[科技] 宅人福音 2016虚拟现实元年（双语）

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春节干什么？旅游、看视频、打游戏？听起来不错，不过明年，仅仅这些就不入流了，因为2016年起，干啥都得加上VR才算酷。
日前正在热映的电影《云中行走》利用3D技术，真实再现了法国艺术家菲利普·帕特在410米高空走钢丝游走于纽约世贸大楼的传奇故事。

一直以来，很多技术进步无非都是在满足人类对 "身临其境" 这四个字的不懈追求: 当文字变成图片、当照片可以流动、当2D变成3D。科技巨头纷纷表示，2016年将成为虚拟现实之年，虚拟现实技术到底是什么？
It's becoming normal these days to go to the cinema to see the latest blockbuster, such as The Walk, and thrill to detailed 3D effects which enable you to experience highwire walking 400 meters above the ground between the twin towers in New York.
They say 2016 will be the year of VR, with the big names of Apple, Google, Facebook, Sony, Samsung, Microsoft, HTC, as well as numerous start-ups all piling into the field. What's VR？

简单来说, VR可以让你感觉自己置身在另外一个时空, 而这个时空是计算机模拟之后生成的。要体验这种技术需要佩戴装备, 比如, 科幻小说《三体》里描述的游戏装备--

冯绍峰戴上设备，酷酷的！The movie poster shows the actor Feng Shaofeng wears the device.
V装具:“由一个全视角显示头盔和一套感应服构成, 感应服可以使玩家从肉体上感觉到游戏中的击打, 刀刺和火烧, 能产生出酷热和严寒, 甚至还能逼真的模拟出身体暴露在风雪中的感觉。”所以，先买起来吧。
Virtual reality is immersive multimedia. It replicates an environment in the real world, or that of an imagined world. Users feel physically present in that environment and can interact with that world.

目前，虚拟现实技术更多地被应用在游戏领域，Budget Cuts是一款由Neat Corporation工作室开发制作的游戏，玩家可以化身007或秘密间谍执行任务。
Neat Corporation has launched a game called Budget Cuts, where players serve as an agent who spies on a secret organization (maybe an evil one). The players slide along corridors, search shelves in the office, kill the enemy and hide his body.

有了虚拟现实技术，不出门环游世界不再是梦！去年12月, 旅行网站赞那度宣布推出中国第一款虚拟现实旅行APP，在出行前，用户可先通过该应用感受某个旅游目的地，来一场“说看就看”的极致旅程。然后一激动, 就忍不住购买这家旅游公司的产品。
As a premiere luxury travel website in China, ZANADU released China's first VR video: "The Dream", which uses immersive scenes from 5-star hotels to tropical rainforests, to record a business traveler's worldwide journey.

虚拟现实技术还大肆进军电影行业，2015年Facebook旗下虚拟现实设备制造商Oculu制作完成了首部虚拟现实电影——《迷失》，为全球虚拟现实叙事者提供了启发和向导。
Many film makers regard VR as the second "3D Revolution" in the industry. In 2015, Facebook-owned virtual reality firm Oculus VR started making its first VR film called Lost.