A reporter encountered the first shot in the Korean strategy letter "Metaverse".

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Photo: IT Times Jiang Liwen

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As hunting letters have become so popular today, hunting stores have also sprung up. According to data from Tianyancha, in September 2021, there were more than 10,000 companies in our country, whose name or activity includes “design writing, board games”. However, when the number of stores exploded, the same sense, short life and bad consumers are also rampant. How to stand out from the pace of change has become an issue for physicians and the entire industry.

As a result, the runtime script paid off for VR. According to a report published by Scientific Research in July 2021, immersive script launches designed by AR and VR are likely to become future improvements.

How does VR Script Killing work? What defects can result in normal write-off? What are your areas of growth? Recently,A reporter from 'IT Times' visited the Tianjin VR Script Killer-Jing Detective Museum in Shanghai Nanfang Mall to explore the country's first 'trailing' script based on the 'metaverse' concept.

"A double mirror" Search for immersive evidence

In the Detective H-jing Museum, the reporter finds here a double exploration and an immersive lab collection, and the VR experience is in the immersive script lab.The Quest 2 Helmet and Grip have a total of 6 settings and are typically used as a link to find evidence of a murder scenario.

Existing murder evidence and research evidence are made by posting documents or simple physical equipment, and players can only understand evidence by introducing pictures and text, but important information is important due to the separation of text from text. It is usually information. VR research evidence can compensate for this absence.

The H Land Detective Museum VR script is "Trailing", an unknown letter, where two police officers at the time took four suspects and used a "place-time wormhole" to return to London 20 years ago and have started again. Hammer Station Murder Investigation.The player quickly enters the event by wearing VR glasses and holding the handle with both hands, the position of the handle is indicated by the image of the hands, and the character's name is connected to the left hand. There are 3 buttons on the handle, and if you press and hold the button with your thumb and forefinger at the same time, you can carry the file to the table, the paper ball to the trash can, and other visible evidence. When the player shoots evidence, a yellow vortex appears around them, and when the player throws evidence into the vortex, it means search for evidence.

Just below the touchscreen are the buttons for controlling various switches. For example, there is lighting at the police station. Press this button to turn on the flashlight. Players can use this button to set a dark angle. surprised.

The "Trailing" VR script supports 5-6 people to search for evidence at the same time, and you can see the search status of other players in the same virtual environment.To prevent players from hitting the walls in the real world, the system also set up red and blue warning lines, and 20cm distance from the wall for a better design of players who do not hit it. not find. It destroys previous experience.

After a proof-of-concept discussion, the DM (host of the Kill Script) releases the actual proofs based on the titles for all readers to read and decide. Players can not only immerse themselves in the realm of events to find evidence, but also return to the real world to experience the blend of virtual and real.

Once VR is included, the script can add additional talking points depending on the needs of the target. For example, an assassin can hide important evidence in a corner to prevent other players from discovering it.

Difficulty using stage difficulty and cost fluctuations

In terms of scene translation, the traditional Kill Script game unit generally uses simple scene compositions. Players use holographic images to transform into human costumes or restore scenes, but it's all done in an overarching environment and has high locations. If the space is too narrow, the previous experience will not be good due to the lack of player interaction, and creating a story like "Research Information in 'Trailing' requires us to have one item: an English police station, a car. A store renovated in the past 20 years, and a secret room in a remote area, different circumstances must change all the time, and the capital has increased greatly. In the traditional process of seeking evidence, most of the undisclosed reports are provided by the SM or a verbal explanation of the evidence.Players don't have "research", they only get evidence.

The introduction of virtual reality can eliminate these problems. Cao Haiyan, director of Hjing · Quanzhen VR Script Killing, told the IT Times reporter: You can place the site without adding equipment, and players can understand each other in the letter.There are many situations that cannot be created in the real world, such as the "place-time wormhole" of "Trailing" and the explosive effect of an assassin detonating a bomb. "

As we all know, good script shooting has three aspects: Scenes, Themes, and DMs. Shooting VR scripts and regular scripts are the differences between our respects. Designing VR scripting systems involves many processes such as designing tools, rendering, motion capture, encryption, and importing into VR devices. A generation of writers is killed in just one month, but a VR script development cycle takes at least three months. Regarding the content of the script, the developers should bring their VR ideas and add more interactive dialogue, and the thinking in the context is no longer limited because the VR can be redesigned anew and complete.

Also, the DM is an important part of the script, and a good DM can accomplish all of these reasons. VR Script Killing requires more DMs to have an understanding of technology as well as the ability to connect stories. If the player does not know how to operate the device or there is a problem such as the device shutting down due to a malfunction in the previous period, the DM should resolve it as soon as possible .

Due to rising entry costs and continuing the cycle, the projectThere is not enough material on the books before the launch of virtual reality, and the rent is about twice that of traditional books.However, many gamers can still experience the magic of virtual reality. According to the director of the H-jing Detective Museum: "Currently, there are 15 regular books and 1 VR book in store.Since it opened in October last year, there has been an average of about 10 homicide incidents per week, the incidence of virtual reality homicide in 5-6 games, and everyone still loves this guy of research. "

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As the journalist understood, there are currently two main types of support in the filming of VR scripts: brand franchise and revenue sharing.

For example, Mango Detective Center established in 2018 belongs to the brand franchise model, the investment cost starts at 980,000 yuan, where the equipment cost is 300,000 to 400,000 yuan depending on the city and a store of 300 square meters. Detective H-jing's museum belongs to the joint venture model which operates on the lease, and the store receives the joint on a monthly basis.

Cao Haiyan said that the main purpose of the H-jing separation instruction is to improve the native script, allowing users to add VR scripts according to their original location, as long as people play for experience like real murder.

"VR Script Killing" is considered a landing on mainstream VR technology. "Actually, running a VR script can happen in many situations, not just an assassination script." Cao Haiyan spoke with reporters like Digital Museum and Digital. Cross-border cooperation to create IP shot VR script with special features of art museum, cafes, teahouses, shopping malls and other scenes are all necessary for the development of the field shot VR script.

What has been updated is the equipment included with the installation. Currently, the built-in device for shooting VR scripts is the Quest2 headset and handle, but in the future the handle can "light up" and recognize the player's behavior to use behaviors such as pull, open and stop, thus providing a better understanding. . immersion. provided. In addition,Virtual digital humans have also been added to run VR scripts to achieve the kinds of virtual digital and DM collaborations with each other. enjoyment of the game.

According to a journalist review, the metaverse letter is dead,The main character C has a lot of experience and the NPCs are all competitors so they are not limited by space etc.

"When an industry grows in power, technology and innovation are often the only way forward." Even after entering the world of metaverse entertainment using VR technology, the potential for running future scripts is still useful and worth exploring and discovering for people entering the game.