182: Chapter 182 Throw Away Your Glasses! This is the Real Future Technology

The applause in the venue hadn't completely died down yet.

Many people hadn't even had time to wipe the look of shock off their faces.

From the true Full-screen display to the pop-up front camera, to the 20x optical zoom and that sample photo of Uranus, and finally the full version of Doubao AI that could handle the entire process of ordering takeout, hailing a ride, and sending text messages the moment you spoke—

As of now, this launch event could already be considered legendary.

At least, in the minds of the vast majority of people, that was the case.

Down in the audience, an executive from a rival company slumped in their chair, their movements stiff even as they wiped sweat from their brow.

In the backstage area.

Wang Peng slapped his thigh, his face flushed red.

"Unstoppable!!"

"Isn't this enough yet?"

"If this doesn't count as complete domination today, then what does?"

Lu Yaoguang sat beside him. Although her own heart was racing, she instinctively retorted, "Shut your mouth first."

"Don't end up hyperventilating later."

Wang Peng was about to snap back, but halfway through, he suddenly froze.

Because Lu Li on stage had no intention of ending the show.

He merely glanced down at the remote in his hand and flipped to the next page.

Many audience members realized it at this moment.

Wait.

It's not over yet?

Meanwhile, in that overseas conference room where they had been trying hard to maintain composure, several executives from Google straightened up almost simultaneously.

They were certainly feeling uncomfortable now.

The buzz, the topics, and the viral potential on the mobile front were doomed to be lost today.

Doubao AI had even unraveled the "gateway narrative" they had only just established last night.

But—

It wasn't completely over yet.

As long as Lu Li couldn't come up with a new answer regarding spatial devices, their XR route wasn't dead yet.

There was silence in the conference room for a few seconds.

The head of XR stared at the live stream, speaking in a low voice:

"If he doesn't have a suitable solution, we still have the upper hand."

No one corrected his momentarily confused phrasing, because everyone knew what he meant.

As long as Guanghui Technology didn't have a new answer for spatial devices today, they could keep telling their own story.

On stage.

Lu Li looked up at the audience. His voice was not loud, yet it reached every corner of the venue clearly.

"Many people believe that next-generation spatial interaction means you have to wear something on your face."

"The answer provided by Guanghui Technology is: No."

"We believe—"

He paused.

The next second, the title on that page slowly lit up on the big screen.

[Space Itself Is the Screen]

Lu Li's voice dropped at the same time.

"Space itself can become a screen."

The entire venue was stunned for a moment.

Then, the venue, which had quieted down, once again erupted into an uncontrollable commotion.

In the backstage area, Wang Peng nearly jumped up.

"It's here!"

"This is it!"

Lu Yaoguang's eyes lit up as well.

Meanwhile, in the overseas conference room, the head of XR frowned almost instantly.

Someone instinctively felt that something was wrong.

The air in the conference room grew quiet along with that statement.

The next second.

A device that had previously been covered by a black cloth slowly rose in the center of the stage.

Its appearance was more restrained than many had imagined.

There were no massive robotic arms, no exaggerated support structures, and no flamboyant designs deliberately trying to create a "futuristic" feel.

It was clean, simple, and even looked like a disc-shaped Robot, except that it had a polyhedral structure on top.

It looked like a silent piece of industrial art.

On the big screen, the device name lit up.

[Guanghui · Mirage]

Lu Li raised his hand and said calmly:

"It doesn't require you to wear glasses."

"Nor does it require you to stare at an additional screen."

"The space you are in can itself become a part of the content presentation."

As he finished speaking, he pressed the start button.

The next second, the air in the center of the stage seemed to vibrate gently.

A translucent, three-dimensional interface floated silently in mid-air.

It wasn't a screen curtain.

It wasn't a projection on the ground.

It was an interface truly suspended in the air.

It was transparent, three-dimensional, with extremely fine flowing light along its edges.

Immediately after, a complex mechanical structure rotated and unfolded within the device.

Gears, frames, and connection points opened up layer by layer.

It had thickness when viewed from the front, and it still held up when viewed from the side.

It wasn't "like 3D."

It was truly right there.

The entire venue went silent.

This silence was even more absolute than when the true Full-screen display was unveiled.

Because the former was "phones have gotten stronger," while this time, it was "the logic of spatial devices has been completely replaced."

Lu Li continued to operate it.

The mechanical model in the air flickered slightly and dispersed into countless points of flowing light.

The next second.

A humanoid image, almost life-sized, slowly solidified in the center of the stage.

That was not a simple projection.

It was as if someone were truly standing there.

The head, shoulders, arms, and body contours—all proportions were so realistic that it made one's scalp tingle.

Even as the camera switched and the live perspective shifted, the figure still maintained its spatial depth.

No glasses needed.

No screen curtain needed.

It just "stood" there in the air.

The entire venue was dead silent.

Some audience members instinctively leaned forward, wanting to see clearly whether it was a pre-arranged stage mechanism.

In the backstage area, Wang Peng had his mouth open, even holding back a "Holy shit."

Although he had heard Lu Li mention it before and knew this thing was called aerial imaging, seeing it in person still gave him a dizzying sensation, as if his brain had been hit hard.

Meanwhile, in the overseas conference room, the reactions of those few people were even more direct.

At first, they didn't believe it.

The PR manager even instinctively frowned and looked at the edge of the frame, suspecting it was a visual error caused by the live camera setup.

But soon, he realized it wasn't.

Because Lu Li switched to multiple angles.

The live cameras were switching too.

That "person" was always there.

The technical lead leaned forward, staring intently at every detail on the screen.

The head of XR's face turned pale, bit by bit.

Someone muttered almost unconsciously:

"He isn't even wearing glasses..."

The next second, another person finished the second half of the sentence.

"He has liberated spatial display technology from wearable devices, making it a display method that can integrate into the environment."

The conference room fell into silence once again.

This statement was too fatal.

What they had originally been talking about was moving spatial display from a screen to the face.

But what Lu Li was doing now was directly changing spatial display from "wearable device" to "environmental device."

This wasn't just a different route.

It was a different dimension.

On stage, Lu Li didn't take the opportunity to rattle off a bunch of technical specifications.

He just looked at the eyes full of shock in the audience, paused for two seconds, and then calmly said:

"Before talking about this device."

"I want to show everyone a video filmed on August 27th."

"That day was a little girl's birthday."