豆知识 2010-09-19&09-25 透过手机看世界
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：英语解说豆知识2010年
英语课
I think we can all agree that reality is pretty great. It’s what we experience through our senses, like our eyes, and phones with cameras. The Internet is awesome 1 too, but the internet and reality have a hard time working together. Thankfully this is changing quickly. New tools mean that the world around you can now be seen with a layer of new information from the Internet.
This is Augmented 2 Reality - Explained by Common Craft 3.
If you've ever seen a movie with a fighter pilot, you've seen the pilot’s view from the cockpit – but something is missing 4.
The pilot needs a layer of information that adds useful items to his view of reality. Recently, this kind of layer started working on your smartphone. But instead of flight data, you have data about the world around you. It’s augmented reality.
Let’s say you're hungry and at a busy intersection 5. There are multiple 6 restaurants around you, but you don't have a good way to make the decision. Now, thanks to new software on mobile 7 phones, you can simply point your phone's camera at buildings around you and voila!
Restaurants are magically recognized and a layer of information about the restaurant appears on the screen.
Another example is shopping. You can point your camera at a product and see a layer of information about it, like prices of the same product at other stores in the area or on the Internet.
And this functionality only requires a few things. First, a smartphone with a camera to capture 8 reality. Second, a connection to the Internet for receiving the layer of information. Third, software on your phone to bring it all together. It also helps to have a phone with GPS and a compass to help establish a location.
Augmented reality can also work with a camera attached to your computer. You can hold products in front of the camera and see a layer of information on your screen that makes reality more interesting and even fun.
These examples are just the beginning. In the future, you may wear glasses that have a tiny display that you can see while walking. As you walk by stores, buildings, people and products, this screen displays information from sites like Wikipedia or Google. Suddenly your reality is richer and more interesting.
It's coming, but augmented reality has a long way to go. Keep your eye out for ways that augmented reality adds layers of new information to your reality.
1 awesome
adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的
- The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
- That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
2 Augmented
n.工艺，手艺；小船，飞机；行业；诡计
- The harbour was full of pleasure craft.港口满是游艇。
- He's a master of his craft.他有一手好手艺。
3 missing
adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的
- Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
- All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。
4 intersection
n.交集，十字路口，交叉点；[计算机] 交集
- There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
- Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。
5 multiple
adj.多个(或多项、多种)的；n.（数）倍数
- The number 8 is a multiple of 4.八是四的倍数。
- The most common multiple births are twins,two babies born at the same time.最常见的多胎是双胞胎，两个婴儿同时出生。
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