Chapter 1328: Profiteering from Virtual Reality
Even though the Great Demon Rat War was the main attraction, Jin did push out the public demo of the Virtual Reality machine sets that was where some cultivators who were of the business mind were coming to see.
While there were MMORPG gaming aspects to the virtual instance, Jin had collaborated with Ke Loong, the CEO of Sea Mesh and now a high level executive member of the Panda Inc to ensure that this Virtual Reality instance could be used for business purposes as well.
Almost everything could be done with the simulation of the Virtual Reality Instance. Once the businessmen activated and dived into a s.p.a.ce created by the System, they could literally be G.o.ds when it comes to design.
From abstract concepts to full 4D drawing, industries like construction and interior design would be in a better position to lead the revolution of creating safer and better buildings. Simulations can be done within the Virtual Reality instance with no lag and that was enough to blow the minds of those businessmen.
Not only that, because the Virtual Reality Instances were set up when rigged to the brain, it accessed the mind of the cultivator and allowed them to create whatever they wished with just their thoughts. That"s right, Jin with the System had enabled creators to build with just their minds and not be restricted by software and hands. Yes, hands.
All those raw thoughts would now be furnished right in front of their eyes as their minds go wild in creating the best of the best items. Even Rei, the renowned Gunndam manga artist, who showed up as a "guest" at PandaVerse Festival started to shock people with his ability to create a page of manga with just his mind right in front of them. Any mistakes? Just erase it with your thoughts and redraw that specific section once again.
And if that was not all, the Virtual Reality Machine that was plugged into Rei had a dedicated printer installed in such a way that he could print that particular piece of demonstration for everyone to see. When the businessmen logged off and saw the product, they were astonished by the capabilities and asked if their thoughts could be converted to the current formats or maybe even 3D print their products within the Virtual Reality instance.
As Jin was not there to entertain the group, it was Itori, the White Fox who surprisingly a.s.sisted the dungeon supplier with this agenda. This was mainly because she herself was interested in using the Virtual Reality Headsets for the education of the newly revamped Demopolis and the Seven Cities whom they were allied with.
If Itori wished to be part of the process in hopes that the Virtual Reality machines would be widely produced so that she could utilise it as part of the education system. Not only that, the Virtual Reality was connected to the System so any skills that were "taught" and imparted by the people of the Dungeon World would be collected and archived so that the System itself could be the ultimate library of information. (Even though it already has an extensive amount of information which it was unwilling to share.)
With her guidance, the businessmen who were present to see the entire demonstration were allowed to try it out themselves and they were shocked at how fluid it was. Not just the design industry (including tech and medical industries) which Ke Loong had invited, he had also contacted educators, artists, events management and even craftsmen.
And once they tried it out, quite a number of them had decided to be investors and even wished to own the first batch of Virtual Reality Machines as soon as possible especially when they realised that they were more or less ready. In hindsight, this demonstration alone suddenly gave SeaMesh a push in their current stock value which only a select few understood why. This was mainly because those people Ke Loong had gotten were COOs (Chief Operating Officers) and CTOs (Chief Technical Officers) of local major companies. He wanted to give the nation"s companies priority so that they could compete even more against the foreign companies.
Itori however did not know any of them and treated each of them as equals even though she did see some obvious bantering among the investors themselves and somehow that allowed her to be partial in the teaching. Oddly enough that was one of the reasons why the investors felt her sales pitch was sincere and therefore decided to go with it.
In the meantime, the investors and other invitees were also given the opportunity to try out the new MMORPG that was solely virtual reality. Without a doubt, the investors were amazed by the flexibility of the game design. Being able to do anything just by grinding to gain mastery was a boring way to do things but it gave the "players" what they wanted and to a certain extent, fully appreciated the process.
The player grows with the skill they were doing and that was the most important part since there was progression in their part. It"s a systematic way to level up and to gain levels on anything (even sleeping extensively within the Virtual Reality) giving the ultimate sandbox feel which allowed the investors to be what they want to be. However, some were sceptical that this could be a flop but Rei encouraged them Jin would make sure that there would be enough content for everyone if done right. "And by everyone, that included commoners and cultivators." Rei"s sentence made the investors realise that with this, people with no talent to cultivate could finally have a taste of it.
"While it"s true that Jin had made this game open ended, you can be very sure that when he completed this, it would be the most epic game people would enjoy, transcending the current levels of play," Itori concluded and that gave many of the thoughts, hoping what she said would be true.
But it was plenty obvious that this Virtual Reality technology was groundbreaking and there was no doubt that ma.s.s producing this would bring much profit.