111: New generation VR cabin, new system added

Hua Xia Creation, as a de facto monopolistic VR pod company, has its headquarters in the core area of the capital city, where a massive building resembling a VR pod can be seen from afar, dreamlike and illusory.

Guided by staff, Jiang Feng proceeded to the experimental area. Through a large glass panel, he could see rows of neatly arranged VR pods inside, with many professionals lying within, undergoing tests. In an adjacent room, researchers were analyzing data.

Jiang Feng knew in his heart that Chairman Li's invitation was not genuinely for him to offer professional opinions, but rather to inform him in advance about the new VR pod's features, and possibly even provide him with a development kit ahead of time, allowing his Huanmeng Studio to start adapting and developing for the new VR pod sooner.

This was a great opportunity for Jiang Feng.

"Boss Jiang!"

Director Li Shaohua, full of vigor, weaved through the crowd and walked directly towards Jiang Feng, shaking his hand with a beaming smile: "Xuanhuan World has been selling very well lately, and the number of concurrent players is getting higher and higher. I think Huan Meng will soon become an industry giant!"

Jiang Feng chuckled, "This is all thanks to Chairman Li's VR pods. Without such excellent VR pods, Xuanhuan World would never have been possible."

The two chatted for a while before quickly getting to the main topic. A staff member approached to introduce the features of the new generation VR pod to Jiang Feng.

"The most basic feature is the life support function."

The uniformed staff member, wearing a name tag, pointed towards the equipment behind the glass, and Jiang Feng followed his gaze.

The new generation VR pod had not changed much in appearance; its pristine white metallic shell exuded a sense of sci-fi, and players inside lay on soft Materials, looking very comfortable.

Some of them were similar to the old models, with players quietly lying in the pod, nothing else.

But more of them were filled with a blue liquid inside, and tubes were suspended non-invasively near the players' lower bodies.

"We call this the Deep Blue Mode."

The staff member showed a proud expression: "After entering Deep Blue Mode, players can play for 7*24 hours straight. Afterwards, it only takes one hour to recycle the Deep Blue nutrient solution, and auxiliary equipment helps players adjust their bodies during this hour, ensuring no adverse effects on health."

Jiang Feng exclaimed, "A huge leap forward."

With Deep Blue Mode, Xuanhuan World might truly become a new world. Many people would dedicate their entire day to Xuanhuan World, and from then on, the real world would become the "virtual" world.

Furthermore, currently, when players go offline, they either find a place to cultivate offline or let AI take over. Safe locations are tolerable, but in combat, such as during the Green Emerald Heaven's collapse, logging off and back on could mean death and restarting. Deep Blue Mode will almost completely solve this problem.

The staff member continued to explain:

"In regular mode, the new VR pod also implements new functions, more efficiently capturing players' brain signals, more accurately analyzing players' thoughts and emotions, and even predicting certain physical reactions that should occur, including the secretion of various hormones, and so on."

"And in Deep Blue Mode, this capture and analysis will be even more efficient, and the body's burden will be even smaller."

Jiang Feng, speaking as a game designer, asked, "So, we can capture players' emotions?"

"That's right. Emotions are very complex. Previous capture methods could only grasp general emotions, typically joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. But now, we can further precisely capture even subtle, hidden emotions and provide them to developers for processing… However, I don't believe any game company can truly utilize this new function well."

The staff member smiled, implying how difficult it would be to process captured emotional signals and integrate them into a game.

At most, this function would only be used to analyze player user profiles and determine if a certain gameplay mechanic achieves its intended effect.

"What a great function."

Jiang Feng was overjoyed. He was a developer with a System. Even if he couldn't use this function himself, the System definitely could.

The staff member continued to introduce Jiang Feng to the new VR pod. There were many other improvements and new functions. Emotion capture was just an appetizer. Subsequent features included more realistic and multi-synchronous five-sense simulations that could be layered into the player's mind, independent thought control Systems that moved beyond cursor control on simulation panels, and multi-threaded processing of player thoughts… A series of functions dazzled Jiang Feng, but fortunately, he only needed to recruit some employees who signed non-disclosure agreements to provide cover; the rest could be handed over to the System. After all, the System wouldn't miss any achievable functions and would alert him to unachievable ones, so there was no need to rack his brain.

Just as the tour concluded, and after personally experiencing it, as he was about to leave, Chairman Director Li Shaohua curiously asked:

"Boss Jiang, I'm sure you now understand the new VR pod. We will send the development manual to Huan Meng later, and you can contact our technical support if you encounter any difficulties… So, what new functions for Xuanhuan World will be adapted for the new VR pod? Are there any that could change gameplay, or even the existing landscape?"

At this moment, Director Li Shaohua didn't seem like a boss but rather a player hoping to gain every advantage.

Before Jiang Feng could speak, he quickly added, "Never mind, don't tell me these…"

Like a player who didn't want to check a guide, Director Li Shaohua exchanged a few pleasantries before sending Jiang Feng back.

At Illusion Dream Game Studio.

Jiang Feng wrote down the new functions he needed, then communicated with the System, constantly checking the Soul value consumption.

"I didn't expect the new VR pod to be so powerful. It's almost a disruptive product. Emotion simulation and these are just by-products of a technological leap…"

The earliest VR pods essentially only input sounds, images, and other data to the player's ears, eyes, and related organs. Simulating touch required various auxiliary devices inside the pod.

Player control was also essentially about capturing brain signals and then, based on the active regions of the brain signals, determining the focal point on the screen to achieve specific control. In other words, a virtual UI panel was still needed.

Later, Hua Xia Creation continuously updated the VR pods, finally achieving basic signal simulation and allowing players' basic activities to move away from the UI panel, enabling direct control via neural signals. However, more functions still required the help of a UI panel.

Now, the latest generation of VR pods has made a leap in technology. Game signal input can almost be seen as directly appearing in the player's mind, and control is entirely completed by the player's thoughts in an instant, as if the game world were created within the player's mind. Various ingenious functions are breathtaking.

"This way, there's no need to worry about the VR pod's functions falling behind for a long time. We can completely disregard hardware and focus on building the game world."

Jiang Feng constantly checked with the System in his mind, repeatedly clicking his tongue in amazement.

He had harvested a lot of Soul value these days and was thinking of making a big move this time, directly creating the Nascent Soul Realm, which focused on the Soul. However, the required Soul value was ridiculously high.

So, Jiang Feng had to choose a better solution: he created the most needed Dao Heart System, Dao Heart System, and the basic Soul System.

To make the Soul System understood and accepted by players, in addition to the old man's soul body that Yan Xiao, the protagonist, possessed, he also deliberately introduced many lower-level Soul Bodies into the Green Emerald Mountains, in large quantities. By then, there might even be a strange sight of everyone having an old man.

"Alright, I'll check it for a few more days to see if there are any other functions that need to be done, and then I'll release the update."