The preliminary cost estimate of the VR gaming helmet is 2,000 yuan. Although the cost is cheap, how can Shi Lei, a black-hearted man, make the official selling price cheap?
Have you ever seen how much huge profits the crazy Apple company has made?
Take Apple's iPhone 4s smartphone as an example. After its launch, the price in the Xiaguo area was as high as more than 5,000 yuan. But what is its true cost?
According to the dismantling by a third-party organization in Britain, its cost price is only about 1,150 yuan equivalent to Xia Guoyuan! And the selling price in Britain is almost 5,000 yuan equivalent to Xia Guoyuan.
Facts have proven that it is precisely because of these huge profits that Apple has soared and successfully topped the list of the world's top 500 companies. Without these huge profits, why would Apple have reached the top? And why would it have achieved huge status?
What about profits?
Products that should make huge profits must make huge profits, otherwise it will be a waste!
Compared with the cost of LIP lens information processor, VR gaming helmets are indeed much cheaper, but the cheaper cost does not mean a reduction in selling price.
Lower cost prices mean more huge profits!
As long as the production capacity of the Lin'an underground base can keep up, Shi Lei is completely sure to ensure the sales of VR game helmets. Because VR game helmets can most intuitively enhance the gaming experience and truly allow players to feel the benefits brought by VR game helmets.
A more realistic gaming experience.
Dong Guoguo considered the production line of Lin'an underground base and related supporting equipment issues, and finally said with uncertainty: "Boss, since we have not actually produced VR game helmets, it is just a design concept now. After my estimation,
According to the conditions of the Lin'an underground base, our monthly production capacity can reach approximately 300,000 units."
"Three hundred thousand units?" Shi Lei was slightly dissatisfied. The production line at Lin'an Underground Base has been upgraded to automation. Originally, the production line at Lin'an Underground Base used entirely manual production. The labor problem was solved by hiring relevant personnel from the Rongcheng Military Region.
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Now we are upgrading and renovating the automated production line, borrowing Yizuer's powerful manual logic, writing automatic industrial control programs, and using robotic arms for processing, leaving only a small amount of manual labor.
Without Yi Zuer's participation, how could the monthly production capacity of just Lin'an underground base reach 300,000 VR gaming helmets?
"Well, that's the initial estimate." Dong Guoguo didn't finish her sentence. "Boss, another reason for limiting our production capacity is also because we need to outsource supporting components. For example, helmets and helmet-related buffer layer materials, lithium batteries, etc.
etc. We need to outsource all these equipment.”
Shi Lei sighed, "Old Dong, make the prototype of the VR gaming helmet first. I need actual samples, and then I can decide what to do next!"
"Yes! No problem! Boss, this matter will only take three days at most!" Dong Guoguo said with confidence. With the research and development foundation of LIP lens information processor in front, it is not easy to design and manufacture a VR game helmet.
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"By the way, Lao Dong. The design of a VR gaming helmet must try to reduce the weight of the helmet and ensure the wearing comfort of the helmet. You can refer to the motorcycle helmet solution. However, this kind of fully enclosed helmet must
Pay attention to the internal temperature problem and try to design a temperature adjustment device so that players can adjust the temperature." Shi Lei mentioned an important design requirement.
In later generations, the biggest drawback of a large number of VR virtual reality series products is the issue of user comfort. Including the Sony HMZ series head-mounted displays, although they are very powerful, there has been no way to solve the problem of wearing comfort.
Using a motorcycle helmet as the prototype solution, although the problem of wearing comfort can be solved, the most important issue is the temperature. If you wear a sealed helmet, it is like steaming in a sauna. No matter how good the display effect is, players will not be able to persist for too long.
Long!
"Yeah, I understand!" Dong Guoguo responded.
"Old Dong, whether it's a LIP lens-type information processor or a VR gaming helmet, you have to manufacture it. After you finish the processing, I will come and test it myself." Shi Lei must participate in the testing of these two products.
, these two products are related to huge interests, and they are interests that can be realized in a short time, and cannot be handled carelessly by Shi Lei.
"Okay, we will develop a prototype product within three days at the latest!" Dong Guoguo promised.
Shi Lei hung up the phone with satisfaction. Tao Wenxian watched Shi Lei hang up the phone and shouted: "Brother Shitou, come here and have something to eat, I almost finished it!"
As expected, there were a lot less barbecue and braised vegetables on the coffee table. Tao Wenxian, a foodie, actually drank two more bottles of beer, but he didn't feel drunk at all.
"Jazz, you eat first, I have some things to take care of!" Shi Lei was not busy eating, but continued to use his mobile phone, looked through the address book, and found the phone number of Dirk Mayer, the president of AMD.
After AMD was acquired by Mirai Technology Group, it was reorganized. Dirk Mayer still serves as AMD's executive president and controls 3% of AMD's shares.
After waiting for a moment, the call was connected, and Dirk Meyer said enthusiastically: "Good afternoon, my friend!"
"My friend, it's midnight here!" Shi Lei said coldly and humorously, "Old Dirk, I have something that I need your help with!"
"Oh, my friend, please call me young Dirk!" Dirk Mayer also joked. According to the age gap between Dirk Mayer and Shi Lei, Shi Lei called him Old Dirk, which was completely
suitable.
"Old Dirk, how is the progress of the personal game server you developed?" Shi Lei ignored Dirk's request and asked directly.
Hearing Shi Lei talk about work matters, Dirk Mayer immediately became serious, "As for the issue of personal game servers, we have long been prepared. The performance of the second-generation personal game server we developed has completely surpassed that of the first-generation personal game server."
The power consumption of the first-generation game server has also been reduced a lot, and the cost and price have also been reduced a lot! At that time, we can lower the selling price to attract players to buy the second-generation personal game server!"
The price of the first generation of personal game servers is not cheap. There are three levels of personal game servers, the lowest level costs US$1,999, and the highest level costs an exaggerated US$17,999.
This ultra-high price allows Intel to make a lot of money!
Shi Lei has no intention of lowering the price of personal game servers. Intel made a lot of money with its first-generation personal game servers. How could Shi Lei lower the price of personal game servers?
It was precisely because Intel made a lot of money with its personal game servers that Shi Lei eagerly acquired AMD and prepared to make the money himself!
Without the intervention of Dream Entertainment, AMD would most like to use price reduction promotions to compete with Intel and Nvidia. Although this approach hurts rival companies, it more harms its own customers.
Think about it, the graphics card produced by AMD was originally priced at 4,000 yuan. Because it wanted to compete with Nvidia's products, it suddenly reduced the price by 2,000 yuan. Although this kind of behavior can indeed suppress Nvidia, it is not worth the 4,000 yuan purchased before.
Customers of AMD products, how ironic is that?
"Old Dirk, in terms of performance, I hope that the performance of the second-generation personal game server will exceed that of the first-generation personal game server by more than 50%! I believe that AMD has such strength, right?" Shi Lei directly asked.
Quite a demanding requirement.
Dirk Mayer thought about it for a moment and responded affirmatively: "No problem!"
"Old Dirk, I have another question. Is there any way for AMD to overcome the delay problem of wireless display technology?" Shi Lei asked.
There is another problem with VR gaming helmets, which is how to connect to a personal game server?
If you use a VR game helmet to directly log into World of Brave, the game screen and game performance will probably be terrible due to the poor computing performance of the VR game helmet.
Only by connecting a VR game helmet to a personal game server can satisfactory game images and game performance be obtained. However, wireless display technology is tricky, and the delay problem is difficult to solve.
Dirk Mayer gave a negative answer, "AMD does not have relevant solutions. However, we can get good solutions for wireless display technology by cooperating with other manufacturers."
Currently, there are two main solutions for wireless display technology.
One of the solutions is to transmit video data. This solution is very crude. It compresses the video stream data directly at the video sending end, transmits the data through WIFI or UWB technology, and then decompresses the data at the receiving end to restore the video.
Streaming images.
This solution is currently the mainstream solution, with low cost and basically no technical difficulty. However, this technology has very obvious shortcomings. Due to the workflow of compressing, transmitting, decompressing and restoring images, these tasks are unavoidable.
It takes time. Therefore, the delay of this wireless display technology cannot be effectively solved at all.
Another solution is to directly transmit the video stream. Just like a wired connection, the video stream is transmitted directly through the wireless channel without compression and decompression, which fundamentally solves the problem of video delay.
However, it is very difficult to use this technology, and the video stream occupies a very large bandwidth. Currently, the only successful one is WHDI technology.
"Cooperate with other manufacturers?" Shi Lei thought about it.
