Chapter 804: The First Batch of MR Games and Apps
After "Jump Jump" and "Three Kingdoms Kill" achieved very positive reception as MR games, a large number of MR games supporting Thunder Glasses began to appear on the Thunder Game Platform.
Most of these were developed by designers collaborating with the Thunder Game Platform, varying in size and gameplay, but all essentially achieving an MR effect. Before the Matrix Glasses were officially released for sale, Chen Mo had already notified some of the more experienced independent game designers on the Thunder Game Platform in advance, revealing the types of games the Matrix Glasses could support. As a result, this batch of MR games was of good quality, with even some small games being full of fun.
These included some small games, such as:
- **"Stack Boxes"**: Captures the player's hand movements, continuously stacking blocks upward on a tabletop until they collapse.
- **"Virtual Chessboard"**: Similar to the Thunder Card and Board Games, but optimized for games like Chinese chess and international chess, with cooler visual effects.
- **"Dominoes"**: Arrange dominoes in reality, then knock them down in stylish ways.
Medium-sized games, for example:
- **"Build a Miniature City"**: Cultivate farmland, collect coins, and construct buildings on a virtual plot of land, with a strong sense of three-dimensionality for the entire city.
- **"Virtual Racing"**: Find a high place, choose an open area, generate a racing car to speed around, and if it crashes into surrounding buildings, it gets destroyed and restarts.
Large games, for example:
- **"Tabletop Mech Warfare"**: Uses the tabletop as a battle stage, selecting different mechs to fight.
- **"Holographic Shooting"**: Besides regular firearms, includes zombie mode and sniper mode. Players can perform shooting operations through gestures or specialized peripherals, battling other Matrix Glasses users or system AI. In sniper mode, players can scope in and shoot virtual enemies from various positions to earn points.
- **"Nightmare"**: Yes, this is a horror game. Once activated, it automatically adjusts brightness based on the environment, allowing players to find unclean things at home, like a female ghost in the bathtub. Since it uses real-life scenes, it's not recommended to play alone at night, or you really won't be able to sleep...
Additionally, many apps supporting MR technology also appeared. Although most of these apps were relatively simple, their practicality was off the charts. For example:
- **"Holographic Arena"**: When wearing Matrix Glasses to watch a ball game, player statistics and scoreboards appear. You can choose whether to listen to the commentary via headphones, and there's a bullet comment feature, allowing you to see exciting comments after goals even at the venue. The features for watching esports matches are even richer, with holographic projections of various heroes around the venue, making the whole place look cooler.
- **"Starry Sky"**: Look up at the stars through the Matrix Glasses, and the system automatically connects stars to form constellations, allowing you to query information about each star. Even on cloudy days when no stars are visible, it's fine, because the star data is calculated based on the user's location. The Matrix Glasses can even depict a beautiful star map directly on the lenses.
- **"Is It Worth Buying"**: When seeing a product in a mall, besides the default self-service price inquiry function, if this app is installed, user reviews of the product will also appear. If there are many positive reviews, you might consider buying it.
- **"Dance Master"**: After installation, you can select a standard dance version in the app and just dance in front of a mirror. The system automatically calculates how standard your moves are, highlighting severely off-form actions for correction.
- **"Home Furnishing Mall"**: You can drag virtual furniture into an empty space in your home to see if it matches your decor after purchase.
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Clearly, technological innovation drove many new business opportunities. Whether in games or apps, many entrepreneurs or companies rushed into this trend, burning brain cells to explore the potential of the Matrix Glasses, this new type of wearable device.
Some apps didn't just appear now, but only truly became popular and widespread thanks to the Matrix Glasses.
In fact, besides the technological innovation of the micro-consciousness reading device, other aspects of the Matrix Glasses technology were also slowly advancing.
Previously, limited by input modes, smart wearable devices couldn't take off, and many new technologies and black techs had no place to shine. Now that this trend had emerged, many hardware manufacturers sensed the opportunity, and related technologies began to develop slowly.
This large batch of apps dazzled Matrix Glasses users, leaving them unsure which ones to download.
Apps like "Holographic Arena" and "Dance Master" were clearly tailored for specific groups—fans who love watching live games, or girls who enjoy dancing to otaku tunes—they definitely had to install them.
As for apps like "Is It Worth Buying," their coverage was broad. Although this software had more or less issues, its download count kept climbing, becoming a highly praised smart glasses app.
On the gaming side, players were even more dazzled, unsure which game to download.
They all looked fun!
Currently, most players' enthusiasm for MR games had just been ignited, but "Jump Jump" and "Three Kingdoms Kill" were clearly not enough to play.
Now, with so many MR games suddenly emerging, players instantly got hyped, all sharing their trial experiences and reviews of these MR games online.
"I downloaded 'Nightmare' the first chance I got. This game can really scare you to death at night! I saw a female ghost crawling out of my TV, and I almost smashed the TV in fright... Damn, which designer made this game to take revenge on society?!"
"Yeah, I played 'Nightmare' too, and I really had nightmares at night! This game lets you experience a real horror movie in your own home, so thrilling..."
"'Holographic Shooting' is fun! My son and I can play all day in the living room, using the sofa as cover!"
"'Build a Miniature City' is pretty interesting. It feels like looking at a property model at a sales office, and you can even build your own structures."
"As a poor guy who bought the youth version, I don't know what you're talking about. I can only play 'Stack Boxes' and 'Dominoes'... Oh, by the way, I got 136 points in 'Stack Boxes' and 173 points in 'Jump Jump.' Anyone want to challenge me?"
"The guy above is really idle. I only got 42 points in 'Stack Boxes'..."
"Sorry, we who bought the high-end version never play games like 'Stack Boxes,' hehe!"
"Hey, I bought the standard version for myself, but under my girlfriend's pillow talk, I got her the high-end version. And she barely plays games! So annoying!"
"Then what does she use it for?"
"'Is It Worth Buying'! 'Dance Master'!"
"Why don't you two just swap? Your standard version supports those apps perfectly!"
"She won't swap with me. She says the high-end version is more comfortable to wear..."