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In recent years, although the frequency of "explosive models" on the variety track has become lower and lower, the innovation of the track is endless: the sudden rise of talk shows, the fierce momentum of the national style variety show, especially the high-quality, interesting and more meaningful cultural and scientific variety shows, which are also sought after by the audience.
For example, China's first unit script-style technology challenge reality show "Future New World", produced by Tencent News, is a program with both technology and humanistic atmosphere. Each episode of the program puts forward a "question of the future", including scientists, engineers, artists and popular artists composed of "science and technology exploration frontier officers" to form two teams of AB, visit top scientific research institutions, experience unprecedented cutting-edge technology products. And finally returned to the roundtable to discuss deeper scientific ethics and technological development issues.
Up to the current eight episodes, "Future New World" has shown the audience the current top technological achievements in the fields of vehicle revolution, brain transition, and fantasy-dimensional interaction. These include virtual technology that can interact in real time, bionic robots that are not much different from real people, and mechanical exoskeletons that can help us push the limits of physiology
However, the original intention of the program of "Future New World" is not only to cause surprise, but to try to wrap the thinking of humanities and society in the guise of science and technology. Especially in the current fast-paced situation where young people are generally immersed in short videos, deep thinking has become an obvious missing item.
Enhance the breadth and depth of thinking about the problem, which is why "Future New World" invites guests from different dimensions such as science and technology celebrities and entertainers to discuss together. As co-participants in the new world of the future, they all have thinking from their own experiences and cognitions, and these cross-border collisions have burst out many wonderful ideas in the program.
For example, on the topic of "whether it is possible to accept deceased relatives to become simulated robots", Wang Zijian, who shows himself as a comedian on the screen, shows an unusually rational and delicate side - because robots are eternal, although it can soothe our emotions at a certain stage. But if one day the "it" that we once considered loved ones needs to be recycled or disposed of, it will be hard to accept.
This also reminds people of the documentary "Meet You" broadcast by South Korea's MBC TELEVISION in 2020, the VR technology team restored a mother's daughter Na Yan, who has been dead for three years, realizing the "long-cherished wish" of the mother in the film, but also triggered the worry of whether the mother will indulge in the past and cannot extricate herself.
In fact, this concern has similarities with Wang Zijian's concern, that is, not only to be able to enjoy the convenience of technology, but also to be vigilant and avoid the risks and harms that may exist.
Just like Wang Yuheng, the "water brother" with a strong "pastoral" label, although he has a strong understanding of scientific and technological products, he has opposed views on any technology that is not environmentally friendly, not close to the people, and not universal.
Similar controversies exist in the hot "avatar" space of the past two years. At this year's Jiangsu Satellite TV New Year's Eve concert, Zhou Shen cooperated with the idol Teresa Teng Lijun's virtual image, and the two of them also sang Zhou Shen's masterpiece "Big Fish". Tacit cooperation and aesthetic performances have made it to the hot search list and triggered a wave of comments. Many viewers were amazed by the fidelity of virtual technology, and even more surprised that virtual technology no longer stays in one-way display, and the intelligence of two-way interaction has reached a very high degree.
In "Future New World", the program also arranged the "Water Brother" Wang Yuheng and Pang Bo to have a close contact and interaction with the avatars of Teresa Teng. It is not surprising that the maturity of visual technology has brought Teresa Teresa's avatar to life, but its interactive ability has reached an astonishing level.
When asked about "what number today" points to a specific question, if it is only answered truthfully, it is undoubtedly the same as many smart speaker products now. As a result, the sentence "I have no time limit, I have forgotten time" suddenly pulls the dimension of the problem to a whole new height.
Lenovo's virtual idol industry, which is now in full swing, has not only been limited to animation, games and other fields, but also developed more towards commercial endorsement, online live broadcasting, cross-border cooperation and other all-round development.
There is even a new attempt to create an "artist + avatar", combining a real idol with a virtual idol, and the two sides complement each other. For example, Japan's Janis Studios and showroom launched the first virtual idol program, Johnny's X Showroom Virtual Johnny's Project. The two virtual idols launched in the first issue, Kaido Asuka and Rasai Akira, were debuted by Kansai Jr. group Wave Man (なにわ男), a member of The Kansai Jr. Group Wave Man (なにわ男), and Kazuya Ohashi, who also served as Nakato.
For this topic, "Water Brother" Wang Yuheng showed resistance at the beginning, the reason is that "my real life is already wonderful, for the experience of virtual images, I personally reject." As an artist, Yang Yunqing cannot accept the appearance of another avatar in addition to her own body, "Where is the meaning of my existence?" ”
But for viewers on the demand side, they may need a virtual idol that can respond and interact in real time, giving positive emotional value in various scenarios. In the final analysis, human beings are emotional animals, although this small emotion of human beings is really insignificant in the whole universe, but as a human being, is not living with the mood of experiencing various emotions?
Do not take the star artists as a gimmick, objectively take everyone to experience the existing achievements of climbing on different "science and technology trees" in reality, and in the process of experience, they will moderately and timely trigger speculation. In a crowd of lively variety shows, this "calm" "Future New World" is so charming.