Chapter 1229 The world's first computer strategy game
Liu Lang is a miracle in human biology, but the discussion topic he participated in was not biology. He only had a master's degree in engineering. With such academic qualifications, he could not participate in a seminar of this level. Besides, he failed halfway
Crossing over into the entertainment industry, there is nothing in engineering
What achievements he made, but his contribution to the computer industry is very huge. The book "Digital Survival" four years ago has become the recognized "Bible" in today's computer industry. If you are an IT person and have not read this book,
Then don't say you are a computer person, it's too embarrassing.
Last year, Liu Lang published a book called "Out of Control". This book has aroused heated discussions since its publication. "Digital Survival" describes a human society built by computers and networks. This society is bound to happen. Human beings must
Be prepared for it, and the book "Out of Control" is more
Further, it elaborates on various problems that will arise in a deeply digital society. These problems will not attract human attention at first, but as time goes by, they will one day lose human control and lead humans in an unknown direction.
, whether this direction is good or bad is unknown.
With the publication of two books, Liu Lang has become a recognized "godfather" figure in the computer industry. This is not because his ideas are unparalleled, but because many of the concepts and products mentioned in his books are very relevant.
This era had a huge impact. It inspired many people that Netscape was established two years ahead of schedule because of these two books.
Of course, Liu Lang did not clearly say what kind of browser it was in the book. He just said that humans can see information instantly through the Internet. Clark obviously got inspiration from this sentence and created the browser.
Netscape is not the only company that was changed by Liu Lang, he is just one of them. There are many other companies that have new ideas because of Liu Lang's books, so they really have a feeling of admiration for Liu Lang, which is not to say that
He wanted to worship him, but hoped to have a dialogue with him and spark new thinking, so Liu Lang's arrival immediately aroused heated discussion.
Liu Lang also had a keynote speech, which he proposed himself. The title was "The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Humanity." This kind of topic came naturally to Liu Lang, and there was no need to prepare at all. It was completely in his mind.
The conference had several sub-venues. Liu Lang participated in the semiconductor computer industry. Liu Lang looked around and found many familiar people, including Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Gordon Moore, the proposer of Moore's theorem.
, and Netscape Chairman Jim Clark, whom he had just met, was also a participant. There was another person who caught Liu Lang's attention. He was a three-year-old.
A young man of about ten years old, with short hair, even a little bald, wearing a suit, he looked very shrewd at first glance. Liu Lang recognized him as Bezos, the president of Amazon, the world's largest Internet company twenty years later.
, but he didn’t have a single hair at that time and was completely bald. Now he still has a few hairs, but even Liu Lang knew him if he had hair.
Amazon was founded in 1995. Its business is online e-commerce. It initially sold books. As it continued to grow, it began to get involved in various products, and then extended its tentacles to cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence. In the 20s, Amazon
Many years later, Amazon has become one of the most technologically advanced companies in the world, no less than Google and Facebook, and Bezos himself has become well-known as the richest man in the world, with a net worth of more than 100 billion U.S. dollars.
At the beginning of the meeting, the host gave a speech on the rostrum and introduced the key guests, including Wan An, Bill Gates, the presidents of IBM and Apple, but did not mention Jobs's name. This "Qiao Gang leader" is now
It was a time of failure. Not only was the president of Apple Inc. gone, but he was also removed from the company he created.
As for the company run by Apple, Apple is also in decline now. The market share of personal computers is only 5%. If it continues to develop like this, I am afraid that it will not wait until Steve Jobs returns. Besides, what will happen if Steve Jobs returns? I have been with Liu Lang all my life.
Under control, Apple’s mobile phone may not be the most famous smartphone in the future.
Liu Lang is also one of the important guests. When the host said the name Jimmy Liu, everyone at the scene immediately exclaimed, and then burst into warm applause. Obviously Liu Lang's reputation is much higher than others.
Liu Lang also stood up and waved his hands around.
The host made an opening statement, which was to explain the development of the computer industry in the world today, and then looked forward to the future, citing a lot of content from "Digital Survival".
After the opening remarks, several heavyweight guests appeared. The first was Wanan, the chairman of Wanan Company. As one of the most important guests, he brought the latest product of Wanan Company, a computer game called "Civilization".
That's right, this is the world's first strategy *** that uses a computer as the terminal.
Wan'an is over 60 years old this year, but he is full of energy and in good health. Today, Wan'an Company is making rapid progress and has become the largest computer company in the United States and even the world. Its annual personal computer shipments alone reach
Two hundred thousand units, the market share exceeds 100%
On the 40th, the market value of Wan'an Company has exceeded 10 billion U.S. dollars, making it one of the companies with the highest market value on Nasdaq. His personal wealth last year was as high as 1.5 billion U.S. dollars, and his family wealth exceeded 3 billion U.S. dollars.
The U.S. dollar is no less than that of established companies such as Rockefeller and DuPont.
Wan'an demonstrated the game on the rostrum in high spirits, and the game screen was projected onto a huge LED display at the back.
In this era, LED display screens are still a new type of product. They generally only have three colors: red, yellow, and blue. However, this display screen can already display twelve colors. It is definitely the best optical product at the moment.
"Entertainment is the most common desire of human beings. We at Wan'an Company are moving computer informatization closer to entertainment, creating a new way of entertainment, allowing people to have a new gaming experience, and this game called "Civilization"
It is an entertainment method that caters to the times and can make people feel an unprecedented pleasure...!"
While Wan An was talking, a staff member showed the game on the LED display.
The main line of the game "Civilization" is to lead primitive humans to develop and evolve, and ultimately achieve modernization. From contending with beasts in the Stone Age to civilized society competing with other forces, players' participation is very high.
There are four main civilizations in the game: Chinese farming civilization, Greek maritime civilization, Roman technological civilization and Egyptian mysterious civilization. Each civilization has its own characteristics. Players can choose at will. After choosing, it will evolve according to different civilization methods. Of course
, as a game released in the West, Greek Maritime Civilization and Roman
The horse technological civilization is the protagonist, and the other two civilizations are weaker, but they reach the same goal by different paths. All civilizations can become powerful when they are developed to the extreme. For example, the Greek marine civilization developed towards the sea, and giant steel ships will appear in the later period. The Roman technological civilization focused more on it.
The development of mathematics and physics is the most advantageous civilization