The three "arrows" are all together, what is the future of Ali's locked intellectual network?

The transition from the Internet to "Internet +" has made the concept of "the second half of the Internet" "popular" overnight. Some people think that this is "the end of one era, the arrival of another era." In fact, if we look at this issue more sensibly, it is not difficult to find that from the Internet to "Internet +", although it promotes the pace of change in all walks of life, in terms of the scope of the Internet, it is only "connected". Expanded. From the PC Internet to the mobile Internet, to today's Internet of Things, it is just a quantitative change from "small network" to "big network." The real qualitative change, I think it is the concept of smart network proposed by Ma Yun at the Wuxi IoT conference. He believes that the connection between objects is only the foundation. How to realize the intelligent connection between objects and objects is the future. At this year's Hangzhou Yunqi Conference, Alibaba not only announced the upgrade of the human-machine communication system AliGenie to the voice open platform, but also announced the launch of the AR open platform and the Tmall route M1, combined with the previous "Tmall Elf", Ali to Zhilian The layout of the net has been three "arrows".

The first "arrow": solve the "connection" problem and get through the last mile of "Smart Network"

The concept of intelligent routers is no longer a new term in the Internet industry. In today's router market, the products with the word "smart" are even more numerous. But unfortunately, most smart routers are just "changing the soup, not changing the medicine", nominally "smart", but the experience of the traditional router is just an upgrade. Change the interactive interface; match the mobile phone control APP; add a few extended applications... How can such a "smart" router be able to meet the development needs of the intelligent Internet era? Even it doesn't even have the most basic "connection" feature.

Nowadays, the number of intelligent connection devices is increasing, the connection requirements are getting higher and higher, and the connection methods are becoming more and more diverse, which makes the router as the network backbone face more tests. The most direct case is that the current common router can deal with the connection of smart devices based on wireless and wired networks, and the Bluetooth connection method adopted by many smart devices is helpless. The Tmall router M1 effectively solves this connection "short board". It not only has the self-organizing network capability, but also can be easily realized by the configuration of Qualcomm main chip + Bluetooth chip + 2.4G and 5G dual-band + 5 antenna. Up to 256 connection points and support for Bluetooth Ble 5.0, with Bluetooth gateway capability, scalable to support all current connection protocols on the market. The most important thing is that the Tmall router M1 realizes the real "intelligence". It can realize the automatic matching of network speed through machine learning, realize the intelligent adjustment of the network speed under various scenarios, and give users a better network experience.

In addition, Tmall router M1 also open tool integration protocol, all enterprises in the future can integrate their own protocols into Tmall routing and share gateway capabilities. This is a small step in product functionality, but it is a big step for Alibaba's strategic network layout. It will completely break the last mile of "Smart Networking" and end the industry phenomenon of self-built gateways of "individuals" by various intelligent device manufacturers, truly realize the unimpeded interconnection between various intelligent devices, and facilitate the rapid mutual discovery among intelligent devices. With networking.

The second "arrow": Tmall elves, AR application scenarios continue to expand, "connected" to "Zhilian"

Not long ago, international technology giant Google held a "hardware conference", released a series of hardware products such as Pixel 2, Google Home, Pixelbook, PixelBuds, etc., although it is very low-key, but the industry still believes that this release will strongly release Google A signal that moves closer to the smart network strategy. If Google Home is just Google's smart network layout for home scenes, then the launch of PixelBuds declares that Google is beginning to focus on more scenes such as cycling, sports, transportation and more. In China, technology giant Ali is as ambitious.

The landing of “Future Hotel 2.0” enabled the Tmall Elf to expand the new application scenario with the cooperation of Flying Pig. With the voice recognition technology of Tmall Elf, after staying at the hotel, the tenants can control the facilities of the whole room by voice, such as curtains, lamps, TV, air conditioners and other equipment. Guests can lie in bed by voice command to achieve the curtain pull; TV channel conversion; air conditioning temperature; room lighting off; even, the tenant can also use the voice command to achieve telephone dialing, transfer and call Room service you need. It can be said that the presence of the Tmall Elf is equivalent to providing a “universal” exclusive housekeeper for each room in the hotel. It can not only tell you the time of breakfast, but also book your car in advance for your trip. It is precisely because of the existence of the "brain" of the Tmall Elf that the "connection" sublimates to "Zhilian" and realizes the transformation of the Internet of Things.

In addition to the layout of intelligent voice, Alibaba also announced the launch of the AR open platform at the Hangzhou Yunqi Conference, opening up core capabilities such as 2D recognition tracking, 3D recognition tracking, content production platform, and high-quality rendering engine for developers. This means that the development and access threshold of AR technology will be greatly reduced. In the future, more and more high-quality AR applications and application scenarios will be put on the ground, and the connection between people and things will usher in a huge subversion to the intelligent network. Transformation. In the future, what we see may no longer be the surface features of simple items, but the full range of information that AR technology brings to our entire item. It is reported that Ali AR content open platform has reached cooperation with the National Library, the two sides will carry out AR technology in the fields of digital content, cultural education video, audio and other fields. Recently, the first customized AR smart launched by National Map and Ali Artificial Intelligence Lab Calligraphy teaching products "Han Mo Shu Xiang" calligraphy stationery box has been on sale. It is believed that with the launch of Ali AR's open platform, the AR dividend in the era of Zhilian will benefit all walks of life.

The third "arrow": weaving the net with AliGenie open platform, loading ecology and service

“AliGenie not only serves Ali itself, but more importantly, it is technically inclusive, insists on opening up, and promotes the faster arrival of the era of intelligent networking,” said Shi Xue, head of Alibaba's artificial intelligence laboratory. At the Yunqi Conference in Hangzhou, Alibaba Artificial Intelligence Lab released the AliGenie open platform, which mainly includes three parts: the elf skill market, the hardware open platform, the industry solution, the full-featured smart home, new manufacturing, new retail, hotel Service scenarios such as aviation. This human-machine communication system, which was born in the Tmall Elf, has finally grown into a coverage of audio-visual entertainment, news information, shopping take-out, home control, life assistants, children's education, etc. under the continuous interaction with users and the “irrigation” of Ali Eco. A "smart brain" with more than 100 skills. With the launch of AliGenie's open platform, this "smart brain" will be separated from the carrier of the speaker, integrated into more hardware devices, and shoulder the heavy responsibility of "smart brain" to help Ali woven a smart connection. Ecological network.

Ma Yun once suggested that the era of intellectual networking is about to come. The essence of the Internet of Things must first be the intellectual network. The core is “connected”, and the core is to become intelligent after being connected. The launch of the Tmall Elf helps the Wisdom Network to open the door to voice interaction. The release of the AliGenie open platform means that the Ali Zhi Network strategy will fall again. It is believed that with AliGenie's empowerment of ordinary hardware, there will be a wave of revolution in intelligent voice services in the retail, hotel, aviation and other industry scenarios. Under this tide, the raging is based on the Ali ecology. Service capabilities. The AliGenie open platform releases more than just intelligent voice interaction technology, and the Ali ecosystem and service capabilities loaded under intelligent voice interaction are its greatest value. With Ali's huge business ecosystem, ordinary hardware manufacturers will also have a battle with technology giants; for Ali, all hardware manufacturers will also become their new "flow portal", which is a new ecological balance. It is also a win-win situation under the great ecology of the Wisdom Network. The two share a new dividend in the era of artificial intelligence.