to the name "Father of M-Props".

For this reason, the props Fang Xi chose to experience this time also used the original vibration feedback sensing suit. The most important thing is to see how the core VR glasses are doing now.

Regarding VR glasses, Fang Xi had a basic misunderstanding before this: VR glasses are not just a mobile phone in a special frame. Real VR glasses are undoubtedly very close to human eyes like glasses. .

Physiologically, the principle of seeing things with the human eye is the same as the principle of small hole imaging, so there is a maximum viewing distance and a minimum viewing distance. The maximum viewing distance is omitted, and the minimum viewing distance is about 10cm, which means that an object is in Within 10cm of the human eye, the retina cannot be imaged, so the most basic, such as in many spy movies and animations of pupils of death, it is theoretically difficult to transform the glasses worn into a display because it violates the human eye. The basic imaging principle.

So this is the difficulty of VR glasses. If you do something like inserting a mobile phone into the frame, you must extend a distance of 10cm, but this distance will make the human eye feel very tired, and the redundant distance between the display and the human eye is also It will make people lose immersion.

So in the end, the VR department finally developed a special imaging technology under Fang Xi’s suggestion and the guidance of the little death. This technology similar to 3D imaging will disassemble the picture seen in the normal visual distance of the human eye. Solution and reorganization.

Therefore, the picture on this VR glasses will show a blurry feeling similar to that of watching a 3D movie without 3D glasses when it is 10cm away from the human eye, but if the lens is zoomed in to within 10cm of the human eye, the picture will become very clear. .

Sight distance, this is the first difficulty the VR department overcomes, and it is also the main content of Fang Xi's inspection.

According to the person in charge, Fang Xi fixed the glasses on his skull, and put forward his own opinions:

"Well... if the weight can be lighter, it would be nice, and then I think the sponge in the middle can be changed to a better one, it's better for people to forget about wearing glasses this time... holyshit!"

What Fang Xi sees is a lively underwater world, and the horizon in his eyes is like seeing with his own eyes. There is no eye-catching black border around his vision to remind you that this is the eye-catching black edge of the screen, and the most Importantly, this resolution is sufficient, exactly as seen by the human eye.

Fang Xi tried to stand up and walked for two steps, and then found that his gaze shifted upward a little. As his head moved, the world was unfolded in front of him in 360 degrees.

Because it was still in the testing stage, Fang Xi didn't expect any VR games to play for him, and asked his most concerned questions:

"How much does this glasses cost now?"

"This is a prototype, and the cost is about 120,000, but if it is to be mass-produced, the cost can be controlled at about 80,000."

Fang Xi groaned for a moment, and then moved his neck that was so heavy by the glasses. I have to say that as the first prototype, this is still a bit too heavy. After weighing the weight, it is almost the weight of a notebook. So this The glasses are actually similar to a helmet to avoid weight imbalance, but even so, it still makes Fang Xi's neck a little uncomfortable after wearing it for less than ten minutes.

"What about this weight? Can you reduce it a bit more?"

The head of the smiling VR studio:

"Of course, this is what we mainly do now. In fact, the original prototype helmet was close to 20kg. We made an auxiliary bracket to ensure that the wearer would not crush his neck. Now it has been reduced a lot. Up."

"Then Mr. Fang, how much weight do you want to control the glasses?"

Fang Xi looked around and shrugged:

"Of course it is to do your best in theory, but I guess a weight that makes people comfortable should be... about 100g?"