If Halliday were really just someone obsessed with games, he wouldn't have been able to develop games, especially the oasis technology.
In reality, he put in a lot of effort to create the World he imagined, studying hard, getting into university, and delving into software engineering, hardware design, and more.
Therefore, his original intention in creating the oasis was not to build a harbor for escaping reality; he was just obsessed with that World and thought it would be better if people could better experience the beauty of that World.
Looking at the somewhat foolish appearance of himself lying in the virtual pod, his mood became somewhat complicated.
Morrow, on the other hand, was quite open-minded: "Do we look that stupid?"
"Of course, you don't actually look that stupid right now." Harry shrugged, "It's just slightly exaggerated."
As he spoke, Harry displayed the two men's true appearances; in fact, there was no expression at all, at most, their complexions were just a bit pale.
Harry briefly introduced: "Brain-computer interface technology, virtual World technology can affect all five senses; of course, it's controlled, and it's not a 100% mapping."
It was said simply, but in fact, the technological content of this virtual pod was far beyond that of the oasis.
"I want you to operate this World." Harry said straightforwardly.
"But is there any difference?" Halliday was struggling with this now, "Isn't your system even more likely to make people addicted to it?"
Harry thought about it and felt it was better to see it for himself.
Waving his hand, the surrounding scene turned into an open space, and steel bars were erected under his command.
"For example, the framework system is built based on existing physical rules; in other words, at least on a macro level, it is interconnected with reality in many aspects."
Reinforced concrete was accumulated bit by bit by Harry, forming a dome building with a unique structure.
"I am using these traditional materials to reconstruct the basic structure of the Osborn Tower --"
As soon as he finished speaking, the complex building became precarious, the internal materials snapped, and the entire building began to collapse.
"You can see that the old materials cannot support the structure of the Osborn Tower -- if we want to build such a building, we need better materials."
Harry switched to new materials obtained from the Chitauri and on asteroids, and this time the structure did not collapse again.
This is just a simple example to illustrate that this system can even be used to study structural mechanics, simulating engineering design very well at a macro level.
And with this equipment, everyone can try architectural design and verify its feasibility.
Not just engineering design, these scenes can also be used for teaching; after all, some experiments and teaching methods are very expensive and cannot be popularized to everyone.
Once the cost of education comes down, education can be better popularized -- of course, this doesn't refer to things like equestrian training; he has never liked so-called "aristocratic education."
Only by letting people better see and understand advanced technology will more people be interested in it.
The previous situation was like, out of 100 people, 90 were doing repetitive labor, and only 10 could come into contact with these things, thus becoming high-tech workers.
And among these 10 people, at least 9 were not really doing research.
Of course, this is just a metaphor.
Harry has always believed that people always have curiosity about a wider World, but it has been worn away by the cruel reality.
Not just in the fields of scientific research and education, but also in social interaction, psychotherapy, etc., the virtual World can serve well as a transitional option, but it should not overshadow reality.
After a little thought, Halliday and Morrow roughly understood what Harry meant.
"This system can better feed the advantages of the virtual World back into reality, rather than just reaching the level of 'making people happy and joyful'," Morrow muttered.
"Of course, you can continue to design some strange and eccentric game Worlds based on this World -- cultural products are also products; after all, computers are not just used for academic research, right?" Harry added.
By this point in the conversation, Halliday and Morrow were completely captivated -- this seemed closer to the World they had imagined.
The boundary between virtual and reality had merged in a better form, rather than being in opposition.
"A wonderful World, but why did you come to us?" Halliday was straightforward and spoke his inner doubts.
Honestly, this set of technology and concepts could crush 100% of their peers, so why choose them?
Harry thought silently: Because you are talents certified by the movie plot to be capable of this important task.
But of course, he wouldn't say that to them; now was the stage of selling a vision.
"You should both know Dr. Otto -- his dream is to bring nuclear fusion energy to reality; and there's Dr. Connors, his dream is to repair his own arm.
In fact, Osborn has many employees, and I think highly of them all. They have dreams and abilities, and the only thing they lack is resources -- and resources are the one thing I absolutely do not lack. It's that simple."
Distributing resources to those with ability and dreams, Harry believed this was the highest form of value-added method; isn't that where his advantage as a transmigrator lies?
As for grabbing market share or whatever, that only counts as a low-end tactic.
"So, do you want to accept this job offer?"
Harry waved one hand, and the two were seated at the same table, holding two exquisite fountain pens, with two contracts laid out in front of them.
In fact, there was nothing to consider at all; Osborn was the best employer they had imagined.
Salary and such were secondary; the key was that Osborn could really bake the pie and then give them a slice.
The two looked at each other, having already made their decision in their hearts, smiled, and put down the pens in their hands.
"Are we signing in this virtual World?"
Hearing this, Harry also laughed and snapped his right fingers.
A line of small text appeared in front of Halliday and Morrow: Exit the framework?
The two chose yes.
The agreement was signed, and now Osborn had another innovative internet company under its banner, with its main business being virtual World operations.
After signing the agreement, the group walked to the door of the conference room, and Morrow suddenly said to Halliday:
"Do you still want Kara's contact information?"
This question stumped Halliday; he was a shy person, and personal questions always had huge destructive power on such people.
He became a bit flustered.
Harry found this scene quite interesting: in the movie, Halliday had a crush, but in the end, he never took that step.
Now this scene was a bit like that, because Kara was not exactly a "person."
Harry said: "If you are interested, I can help you -- it's just that Kara belongs to the Synthetics."
The word Synthetics stunned both of them; they didn't expect there to be even more sci-fi things?
Seeing this, Harry laughed: "So you see, imagination has boundaries. I have always believed that imagination is nothing more than a supplement and speculation about the unknown parts of reality. Of course, this part is usually very interesting, and sometimes very useful."
So, do you want to continue imagining what kind of person Kara is, or go find out for yourself?"
Halliday looked at Harry, and then at his good friend Morrow -- who was winking at him.
"Then, then I'll leave it to you."
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