Pony was puzzled: "Mark, the brain-computer interface VR has received maximum support from the group."
"The entire group's traffic is already giving way to VR. I can see a broad future for the VR industry."
League of Legends has been losing players and lacking new blood. Although it still holds the top position among PC games in China, its momentum is clearly waning.
As the League of Legends esports industry enters its thirteenth year, the number of actual viewership for the World Championship (S-Series) has been declining year by year.
Developed by Tencent's Lightspeed & Quantum Studios, "Heroes of the End" is expected by Tencent to become the next globally popular online game and to improve Tencent's esports ecosystem.
Therefore, only three months after the release of "Heroes of the End," leagues around the world were already in preparation.
Tencent has made tremendous efforts to cultivate the VR industry ecosystem.
"But what can Black Shark's transition to producing supporting equipment for brain-computer interface VR do?"
"The only thing I can think of that has a market is speakers, specifically surround sound speakers designed for brain-computer interface VR, to give players a more immersive experience."
"But how many people will actually buy dedicated speakers? Isn't that a smaller market than gaming phones?"
Ren Yu explained, "No, the speaker is only one aspect. Brain-computer interface VR can give users a voice. But we can do more than just speakers."
"Human senses include sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing, etc. Hearing is something that brain-computer interface VR itself can provide to users."
"Even if Black Shark makes an enhanced speaker, it's just icing on the cake. My expectation for Black Shark is to add an olfactory function, adding a sense of sensation that wasn't originally there."
"In the early stages, Black Shark can build its brand with enhanced speakers and peripheral seats, and later develop olfactory supplementary devices."
The chairman of a company only needs to make decisions; the specific details of the plan are the responsibility of the senior executives.
It wasn't that Pony couldn't think of the points Ren Yu mentioned, but rather that he didn't need to do that work; he only needed to evaluate the solutions provided by his subordinates.
The job of the top management in a company is very simple: decision-making, and constant decision-making.
In fact, very few senior executives create their own plans. Most of the time, they make requests, ask their subordinates for solutions, and then choose one to report to a higher-level executive.
This is why many high-ranking leaders don't want to retire, because they don't need to do the specific administrative work themselves, and the workload isn't that heavy.
Pony thought Mark was crazy: "Smell? I personally feel that taste is more reliable than smell. At least taste has some basic flavors."
"The reason why humans have been able to develop displays that can simulate so many colors is because of the existence of the three primary colors. But humans have tens of thousands of senses of smell."
"Moreover, scents cannot blend together. Developing olfactory supplementation devices is extremely difficult."
Pony, being an engineering graduate, is not easily fooled.
They still have basic judgment.
The existence of three primary colors is because the human eye is a trichromatic visual system with only three types of photoreceptor cells.
If humans had more than three types of photoreceptor cells, then the three primary colors would not be the fundamental principle of modern displays.
Human progress in taste receptors has far surpassed that in smell.
Humans have studied extensively which specific gene segments are highly expressed to determine different tastes.
Ren Yu nodded and said, "Yes, I know it's difficult."
Pony interrupted, "It's very difficult."
Ren Yu nodded again: "Yes, it's very difficult."
"But we can't give up just because it's difficult."
"Tencent can now do some things without having to consider profitability."
"Instead of letting Black Shark exist in a half-dead state, let them do something more meaningful."
"The most important brain-computer interface patent for brain-computer interface VR is still in the hands of Kechuang Bio."
"Although the agreement signed between Sci-Tech Bio and Sci-Tech Future is a ten-year exclusive licensing agreement."
"But what if Kechuang Bio doesn't license its technology to Kechuang Future ten years from now?"
Since brain-computer interface technology is the core technology of Kechuang Biotechnology, it is only granted to Kechuang Future through patent licensing.
The development of brain-computer interface chips is also in the hands of Kechuang Bio, which supplies them to Kechuang Future.
The super lithium batteries used for brain-computer interface VR are also supplied by Kechuang Biotechnology.
Because mobile phone batteries and car batteries are different, the graphene coating manufacturing machine developed by Kechuang Biotechnology is specifically designed for car batteries.
Therefore, no domestic mobile phone manufacturers have adopted super lithium battery technology.
When Lei Jun met Zheng Li in Singapore, he specifically mentioned super lithium batteries and asked if they could be supplied to Da Mi Mobile.
It is precisely because the ownership of brain-computer interface technology is not in the hands of Sci-Tech Future that Tencent was able to obtain a 40% stake.
"What if, ten years from now, virtual reality is truly realized, and the government feels the need for state-owned enterprises to enter the market and replace Tencent's position?
"Ten years is a long time, but it is also a short time. We need to plan ahead."
"Brain-computer interface VR is just an entertainment device now, but that doesn't mean it will still be an entertainment device ten years from now."
“Making olfactory sensing devices is very difficult, but we have ten years to build Tencent’s own technological barriers in this field.”
"Even if things change in the future, Kechuang Bio will still need us. We can continue to cooperate."
Ren Yu has a long-term strategic vision.
“I am also aware that there are tens of thousands of senses of smell, unlike taste and vision which have basic colors or basic flavors.”
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