Losing Money to Be a Tycoon Chapter 1209 - New Results Of The Nag Laboratory

Chapter 1209: New Results Of The Nag Laboratory

September 6th, Thursday…

The employees were busy developing the new VR ga “Real estate agent simulator” in Slow Movent Studio.

After the tempering and grinding of “Animal Island”, the entire developnt team had obvious improvents. Their cooperation was more tacit, and the developnt process was smoother.

Even Cai Jiadong, the chief designer, was more proficient now.

He seed to have gradually gotten a hang of Tengda’s design ideas and thods. He was becoming more and more compatible with Lin Wan’s ideas and gradually beca a qualified chief designer.

After working on the computer for a while, he took the printed docunt and went to report to Lin Wan.

At that mont, Lin Wan was focused on her computer screen. She was frowning slightly, as if she was thinking about sothing very important.

When she saw Cai Jiadong, Lin Wan temporarily looked away from the computer screen.

“Boss Lin, have you seen the small program that the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory sent us? How does it feel?”

“If it can be used, not only can it greatly shorten the developnt ti of our entire project, but it might also have a certain impact on the specific design plan of the ga.”

Lin Wan was stunned for a mont. “Oh, I’ve been thinking about other things recently and haven’t had the ti to see it. What do you think of the effect?”

Cai Jiadong answered truthfully. “I think… the effect is unexpectedly good.”

Lin Wan did not expect Cai Jiadong to give such a high evaluation.

This small program was sent to Tengda Gas and Shang Yang Gas by Nag laboratory two days ago. They said that it was an artificial intelligence program that was still in the trial stage. They were to try it out and give their opinions.

That was because Lin Wan had a close relationship with Shang Yang Gas. Naturally, this program was sent to Slow Movent Studio.

In any case, they were all Tengda’s internal businesses. There was no need for them to say anything.

Lin Wan had been a little busy over the past two days so she had not had the ti to see it.

The reason why she did not pay much attention to it was mainly because she felt that this thing would definitely not be reliable.

At the mont, interactive movie gas, or RPG gas that had more dialogue and required close-up display of characters’ expressions and words, were all done using motion capture technology and actors.

Motion capture technology not only captured physical movents, but also captured the subtle expressions on the faces. During the process of the actor speaking the lines, the facial expression could be captured while recording. Then, these data could be applied to a model created with the actor as the prototype. That would show a very realistic effect in the ga.

Of course, if they were not satisfied with the actors’ voice, they could also find soone else to dub the voice and achieve better results.

However, there was also a problem with this thod. It was too much work and not very free.

Once the plot dialogue was set, they could not change it randomly. Otherwise, even if they only added one sentence, they would have to hire the motion capture actor to record it again.

The program in the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory was said to be an alternative to facial motion capture technology. The specific principle was to automatically generate the character’s facial movents through intelligent analysis of voice content, the past motion capture data in the comprehensive editor. In other words, it could also be regarded as automatic lip-synching.

It was similar to so softwares that made pictures sing, but it was said to be more effective.

Lin Wan was a little doubtful about this.

The program was automatically generated. How could it be the sa concept as the motion capture actor acting personally?

Boss Pei had very high requirents for the real estate agent simulator. It had to be as precise as Struggle. At the sa ti, all movents had to be captured with real-life movents, so as to bring players a real feeling.

If the NPCs’ movents and expressions were stiff and twisted, it would be too much. The entire ga would be flawed.

For all he knew, there would be a terrifying valley effect that would scare gars.

After all, the imrsion of VR gas was far better than ordinary gas. A slight misstep could lead to a huge fall.

However, hearing from Cai Jiadong now, the effect was unexpectedly good?

Lin Wan could not help but feel intrigued. She checked her own computer.

The real estate agent simulator had been developed for a month. Until now, many character models have been produced.

Due to the existence of the official platform’s simulator, making this character model was actually a process of squeezing people. There was no need to make it from scratch. What’s more, the ga that Boss Pei had once made, Struggle, might be mostly Westerners but after so slight modifications, many characters could still be used directly.

The mont he received this program, Cai Jiadong arranged for the designer to make a few transitions with the current models and record them.

Lin Wan quickly finished watching the scene. After a mont of silence, she asked, “This was automatically generated by a new program? It’s not a motion capture?”

Cai Jiadong nodded. “It’s completely automatically generated. However, the current support for foreign languages is not particularly good.”

Lin Wan fell silent.

It did not matter if the support for foreign languages was good or not. In any case, the ga ‘real estate agent simulator’ was only ant for dostic players. Even if the response of the ga was good and it was planning to produce a multilingual version, it would only be released a few months later.

The effect was really amazing!

The character’s expression in the ga was very natural. There was no stiffness in his movents or twisted expression.

Of course, it was impossible for it to be as seamless as real motion capture. The voice and facial movents would not be perfect.

However, as long as one did not focus on the character’s lips, they would not notice anything amiss.

In fact, it was enough to achieve this level. After all, many foreign movies and dramas did not match the shape of their mouths at all after dubbing. The audience would not find it strange if they were used to it. The facial expressions automatically generated by this program were naturally more than those of movies and dramas that dubbed voices.

“From the looks of the current situation, this technology can be used directly in the real estate agent simulator.”

“What’s more…”

Lin Wan’s eyes suddenly lit up. “Wouldn’t that solve the problem that had been troubling us previously?”

“No wonder. Previously, we always felt that this problem was not resolved well and that we did not feel at ease. Now, it looks like Boss Pei was well-prepared. He knew that the new results from the Nag laboratory could solve this problem?”

The appearance of new technology often affected the thought process of ga design.

Previously, Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong had been very worried about the design details of the core gaplay in the real estate simulator.

According to the original settings, one of the core gaplay of this ga was to sell houses.

The basic process of this gaplay was for players to get a new house, renovate this house, and redo it. They would use the funds in their hands to renovate it, change the furniture, and then receive guests. They would answer different questions during the introduction. Finally, the price would fluctuate to a certain extent and facilitate this transaction.

This gaplay was consistent throughout the ga. However, at the beginning, they might not have money on hand and could not make changes to the room. After custors pointed out their problems, they could only reduce the rent to facilitate the transaction. In the later stages, they could discover the problem of the house in advance and solve it before custors ca to see the house.

However, Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong encountered a small problem in the process of designing this core gaplay.

Obviously, this was a repetitive gaplay. If it was not done well, players would quickly feel bored.

If the custors who ca each ti looked similar and asked similar questions, their dialogue, actions, and behaviors would be very similar, players would probably feel bored very quickly. This core gaplay would not be able to support the ga experience at all.

Thus, how could this ga be like MOBA gas? No matter how many tis it was repeated, it would still be novel? At the very least, players would feel that every custor they t would be brand new. They would be filled with anticipation for the next custor. This was the most important factor that determined the ga experience.

There were many aspects to this problem.

In order to solve the problem of appearance, the program could automatically generate the appearance of the custor.

Many gas had similar functions in the face modification system. They were not difficult to make.

Of course, the face that was automatically generated by the face modification system might be more uncoordinated. For example, no matter how one looked at it, it must be strange for a female to be dressed in a professional suit to have a Moxigan hairstyle, piercings, and exaggerated tattoos on her forehead.

Thus, they had to add a few more patches on the system to limit the person’s identity through the algorithm and correspondingly lock so specific elents in the face so that the appearance of the person would not deviate too far from the original persona.

Now that the problem of looks was solved, the next step was movent.

That was relatively easy to solve. After all, there were only a few movents that NPCs could do in the room: sit on the sofa, drink tea, look into the distance by the window, lean over to observe the corner, and so on.

These movents could be arranged in advance. A few supporting movents could be done according to the character’s gender, size, and age. They could be automatically triggered according to the algorithm in the room.

In addition, the NPCs would also have corresponding body movents when speaking. This was very easy.

All in all, these problems could be solved with quantity.

As long as he increased the number of actions, the random algorithm would automatically draw it. Coupled with different appearance, body size, and other factors, he would be able to make a huge difference.

The most important problem was the content of the speech.

In the core gaplay of the ga, every house had corresponding problems. For example, the north and south were not clear, the bedrooms were too small, the bathroom was not clean, the windows were not soundproof, and so on.

Of course, there were corresponding advantages.

Players could look at the houses themselves before custors ca. After looking, the system would give players a few choices. For example, whether the houses were square, whether they were north or south, how to collect light, and so on.

The choices that players made now represented the correct level of understanding of this house. It would also affect the choice of answering NPC questions.

When bringing NPCs to view the houses, the NPC would raise questions about the house. Players would have to choose the corresponding options to respond. If they chose the right house, there would be no problem. If they chose the wrong house, they would lower the custor’s evaluation of the house. At that ti, they would either reduce the price or blow up the deal.

Of course, these questions had been set and used with a lot of professional knowledge.

These contents were not difficult to make. Communicate more with Sloth Apartnts and they would be able to set a standard answer for each apartnt.

However, the biggest problem was… how should he deal with the specific words used by NPCs?

Different people would definitely have different answers to the sa question.

For example, so people might say that the lighting was not good, so would say that it was too dark, and so would say that the opposite building was blocked.

If all the NPCs said that the lighting was not good, it would look very stiff.

However, this problem could not be solved by quantity.

If he continued to use the sa thod as before, he would have to capture every change in expression. Different body types would have different expressions when they spoke. He could not mix the motion capture. He might have to record the various expressions under the sa aning several tis.

It would not be a big problem if it was other interactive gas that were driven by plots. It would just be more work and recording a few more tis.

However, the real estate agent simulator was different. There were too many questions. Yet, there was no critical improvent to the ga experience.

If he did not do it, it would not be perfect nor exquisite. It would be easy for players to act.

Doing it would cost too many resources. It was too much to bear and the price-quality ratio was extrely low.

Thus, they beca awkward. It was not appropriate to do it, and it was not appropriate to not do it.

However, with the artificial intelligence program of the Nag laboratory, this problem was easily solved!

That way, there would be no need to capture every sentence, dubbing would be enough.

The work of simply dubbing was much smaller. They could even be solicited online directly and ask many passionate players to help with the dubbing. After inserting the dubbing, this program would automatically generate the facial movents of the characters according to the audio. Coupled with a certain amount of body language and movents, it would create a feeling of a thousand people with a thousand faces.

Cai Jiadong sighed. “What did I say! When I was working on the design details previously, I was wondering if this problem could not be solved under the current conditions! Didn’t Boss Pei think of this when he was designing this ga?”

“From the looks of it now, Boss Pei had obviously thought about it long ago. He must have known about the recent research results of the Nag laboratory. That’s why he asked us to create such a ga!”

Lin Wan nodded. “Of course.”

“Then there’s no need to hesitate. Let’s do it this way!”

“By the way, Sloth Apartnts has sent a new batch of house types over. Check them and hand them to the designers.”

Cai Jiadong nodded and said, “Alright.”

After establishing a project to develop this ga, Lin Wan went straight to Liang Qingfan and asked him to cooperate with developnt.

Speaking of this knowledge, who could be more professional than Liang Qingfan?

Sloth Apartnts had many architects and designers, who were specially researching how to modify the apartnts. As long as they sent people to collect information on various types of houses online, and then sorted out the advantages and disadvantages of these houses, they could send them to Slow Movent Studio and directly put them in the ga.

Of course, Lin Wan did not have to worry about these things. It was the job of Cai Jiadong, the chief designer.

Lin Wan leaned back in her chair and heaved a sigh of relief after watching Cai Jiadong leave.

“Phew… fortunately Liang Qingfan was not kidnapped.”

“If he was kidnapped, even though I can look for other architects in Sloth Apartnts, he would definitely not be as reliable as him.”

“Speaking of which… Boss Pei suddenly kidnapped the people in charge for special training. What’s going on…”

Lin Wan felt that sothing was amiss yesterday.

She might have arrived at Slow Movent Studio but she was still in Tengda’s chat group.

Normally, everyone would chat about the current situation of the various departnts. The group was quite lively.

In the end, the entire group suddenly beca quiet yesterday. The few people who usually appeared did not say a word.

Lin Wan felt that sothing was amiss. After asking Wang Xiaobin today, she realized that the person-in-charge of the ten core departnts, including Ye Zhizhou, had been kidnapped…

Lin Wan was shocked. She thought that Boss Pei had caught them red-handed for doing bad things behind their backs. However, on further thought, she realized that they had been sent to the special training base…

Shen Renjie, the person-in-charge of the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory, was also taken away by one set like the other person-in-charge.

Fortunately, Liang Qingfan from Sloth Apartnts had survived. Otherwise, the developnt of Slow Movent Studio’s ga would probably be affected.

Lin Wan’s senses were very sharp. She imdiately felt that this was no small matter.

After asking around in the group, she successfully obtained the first list of people from the special training base. There were a total of ten people. They were Huang Sibo, Hu Xianbin, Xiao Peng, Rui Yuchen, Ye Zhizhou, Shen Renjie, Guo Licheng, He Desheng, Chen Yufeng, and Ma Yiqun.

“The special training base has just been opened. We have to progress slowly. We can’t train too many people at once. Therefore, it is reasonable that there are only ten people in the first batch.”

“However… Why these ten people and not the others?”

“Tengda has so many people in charge. There has to be a corresponding standard for evaluation, right?”

“Boss Pei attaches great importance to this matter. What’s more, he did not hesitate to temporarily affect the work of the core departnt to arrange for all the person-in-charge to enter. Obviously, he had a special purpose. This purpose is even more important than short-term work or even profits.”

“Purely to support Bao Xu’s work? That’s impossible. Boss Pei is soone who distinguishes public and private affairs. What he does will ultimately be beneficial to Tengda.”

“If there are short-term drawbacks, it ans that there will be benefits in the long term.”

“What is Boss Pei’s true intention…”

“Yes, perhaps I should start with this list. I should be able to roughly deduce Boss Pei’s true intentions as long as I figure out the standards of this list…”

Lin Wan looked at her computer screen again and fell into deep thought.

She might not be a person-in-charge of Tengda anymore but she had also been paying attention to Tengda’s internal movents. After all, every movent within Tengda represented Boss Pei’s will. Boss Pei’s actions often contained deep aning. It would definitely be beneficial to learn more.