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VR-related technology began receiving widespread coverage across major news outlets.

Originally, Gamestar Entertainment was in the midst of a large-scale promotional campaign for its new game console, but this emerging technology suddenly stole the spotlight.

At a tech demonstration conference, the professor behind the first VR prototype presented his device and personally showed the audience what the VR experience looked like from his perspective.

To people in this world, that kind of VR perspective was incredibly novel—a feeling they had never experienced before.

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Naturally, it sparked immense curiosity and interest across the board.

The professor quickly launched a crowdfunding campaign for his device online.

Within just a few hours after unveiling the product at the tech conference, the campaign raised over a million dollars in backing on the same day.

This alone was enough to show just how eager the general public was to explore this new technology.

This also caught the attention of a major tech giant:

Morgan Group.

Inside Morgan Group, an emergency meeting was called.

At the head of the table sat the company's new CEO, Colin Davis, enthusiastically briefing everyone on the potential of VR.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I can guarantee you—this is a technology from the future. If we can take control of it, we may be able to carve out a whole new direction in tech."

Colin Davis was the hand-picked successor of the former CEO, a leader highly regarded by the previous administration.

However, since taking office, Davis had yet to achieve any major breakthroughs.

For the most part, he had been sustaining the foundations laid by his predecessor, making sure Morgan Group didn't suffer any serious decline.

But for shareholders, this wasn't a good sign. Discontent was already brewing.

So now, Davis was eager to prove himself by landing a big win.

That's when VR came along.

He believed this was his opportunity.

If he could seize it, he might go down in history.

"So, what do you all think about this VR technology?"

"Hmm, it seems promising... but aren't we talking about entering an entirely new frontier? Doesn't that mean we'll need to pour a massive amount of capital into building an entire ecosystem?"

Davis nodded. "Exactly. And that's the point—because it's untouched territory, it means the potential is still untapped. As a leading tech enterprise, we are in the perfect position to dominate this market."

After careful deliberation, some members remained skeptical, while others thought it was worth the risk.

If there's one thing Morgan Group doesn't lack—it's money.

As the world's leading operating system provider and a tech patent powerhouse, Morgan Group earns hundreds of millions annually, even without lifting a finger.

Investing a portion of that in VR seemed more than reasonable.

They had previously considered entering the smartphone war.

But Takayuki got there first and quickly took control of the market.

Morgan Group tried to catch up, but by then, Facebook and Micfo had already carved out dominant positions. There simply wasn't enough left to claim.

These two companies were relentless. Within a few short years, they established overwhelming advantages and left no room for latecomers.

Most other companies could only watch them grow stronger—without any viable way to compete.

Now, VR might really be the next big thing, just like Davis said.

In the end, the board voted in favor of VR development.

The first step? Acquire a company that specializes in VR.

And the most visible startup in the field seemed like an obvious choice.

But that startup had already caught the attention of several other financial powerhouses.

Rather than compete head-on, Morgan Group decided to give up the acquisition and began searching for alternative targets.

However, during this search, they suddenly discovered another company recruiting VR tech talent—

Gamestar Entertainment.

"Why is this guy everywhere?!"

The people at Morgan Group felt like they were seeing ghosts.

At the same time, Morgan's shareholders started to believe that VR might truly be the next big thing.

After all, every decision Gamestar had made so far had turned to gold.

With Gamestar's support, Facebook became a social media titan and now dominated the smartphone market as well.

If Takayuki was now setting his sights on VR, then clearly there was something big behind it.

People naturally tend to follow trends, especially when someone with a history of incredible foresight makes a move.

But Takayuki himself never expected that his simple desire to make a couple of VR games—not even entering the VR industry full-on—would be mistaken by so many as a market signal.

Suddenly, a talent war erupted in the VR field. Companies everywhere scrambled to recruit even a single VR expert.

Salaries for VR professionals soared.

Meanwhile, media outlets began hyping VR as the "technology of the future."

They claimed that VR would allow people to interact face-to-face, even across the globe—and that it represented the ultimate form of the internet.

One VR summit after another was held around the world. It seemed that VR had overnight become the symbol of tomorrow.

And the one who unintentionally sparked this entire wave?

Gamestar Entertainment.

Takayuki could only watch with a somewhat dumbfounded expression.

"I didn't even do anything big yet..."

Had this world's trajectory begun to diverge from his original world?

Was this world's VR technology destined to evolve faster?

Seeing the skyrocketing patent fees and salaries in the VR field, Takayuki decided not to throw in too many more resources.

At the end of the day, all he wanted to do was make a couple of games.

He never intended to single-handedly build a full VR ecosystem.

Even in his original world, trillion-dollar Facebook had stumbled hard trying to develop VR and the metaverse.

If they couldn't pull it off despite burning hundreds of billions... how could he?