Since Doubt VR had such profound significance in both scenarios—being a product impossible to ignore when discussing VR—Qiao Laoshi’s video title didn’t seem clickbait at all, but rather perfectly reasonable!
If a VR gaming era was coming, then Doubt VR had unveiled its prelude; if there would be no VR gaming era, then Doubt VR would be like “what was thought to be just the beginning turned out to be the peak”—even as a tombstone, it would hold tremendous commemorative value.
Thinking about it that way, it truly had historical significance…
The only question was whether Qiao Laoshi’s claim that Doubt VR glasses and “Animal Island” together established the foundation for VR gaming standards was an exaggeration.
Che Rong continued watching patiently.
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“As we all know, VR games are currently quite a niche gaming category. There aren’t any large-scale works—forget approaching AAA game scale, most VR games don’t even match mobile games in terms of content volume.”
“At first glance, ‘Animal Island’ seems similar to other VR games—all casual games—so many people instinctively assume it’s nothing special.”
“This is clearly a misconception!”
“‘Animal Island’ isn’t just an excellent, engaging casual game; it has an even more important significance: it establishes operational norms for VR gaming, showing us the unlimited possibilities for VR games in the future!”
“It serves as a training ground. Once everyone becomes accustomed to this operation method, when larger-scale, AAA-level VR games are released in the future, players will naturally be able to pick them up easily!”
“Next, I’ll combine game content to introduce in detail what constitutes VR gaming operation standards.”
The following segment mainly used Qiao Liang’s livestream gameplay footage and detailed explanations of basic operations in “Animal Island.”
For example, he covered the three different movement methods, the reload and chamber operations when hunting with a shotgun, operations for archery, fishing, tree cutting, mining, and using the steam grappling hook to grab objects.
During the explanation, he also detailed the Doubt VR controller’s structure, explaining the different roles of all five fingers and how this special controller design differed from traditional VR headset controllers.
Che Rong had never played “Animal Island.” He had bought his Doubt VR headset solely to use with the smart fitness clothes rack, and hadn’t even unsealed the controllers, keeping them stored to prevent losing them.
But after hearing Qiao Laoshi’s explanation, he became interested in the game.
Who knew this controller had so many complex uses?
Especially impressive was how, given current technology levels, the perfect combination of game and hardware delivered the highest quality gaming experience to players—truly remarkable.
“After fully understanding this operation system, everyone should grasp its important significance. Clearly, this is a standard answer that all future VR games can follow!”
“Take first-person shooter games, a genre perfectly suited for VR. Although similar games existed before, they weren’t mature.”
“For instance, they lacked magazine changing and chamber loading operations; bullet counts were displayed on the interface rather than on the weapon itself; characters couldn’t move freely but were limited to stationary shooting; there were no item pickup operations…”
“But now, if someone wants to develop a new FPS game on the VR platform, they can follow the shotgun mechanics from ‘Animal Island’!”
“Similarly, if you want to create fishing, mining, material gathering, item collecting, racing, or driving content, you can find corresponding implementations in ‘Animal Island.'”
“For players, ‘Animal Island’ is not only an enjoyable casual game but also demonstrates VR’s unlimited future possibilities, completely revolutionizing most people’s concept of VR: it makes us realize that VR is no longer an abstract concept, but rather a relatively mature commercial gaming prototype that we can already experience.”
“For game developers, ‘Animal Island’ serves as an encyclopedia and textbook for VR games. Whatever genre of VR game they develop in the future, they can find the corresponding module in ‘Animal Island.’ They no longer need to rack their brains figuring out how to implement basic gameplay—they can simply follow ‘Animal Island’s’ approach.”
“That’s why I say ‘Animal Island’ establishes standards for future VR games. Through its own efforts, it has directly transformed VR gaming from a niche, gimmick-focused medium into a practical stage with normal playability and rich content!”
“Meanwhile, ‘Fitness Battle VR Edition’ takes another direction—pure simulation.”
“In ‘Fitness Battle,’ the rich functionality of the two controllers is completely abandoned in favor of using the smart fitness clothes rack for gameplay.”
“This clearly points to another development direction for VR headsets: pairing with professional simulators.”
“Don’t underestimate simulators! While this category might be somewhat niche, its market potential is absolutely worth exploring deeply. Currently, common examples include racing simulators with steering wheels, pedals, gear shifts, and handbrakes, coupled with triple monitors or even G-force seats—all coming with substantial price tags.”
“Additionally, there are even more niche flight simulators.”
“Currently, these simulators typically use triple monitors or custom curved screens. Curved screens are too expensive for average users, while triple monitor setups are more common but still can’t achieve true immersion due to bezels between screens and limited field of view.”
“Using VR devices provides immersion that far surpasses screens.”
“The only issue might be that current racing games lack sufficient resolution—2K visuals are completely inadequate when displayed in VR glasses and can’t fully leverage the resolution advantages of VR headsets.”
“However, I believe these problems will be solved in the future.”
“‘Animal Island’ has already proven that hoverboard movement is very popular—it doesn’t break immersion like teleportation but doesn’t cause motion sickness like normal movement.”
“This indicates that combining VR equipment with simulators has great potential! While it can’t guarantee that no one will experience motion sickness, it has certainly expanded the potential audience considerably.”
“Additionally, both ‘Animal Island’ and ‘Fitness Battle’ share another outstanding advantage: they fully utilize existing capabilities, playing to strengths while avoiding weaknesses, bringing players the best gaming experience possible at the current stage!”
“Due to VR device characteristics, insufficient resolution easily appears blurry with noticeable pixelation, affecting game experience.”
“‘Animal Island’ and ‘Fitness Battle’ deliberately avoid realistic art styles, adopting a more casual, chibi style while meticulously refining colors, making players feel comfortable and relaxed in the VR world, with significantly reduced pixelation.”
“By now, everyone should understand the meaning behind this video’s title.”
“These two games weren’t made casually—they clearly came prepared!”
“They represent two future development directions for VR games: one utilizes existing VR controller structures to develop universal VR games; the other pairs with specialized simulators, using VR headsets solely as display devices.”
“So when I say they establish standards for future VR games, there’s absolutely no exaggeration!”
“If you have the opportunity, I strongly recommend experiencing Doubt VR glasses. Their specifications are absolutely the highest among current VR headsets, and these two games—’Animal Island’ and ‘Fitness Battle’—will definitely revolutionize your understanding of VR games!”
“If you’re worried about buying VR glasses only to let them gather dust, you can also try them at offline stores. As far as I know, Jingzhou’s Slackin’ Internet Cafés have fully implemented VR experience zones, and places like Starbird Fitness have also purchased many VR glasses for customer experiences. Other cities will likely follow soon.”
“I encourage you to visit similar offline stores for an experience that will certainly bring you a completely different feeling!”
“This concludes the current video. I remain your Qiao Laoshi, and together let’s look forward to the arrival of the VR era!”
“See you all in the next episode!”
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After watching the video, Che Rong’s face was filled with pleasant surprise.
He hadn’t expected Qiao Laoshi to mention Starbird Fitness at the end—what an unexpected bonus!
Initially, Che Rong thought the video title was somewhat exaggerated, but after watching, he felt completely convinced by Qiao Laoshi.
Indeed, he’d lacked foresight!
According to Qiao Laoshi, “Animal Island” had established VR gaming standards. Once players accepted these standards, developing other types of games would become a natural progression.
If so, Doubt VR’s popularity certainly wouldn’t fade quickly.
Other game companies might also release VR games, and with Chi Xing Studio developing new games, VR would remain popular for quite some time.
As long as VR stayed popular, Starbird Fitness would benefit from that popularity.
Moreover, the future wouldn’t necessarily be limited to the smart fitness clothes rack—perhaps Tenda would develop other simulators too? Like omnidirectional treadmills for running, shooting simulators, or skiing simulators.
Then Starbird Fitness could offer multiple fitness methods!
As long as they clung tightly to Mr. Pei’s support, these would all be minor issues easily resolved.
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July 23rd, Monday.
Chi Xing Studio.
All employees gathered joyfully to celebrate the success of Doubt VR and the two VR games.
“Look, a gaming media outlet is introducing our products!”
“This outlet also used phrases like ‘unveiling the VR era curtain,’ ‘comprehensive transition to VR gaming,’ and ‘the future has arrived’—it seems this really has created quite a sensation!”
“The official platform will probably provide resources for promotion sooner or later.”
Everyone’s faces radiated joy.