What do y'all think about Genshin Impact as a virtual world?
HoYoverse, formerly known as miHoYo, has shared an ambitious long-term vision to build a massive virtual world designed to entertain up to one billion people.
Accordg to the company’s leadership, Genshin Impact is being treated as an early prototype, with each new project helping refine the technology and ideas needed to reach that goal by 2030.
Because of its focus on deep digital immersion, fans and media often compare HoYoverse’s plans to Sword Art Online and Ready Player One, where players can fully lose themselves inside a shared virtual space rather than just play a traditional game.
Beyond games, HoYoverse has also invested heavily in neurotechnology research. The company partnered with Ruijin Hospital, affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, to explore brain-computer interface (BCI) technology.
This research focuses on neuromodulation therapy, with the goal of helping treat severe cases of depression.