Seto noted their ability to deflect questions, but...well, that was their right, and he wouldn't be put out for long. He had his own story to tell.
"Kaiba Corporation, under my father's direction, was a weapons dealing enterprise. His simulations focused on war and conquest, and ever-paranoid, he'd thrown in the ability to upload a human brain as a backup. The virtual environment he created for that was therefore basic, focused on expanding knowledge...as he was planning to imprison me and hold the world hostage via the internet, I later learned."
Now it was his part. Seto straightened his posture, a glimmer of his old showman persona shining through.
"Training on those computers gave me a foundation, but as I rebuilt the company to focus on games, I much preferred creating immersive illusions in real space to entering computers---it was easier to install safety valves. I created the first solid holograms, computer images manifesting to alter the real world---wind, vibrations, heat, cold. Why simply play with cards on the table when you can place them on a duel disk and have the entire story of the duel play out around you?"
Deep breath. "I added environment effects, programmed all card interactions...card game sales skyrocketed, and as we brought our imaging technology to other entertainment fields and the sciences, astrophysics, medicine...our star rose higher than my father ever could've dreamed."
There was a clear gleam in his eye. Seto flashed them a rare grin as he sat back against the wall, as if sheepishly remembering that he was at a friendly gathering in a hot tub, not advertising at a tech conference. Yeah...time to dial it back a bit. He scratched at the back of his neck.
"I don't have my full lab with me, but I do have a duel disk I've been working on and the cards, if you'd like to see a small sliver of what I've done."
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"Kaiba Corporation, under my father's direction, was a weapons dealing enterprise. His simulations focused on war and conquest, and ever-paranoid, he'd thrown in the ability to upload a human brain as a backup. The virtual environment he created for that was therefore basic, focused on expanding knowledge...as he was planning to imprison me and hold the world hostage via the internet, I later learned."
Now it was his part. Seto straightened his posture, a glimmer of his old showman persona shining through.
"Training on those computers gave me a foundation, but as I rebuilt the company to focus on games, I much preferred creating immersive illusions in real space to entering computers---it was easier to install safety valves. I created the first solid holograms, computer images manifesting to alter the real world---wind, vibrations, heat, cold. Why simply play with cards on the table when you can place them on a duel disk and have the entire story of the duel play out around you?"
Deep breath. "I added environment effects, programmed all card interactions...card game sales skyrocketed, and as we brought our imaging technology to other entertainment fields and the sciences, astrophysics, medicine...our star rose higher than my father ever could've dreamed."
There was a clear gleam in his eye. Seto flashed them a rare grin as he sat back against the wall, as if sheepishly remembering that he was at a friendly gathering in a hot tub, not advertising at a tech conference. Yeah...time to dial it back a bit. He scratched at the back of his neck.
"I don't have my full lab with me, but I do have a duel disk I've been working on and the cards, if you'd like to see a small sliver of what I've done."