Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Just then, Airi Hayazawa found Yusei Takeyuki in a game development team's office reading the news and told him about the progress of the Switch's development.

Zhu Youxing put down his phone, which he was using to read the news, and nodded, saying, "OK, I'll arrange the subsequent mass production plan. As for your work next, I'm going to have you do something different."

"Something different?" Hayazawa Airi tilted her head slightly, somewhat puzzled.

"I'd like you to add a new peripheral to the GSX console. Take a look at this first."

Zhu Youxing handed over his phone.

Airi Hayazawa took it and then saw the news on it.

"VR? What's that?"

Airi Hayazawa still doesn't quite understand.

"This can be considered a new technology."

Is it related to video games?

"There is some connection; it's a completely new form of entertainment, but its future is still uncertain."

"That's enough. Tell me what exactly happened."

Hayazawa Airi trusted Takeyuusei's decisions without reservation.

"Simply put, it's like wearing glasses with a small screen, which lets you see a whole new world. This visual experience is much better than simply playing games through a TV or screen."

In Zhu Youxing's memory, Nintendo had also made similar VR products.

However, the technology was not mature at that time, and it quickly died out without making any waves.

VR only began to emerge in the first decade of the 21st century.

However, even before Zhu Youxing traveled through time, VR was still in a very rudimentary stage, and could only be an entertainment product for a few people, and could not be fully popularized at all.

Later, even the alien CEO of Facebook got carried away and wanted to rely on VR and the so-called metaverse concept to make himself the master of the new era.

However, his fate later on was not particularly good.

If you really want to study VR seriously, it's incredibly expensive, not to mention creating a metaverse-like world from scratch.

However, this thing is still very entertaining.

There are several pretty good VR games in Zhu Youxing's memory alone. Since this world has relatively mature VR technology, he can create the games he is familiar with and let the people of this world experience the best VR games from his original world.

After listening attentively to Takeyusei's explanation, Hayazawa Airi nodded to indicate that she roughly understood the details of the item.

"This sounds really interesting! So, Zhuyou, do you have a specific direction? Do you know how to do it?"

"You guys study the technical details first, and work with the other engineering teams to study them. I only have one requirement here, which is to reduce the cost of this equipment as much as possible, preferably not exceeding two hundred dollars."

"Two hundred dollars?" Airi Hayazawa said in surprise, "This sounds like a light gun peripheral, and it's just two small screens added in front of your eyes. Is it really that expensive?"

Zhu Youxing said, "The cost of your first prototype will definitely be higher than this, and it will be quite difficult for you to reduce the cost, but that's okay."

Upon hearing this, Airi Hayazawa was full of energy and said, "Leave it to me. I will definitely give you a product that meets your requirements. With so many years of experience, I don't believe I can't make the product you want."

Zhu Youxing smiled and said, "Keep it up, I believe in you. This will be a relatively long project, so you don't need to rush to finish it right away."

VR is a minefield, but Zhu Youxing still plans to jump in because he really wants to make a few VR games.

The so-called VR technology became a universal technology the moment it was announced. The technology itself is not very difficult. The only thing that is missing is someone who suddenly has a flash of inspiration and comes up with the idea.

Now that someone has taken the first step, everything is fine.

"Oh, by the way, you could also add a hidden VR feature to the Switch. Who knows, it might come in handy in the future."

Zhu Youxing recalls that there are a few first-party games on the Switch that support VR gameplay. Although the pixelated graphics can make you feel nauseous after a while, at least it's a feature. Zhu Youxing also plans to add this feature to the launch games.

"OK, wait for my good news."

At this moment, Airi Hayazawa found new motivation.

When the Switch was first developed, Airi Hayazawa thought she would be free for a while again, and she found it very boring.

Now that Zhu Youxing has assigned her a new job, she is full of motivation.

However, Zhu Youxing is not the only one who is interested in VR technology.

Just like in the original world, VR technology, which is relatively mature, was welcomed by capital shortly after its release.

Because this thing is indeed very advanced in concept.

Nowadays, all industries have entered a bottleneck period, and the market has not been particularly good recently. Whether it is ordinary people or businessmen, they are eagerly hoping for the emergence of a new technology to offset the sluggish market conditions.

New technologies bring new impetus, and people are willing to pay for them.

Once technology stagnates, everyone tends to become conservative.

The professor who founded the first VR device company quickly became a guest of honor for many investors.

Chapter 834 Standing at the Forefront

834

VR technology has been extensively reported in major news outlets.

Yuxing Electronics Entertainment was originally conducting a large-scale promotional and marketing campaign for its new game console, but it was overshadowed by this emerging technology.

The professor unveiled his first VR prototype at a technology demonstration conference and then personally showed everyone his VR perspective.

For people around the world, this VR perspective is quite novel, a completely new feeling they have never experienced before.

This has aroused great interest among everyone.

Then the professor decisively launched his equipment crowdfunding project online.

Shortly after he announced the product at a technology conference, his crowdfunding project raised over a million dollars in funding on the same day.

This is enough to show how interested users are in this brand new thing.

This naturally attracted the attention of a major corporation.

Morgan Group.

An emergency meeting is being held within the Morgan Group at this moment.

At the meeting, Morgan Stanley's new CEO sat at the head of the table and enthusiastically explained the prospects of VR to everyone present.

"Everyone, I can assure you that this is absolutely a technology from the future. As long as we master this VR technology, we may be able to forge a completely new technological path."

The new CEO is a leader highly regarded by his predecessor, named Colin Davis.

However, he hasn't achieved any particularly remarkable results during his tenure.

He mostly just maintained the foundation laid by the previous CEO, ensuring that Morgan Group wouldn't fall into a severe downturn.

However, this is not a good sign for capital, and some people have begun to feel dissatisfied with him.

Therefore, he is now eager to prove himself through a single achievement.

That's when VR emerged.

He felt this was his opportunity.

If he seizes this opportunity, he might just go down in history.

What are your thoughts on VR technology?

"This seems pretty good, but it should be a completely new environment, right? Does that mean we'll be investing a huge amount of money to build the entire ecosystem?"

Davis nodded: "Logically speaking, that's true. And precisely because this is virgin territory, it means its potential has not been tapped. As a top-tier technology company, we are fully capable of taking complete control of such a market!"

Everyone present discussed it carefully. Some people were not optimistic, while others felt it was worth a try.

The Morgan Group can lack many things, but it never lacks money.

Morgan Stanley became the world's number one operating system manufacturer and later became a patent giant in multiple internet technology fields. Even if Morgan Stanley did nothing, it would still make hundreds of millions of dollars in profit every year.

Therefore, it would be appropriate to take out some money to invest in this.

In fact, Morgan Stanley had considered joining the smartphone war.

However, unexpectedly, Zhuyouxing took the lead and seized the market. Morgan Group also tried to enter the market later, but later found that Facebook and Mikeford had already captured most of the smartphone market, and there was not much left for them to gain.

These two companies are simply beasts; they rapidly established an advantage in just a few years, leaving no chance for newcomers to join.

Most other companies could only watch as these few companies grew and prospered, and they didn't have any good solutions.

And now, this VR technology may indeed have the potential that Davis said it has.

Ultimately, the development of VR was approved by a majority vote at the meeting.

Their first task, naturally, was to find a way to acquire a company specializing in VR.

So, if you're planning to enter this field, the most prominent company right now is obviously the best choice.

However, that company had also attracted the attention of several other financial giants, all of whom hoped to join in. After much deliberation, Morgan Stanley decided to abandon the acquisition of that company and instead began to look for other companies, hoping to find a suitable enterprise as an acquisition target.

However, while they were searching, they suddenly discovered that there was another company in this field that was recruiting people who were good at VR technology.

That is Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

Why is this guy everywhere?

Everyone at Morgan Stanley felt like they'd seen a ghost.

However, at the same time, Morgan Group's shareholders are also gradually beginning to believe that this may indeed be a future trend.

After all, so far, none of the decisions made by Yuxing Electronic Entertainment have gone wrong.

With the support of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, Facebook became a giant in the internet social networking field, and now they have also become a giant in the smartphone industry.

So now that Zhuyouxing has its sights set on the VR field, it's clear that it's indeed very promising.

People tend to have a little bit of a herd mentality.

In particular, someone who has always had excellent foresight has identified a promising industry, and that industry has experienced tremendous growth ever since.

However, Zhu Youxing himself did not expect that his move of simply wanting to make a couple of games on his own, rather than intending to truly enter the VR field, would lead many people to mistakenly believe that this was some kind of signal.

A talent war broke out in the VR field, with every company hoping to snatch even just one talented individual.

As a result, salaries for talent in VR-related fields are also rising.

Moreover, VR-related fields have received extensive coverage from various media outlets in the following period.