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The initial cost estimate for the VR gaming helmet was 2,000 yuan. Although the cost was cheap, how could the black-hearted Shi Lei let the official price be cheap as well?
Just look at how much profit the crazy Apple company had made!
Take Apple's iPhone 4S as an example. After its debut, it was sold for more than 5,000 yuan in the Xia World region. How much did it cost?
According to the analysis of a third-party organization in Britain, its cost was only 1,150 yuan in Xia World dollars!
The price in the British region was about 5,000 yuan in Xia World dollars.
Facts had proven that it was because of these huge profits that Apple had soared to the top of the top 500 companies in the world.
Without these huge profits, how could Apple rise to the top?
How could they reap such huge profits?
A product that should generate huge profits must generate huge profits. Otherwise, it would be a waste!
Compared to the cost of the LIP lens-type information processor, the VR gaming helmet was indeed much cheaper. However, the lower cost did not mean that the price would be lower.
The reduction of the cost of production meant more profits!
As long as the production capacity of the Lin 'an underground base could keep up, Shi Lei was confident that he could guarantee the sales of the VR gaming helmet.
That was because the VR gaming helmet could enhance the game experience in the most direct way. It could let the players feel the more realistic gaming experience brought by the VR gaming helmet.
Dong Guoguo considered the production line of the Lin 'an underground base and the related supporting equipment. In the end, she said with uncertainty, "Boss, since we haven't actually produced the VR gaming helmet and it's just a design concept, according to my estimation, according to the situation of the Lin' an underground base, our monthly production capacity can reach about 300,000 units."
"300,000 units?" Shi Lei was slightly dissatisfied. The production line of the Lin 'an underground base had been upgraded automatically.
Originally, the production line of the Lin 'an underground base had been completely manual. The problem of labor was solved by hiring relevant personnel from the Rongcheng Military District.
Now, the automated production line had been upgraded. It had borrowed Izur's super-strong artificial logic to write automatic industrial control programs and use mechanical arms to process. Only a small amount of manual labor was retained.
Without Izur's participation, how could the Lin 'an underground base alone produce 300,000 VR gaming helmets per month?
"Yes, that's the initial estimate."
Dong Guoguo didn't give him a definite answer. "Boss, another reason for limiting our production capacity is that we need to buy parts from outside.
For example, the helmet and its related buffer layer materials, lithium batteries, and so on. We need to purchase these equipment. "
Shi Lei sighed. "Old Dong, let's make the prototype of the VR gaming helmet first. I need a real sample before we decide what to do next!"
"En!
No problem!
Boss, this matter will only take three days at most! "
Dong Guoguo promised. With the research and development foundation of the LIP lens-type information processor, designing and manufacturing a VR gaming helmet would be a piece of cake.
"Oh right, Old Dong, for the design of the VR gaming helmet, you must try to reduce the weight of the helmet as much as possible and ensure that the helmet is comfortable to wear. You can refer to the motorcycle helmet design.
However, for a fully enclosed helmet like this, you must pay attention to the internal temperature. Try to design a thermostat to make it easier for players to adjust the temperature, "Shi Lei stated an important design requirement.
In the future, there are a lot of VR virtual reality products, but the biggest drawback is the user's comfort.
Sony's HMZ series head-mounted display is very powerful, but there is no way to solve the issue of comfort.
Using the motorcycle helmet design as the prototype, although the issue of comfort can be solved, the most important issue is the temperature.
If the user wears a fully enclosed helmet, it will be like a sauna. No matter how good the display is, the user will not be able to wear it for long!
"Yes, I understand!" Dong Guoguo replied.
"Old Dong, regardless of whether it is the LIP lens-type information processor or the VR gaming helmet, you must produce them. Once you are done, I will come over to test them myself."
Shi Lei must participate in the testing of these two products. These two products are related to huge profits, and these profits can be realized in a short period of time. Shi Lei must not be careless.
"Okay. We will develop the prototype within three days!" Dong Guoguo promised.
Shi Lei hung up the phone with satisfaction. Tao Wenxian saw Shi Lei hang up the phone and shouted, "Stone Head, come and eat. I am almost finished!"
The barbeque and braised food on the coffee table had reduced by a lot. Tao Wenxian, this glutton, drank two bottles of beer, but he was not drunk at all.
"Jazz, you eat first. I still have some things to do!"
Shi Lei was not in a hurry to eat. Instead, he continued to use his mobile phone. He looked through the contact list and found the number of AMD's CEO, Dirk Mayer.
After AMD was acquired by Mirage Technology Group, it was restructured. Dirk Mayer was still the CEO of AMD and held 3% of the company's shares.
After a while, the call was connected. Dirk Mayer said enthusiastically, "Good afternoon, my friend!"
"My friend, it's the middle of the night here!" Shi Lei said coldly. "Old Dirk, I have something that I need your help with!"
"Oh, my friend, please call me young Dirk!"
Dirk Mayer was also joking. According to the age difference between Dirk Mayer and Shi Lei, it was very appropriate for Shi Lei to call him Old Dirk.
"Old Dirk, how is the development of the personal game server?" Shi Lei ignored Dirk's request and asked directly.
When he heard Shi Lei talking about work, Dirk Mayer immediately became serious. "Regarding the personal game server, we have already prepared for it.
The second generation personal game server that we have developed has completely surpassed the first generation in terms of performance. The power consumption has also been reduced by a lot, and the cost has also been reduced by a lot!
When the time comes, we can reduce the price and attract players to buy the second generation personal game server! "
The price of the first generation personal game server was not cheap. There were three tiers of personal game servers. The lowest tier cost 1999 USD, and the highest tier cost an exorbitant 17999 USD.
This high price allowed Intel to make a lot of money!
Shi Lei had no intention of lowering the price of the personal game server. Intel had made a lot of money with the first generation personal game server. How could Shi Lei lower the price of the personal game server?
It was because Intel had made a lot of money with the personal game server that Shi Lei was eager to acquire AMD. He was ready to make a fortune for himself!
If Dream Entertainment had not intervened, AMD would have liked to reduce the price of their products to compete with Intel and Nvidia.
Although this method was able to hurt their competitors, it was more harmful to their own customers.
Think about it. AMD's graphics cards were originally priced at 4,000 USD. Because they wanted to compete with Nvidia's products, they suddenly reduced the price by 2,000 USD.
Although this method could indeed suppress Nvidia, it would be a mockery to the customers who had bought AMD's products for 4,000 USD.
"Old Dirk, in terms of the performance of the second generation personal game server, I hope that it will be more than 50% better than the first generation personal game server!
I believe that AMD has the capability to do so, right? "Shi Lei put forward a request that was not too harsh.
Dirk Mayer thought for a while and replied with certainty, "No problem!"
"Old Dirk, I have another question. Does AMD have a way to overcome the lag problem of wireless display technology?" Shi Lei asked.
There was another problem with the VR gaming helmet. How was it going to connect to the personal game server?
If the VR gaming helmet was used to log into the Hero's World, with the poor computing power of the VR gaming helmet, the game graphics and performance would be terrible.
Only when the VR gaming helmet was connected to the personal game server could the game graphics and performance be satisfactory.
However, wireless display technology was terrible. The lag problem was not easy to solve.
Dirk Mayer gave a negative answer. "AMD doesn't have the relevant solution. However, we can cooperate with other manufacturers to get a good solution for the wireless display technology."
Currently, there were two main solutions for wireless display technology.
One of the solutions was to transmit video data. This solution was very crude. It would directly compress the video stream data at the sending end and transmit it through WIFI or UWB technology. Then, the receiving end would decompress the data and restore the image of the video stream.
This was the current mainstream solution. It was cheap and did not have any technical difficulties.
However, this technology had a very obvious shortcoming. Due to the need to compress, transmit, decompress, and restore the image, these tasks would inevitably take time.
Therefore, the lag of wireless display technology could not be effectively solved.
The other solution was to directly transmit the video stream.
Just like a wired connection, the video stream could be transmitted directly through the wireless channel. There was no need to compress or decompress the video, which would solve the lag problem.
However, the difficulty of using this technology was very high. Moreover, the video stream took up a lot of bandwidth. Currently, the only successful technology was the WHDI technology.
"Do we work with other manufacturers?" Shi Lei considered.
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