While the magical world is incredibly mystical, with all sorts of methods akin to miracles, the entertainment methods of wizards are quite backward, having not entered the new gaming era along with Muggles.
Instead, they remain stuck in the last century.
Chess pieces, sports, and something like indoor golf called chamber music.
However, this isn't because wizards don't enjoy themselves, but simply because playing digitized games like Muggles is actually a difficult problem for magic.
Computer languages and physics engines are akin to creating a world through technology. It was only Roger, who achieved a breakthrough with his unique technology, otherwise, it's anyone's guess how long it would take for wizards to develop something similar.
The young wizards were like a group of children who had only played with trading cards, spinning tops, and yo-yos suddenly exposed to a rich and colorful online world.
They couldn't help but become engrossed for a time.
Especially the young male wizards.
The romance of men could be fully expressed in Roger's games.
From the most basic Fruit Ninja high-score competitions to the intellectual battles of Card King.
From the joy of defeating others through all-around combat in Wizard Battle Royale to the pleasure of commanding soldiers and strategizing in Red Alert.
The immersive experience of virtual reality, watching hundreds or thousands of soldiers charge at your command, is nothing compared to moving wizard chess pieces with your mouth.
Of course, not everyone was there to play.
There were also those like Hermione, who came to experience virtual reality simply to read in the virtual library.
According to the agreement with Dumbledore, for the sake of the students' mental health, the thought acceleration would not be set to the maximum seven times, but would normally be set to three times.
After all, if the time spent in the virtual world far exceeded that in the real world, it would be easy for young wizards with insufficient mental fortitude to confuse which was the 'real world.'
But even at three times the speed, it was equivalent to gaining an extra 24 hours each day. For an academic like Hermione, who loved to push herself, this was still a huge help.
"What! No, I don't want this!"
Virtual reality was Roger's creation. As long as it didn't involve major events, there was no need to consult Principal Dumbledore; Roger could make the decision himself.
For example, implementing an anti-addiction system.
It was easy for Roger to do, but once the students found out, they all wailed in unison!
Roger had something to say about the students' complaints: "To be honest, it's already early April, the Easter holiday is over, and the final exams are in early June. If you don't focus on your studies now, are you really not planning to go home from Hogwarts this year, or do you miss the 'cane and meat'?"
With only two months left until the end of this academic year, Roger's words struck them like a whip.
These children, whose 'internet addiction' wasn't yet deeply ingrained in their souls, were suddenly reminded of the fear of parental discipline and the humiliation of crying under the swish of a feather duster.
Especially Ron Weasley; he felt that if he got a troll-level grade, his mother would likely devour him alive!
But this did not deter their obsession with virtual reality; instead, it intensified their competition for virtual reality experience time.
"Roger, just let me wear it for a little longer, just a little! I still have my Muggle Studies and Ancient Runes homework to finish!"
"Me too! I need to take the Ultimate Wizarding Exam, and I really need it! Classmate, I'll trade you a full set of Chocolate Frog Cards, let me have a turn."
Well, everyone's obsession shifted from entertainment games to pursuing the virtual grand library. They all wanted to use the thought acceleration ability to cram before the exam, making up for lost time.
This was especially true for those young wizards who had spent a lot of time on things like wizard chess over the past 7 months.
Even though Roger temporarily produced a batch of new virtual reality devices, they were still in short supply.
"Fortunately, I didn't add a download port for virtual world information to reality, otherwise, there would probably be people doing their homework in the virtual world." Through the scene before him, Roger could already vaguely see the future of this technology.
In the future, there would definitely be a group of people who would be engrossed in it all day, unwilling to return to the 'boring' real world.
There would also be a group of people who would completely abandon the entertainment functions of virtual reality and treat it as a new tool for intense competition.
"I don't know if it's a good thing."
If Roger opened up more interactive functions with reality, it might even become a tool for bosses to exploit their workers.
With the increasingly sophisticated virtual reality, the future would inevitably see a virtual item and real currency exchange system, much like gold farming in online games, and new job opportunities might be born from it.
But as more and more human needs are met in the virtual world, perhaps the world in "The Matrix" would truly become a reality.
Of course, those were relatively distant matters. What was more urgent for Roger now was...
"Virtual World Creation Mode Plugin?" Harry blinked in surprise.
Harry was one of the few who hadn't become addicted to the virtual world.
For Harry, his parents' affairs were more important; this was not a time to lose himself in trivialities.
Due to the Ministry of Magic's Department of Mysteries' technological blockade on Time Magic, he didn't have much information he could access. His primary focus now was to further his study of Time Magic through its actual casting.
And virtual worlds were unable to utilize real Time Magic.
"Yes, it's a new thing I developed," Roger nodded.
Roger's initial development of virtual reality was to obtain a large number of humans for extreme thought acceleration. After accumulating hundreds or thousands of years of experience, he aimed to use the data on the changes in the mind to conduct research on mental immortality.
Red Alert and Card King were merely initial trials, test runs.
To achieve Roger's goal, he needed to create an open world that allowed for high levels of information interaction among many people.
What growth could a person's mind achieve by playing single-player competitive games for hundreds of years? Players needed to experience a multitude of joys and sorrows.
And as mentioned before, creating a grand world was practically impossible for Roger to accomplish alone with his time and energy.
So, Roger wanted to put together a 'Wizard Programmer Team'.
Considering the gap between ordinary wizards and himself, he simplified the virtual world modification function a bit and created a creation mode plugin.
Once the item was ready, Roger immediately went to find Harry to help him test it.
Harry was, in Roger's impression, the closest to an ordinary adult wizard at the moment.
Although he wasn't weak in combat power as a first-year, his knowledge level hadn't kept up at all; he was a bit like Roger himself when he first started.
Like his past self, he had started studying advanced curriculum content early, but his grasp was not comprehensive, and he had significant imbalances in his knowledge.
This was similar to most adult wizards in society.
In Roger's previous life, there was a joke that most people's intellectual peak was during high school. After the college entrance exams, it was like a watershed; knowledge beyond this point began to evaporate rapidly.
Those adult wizards who had left school, apart from their core skills, had not retained much of their other knowledge due to continuous forgetting, bringing them close to Harry's current level.
If Harry could handle the creation mode, then Roger could start recruiting from society.
Where would the money for recruitment come from?
Would a mature alchemist lack money? ... Well, after breaking free from the initial accumulation phase of Human Alchemy, the new stage of alchemical experiments required substantial funding, and the funding gap was indeed not small.
But an alchemist's lack of money wasn't the same as an ordinary person's lack of money.
It was like a billionaire capitalist lamenting their insufficient liquid assets.
No matter how much he lacked, Roger still had enough money to hire some people.
"Come on and try it, Harry. Create a world from your imagination," Roger said with an expectant smile.
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