TED2010
Blaise Agüera y Arcas: Augmented-reality maps
Biaise Aguera y Arcas：演示为地图增加现实内容
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于TED2010的演讲中， Blaise Aguera y Arcas令人屏气地演示了微软的新颖地图技术，为地图增加现实内容的技术。
Blaise Agüera y Arcas - Software architect
Blaise Agüera y Arcas works on machine learning at Google. Previously a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft, he has worked on augmented reality, mapping, wearable computing and natural user interfaces. Full bio
Blaise Agüera y Arcas works on machine learning at Google. Previously a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft, he has worked on augmented reality, mapping, wearable computing and natural user interfaces. Full bio
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About a year and a half ago,
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大约于一年半前
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Stephen Lawler, who also gave a talk
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Stephen Lawler 在TED 2007 做了一个
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here at TED in 2007 on Virtual Earth,
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关于虚拟地球的演讲
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brought me over to become the architect of Bing Maps,
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也是他使我成为Bing地图的软件建筑师
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which is Microsoft's online-mapping effort.
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那是微软于在线地图方面的一次努力
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In the past two and a half, we've been very hard at work
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过去的两年半中， 我们工作得很努力
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on redefining the way maps work online.
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我们试图从新定义地图是如何工作的
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And we really are seeing this in very different terms
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我们是真正的将它当作一个完全不同的名词来看待
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from the kind of mapping and direction site
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从而改变大家曾经对地图和
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that one is used to.
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方向的概念
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So, the first thing that you might notice about the mapping site
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所以， 这个地图网页首先引起你注意的
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is just the fluidity of the zooming and the panning,
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是流畅的地图缩放和平移，
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which, if you're familiar at all with Seadragon,
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如果你熟悉Seadragon
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that's where it comes from.
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我们用的就是它的技术
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Mapping is, of course,
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当然，地图并不仅仅
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not just about cartography,
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涉及制图学
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it's also about imagery.
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它也内含影像
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So, as we zoom-in beyond a certain level
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所以当我们放大到一定的程度
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this resolves into a kind of Sim City-like
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这就转换成了虚拟的， 成45度角的
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virtual view at 45 degrees.
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模拟城市
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This can be viewed from any of the cardinal directions
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你可以从任何角度来看它
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to show you the 3D structure of the city, all the facades.
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它从各个角度向人们展示了城市的三维机构
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Now, we see this space, this three-dimensional environment,
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现在， 我们看到这个空间，这个三维的环境
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as being a canvas on which
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作为一块画布
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all sorts of applications can play out,
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各种各样的应用程序都可以在上面进行发挥
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and map's directions are really just one of them.
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用地图来指引方向只是其中的一个
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If you click on this, you'll see
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如果你点击这里
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some of the ones that we've put out, just in the past couple of months
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你可以看见我们于过去几个月里推出的东西
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since we've launched.
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我们的项目已经投放使用
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So, for example, a couple of days after the disaster in Haiti,
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比如，在海地受灾后的几天里
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we had an earthquake map that showed
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我们的地震地图显示了
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before and after pictures from the sky.
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震前和震后的空拍图片
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This wonderful one which I don't have time to show you
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由于时间问题，这个精彩的应用我就没办法演示给你们看
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is taking hyper-local blogs in real time
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它于第一时间从本地的博客里提取内容
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and mapping those stories, those entries
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将博客中提到的故事和记录
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to the places that are referred to on the blogs.
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用地图来标识
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It's wonderful.
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真是很精彩
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But I'm going to show you some more candy sort of stuff.
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然而我要给你们看的是类似眼睛糖果的东西
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So, we see the imagery, of course,
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当然，我们看到图象
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not stopping at the sky.
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不仅仅是停留在空中
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These little green bubbles represent
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这些绿色的小泡泡代表
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photosynths that users have made.
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用户做的照相的合成。
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I'm not going to dive into them either, but photosynths are integrated into the map.
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对此我也不深入展开了，接下来我将展示照片的合成，及融入地图
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Everything that's cased in blue
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所有的蓝色地带
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is an area where we've taken imagery on the ground as well.
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都是我们于地上拍过照的地方
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And so, when you fly down --
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因此， 你往下飞--
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(Applause)
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(掌声)--
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Thank you. When you fly down to the ground,
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谢谢， 当你飞到陆地的时候
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and you see this kind of panoramic imagery,
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你便可以看见类似的全景图像
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the first thing that you might notice is that it's not just a picture,
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你第一个注意到的是，这只不过是一张照片
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there's just as much three-dimensional understanding of this environment
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但是内含的三维信息
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as there is of the three-dimensional city from above,
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和俯瞰三维城市一样丰富
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so if I click on something to get a closer view of it,
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所以当我点击目标靠近观察
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then, the fact that that transition looks as it does,
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事实上你可看到的那个转换的过程
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is a function of all of that geometry,
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这都靠几何的功能
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all of that 3D understanding behind this model.
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这个模型的背后是对三维的整体认识
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Now, I'll show you a fun app
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现在，我为你们展示一个有趣的程序
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that -- we've been working on a collaboration with our friends at Flickr.
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是我们伙同Flicker的朋友开发的
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This takes Flickr, georegistered imagery
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这个程序将Flickr里登记过地理位置图形
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and uses photosynth-like processes
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用类似图象合成的运作方式
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to connect that imagery to our imagery, so --
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将那些图片跟我们的图片连接
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I'm not sure if that's the one I actually meant to pull up, but --
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我不知道这是我要找出来的东西
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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But notice -- this is, of course, a popular tourist site,
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但是，你们可以看到， 这是一个热门的旅游点
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and there are lots of photos around here,
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这里有很多照片
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and these photos are all taken at different times.
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这些照片是于不同时候拍的
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So this one was taken around five.
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这张是早上5点拍的
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So that's the Flickr photo,
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那是Flickr的照片
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that's our imagery.
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这是我们的照片
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So you really see how this kind of crowd-sourced imagery
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这样你可以看见这种群集的图象
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is integrating, in a very deep way, into the map itself.
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是如何合成并深层地融入地图中
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(Applause)
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(掌声)
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Thank you.
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谢谢
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(Applause)
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(掌声)
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There are several reasons why this is interesting
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这之所以很有趣，有几个原因
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and one of them, of course, is time travel.
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其中之一，是时间旅行
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And I'm not going to show you some of the wonderful historic imagery in here,
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我就不展示精彩的历史图象
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but there are some with horses and carriages and so on as well.
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但是其中有马车之类的东西
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But what's cool about this is that, not only is it augmenting
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但是这之所以很酷， 并不仅仅是因为
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this visual representation of the world
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它充实了对大千世界的视觉表达
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with things that are coming in from users,
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它们从很多人那里汇总再过来
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but it also is the foundation for augmented reality,
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但同时， 这又是增强现实的基础
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and that's something that I'll be showing you more of in just a moment.
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过一会儿我将更多地向你们介绍这项功能
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Now I just made a transition indoors. That's also interesting.
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现在我正在转换进入室内。这也很有趣
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OK, notice there's now a roof above us.
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请注意我们头上有屋顶
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We're inside the Pike Place Market.
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我们现在是在派克市场里面
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And this is something that we're able to do with a backpack camera,
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这个只要在背包上放一个摄像机就能实现了
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so, we're now not only imaging in the street
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所以， 我们不光是用汽车顶上
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with this camera on tops of cars,
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的摄像机对大街成像
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but we're also imaging inside.
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而且我们也能对室内成像
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And from here, we're able to do the same sorts of registration,
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从这里， 我们可以使用各种东西成像
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not only of still images, but also of video.
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不单是用静态的图象，还可以用录像
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So this is something that we're now going to try
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我们现在就来试验一下
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for the first time, live,
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这是我们第一次做直播测试
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and this is really, truly, very frightening.
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这真是，真的，非常可怕
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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OK.
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好
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(Ringing)
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(电话铃声)
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All right, guys, are you there?
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好了，伙计们， 你们在吗
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(Noise)
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(噪音)
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All right. I'm hitting it. I'm punching play.
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好，我上线了，我开始玩了
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I'm live. All right. There we go.
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直播开始了，好的，开始
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So, these are our friends in Pike Place Market, the lab.
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这是我们现正位于派克市场的朋友们，我们的实验室
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(Applause)
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(掌声)
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So they're broadcasting this live.
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他们现在在现场直播
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OK, George, can you pan back over to the corner market?
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好吧，乔治，你能把镜头移到市场的角落吗？
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Because I want to show points of interest.
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因为我想展示一下几个兴趣点
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No, no. The other way.
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不，不，另外一个方向
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Yeah, yeah, back to the corner, back to the corner.
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对了，对了，回到角落，回到角落
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I don't want to see you guys yet.
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我还不想看见你们呢
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OK, OK, back to the corner, back to the corner, back to the corner.
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好吧，好吧，回到角落，回到角落，回到角落
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OK, never mind.
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好吧， 算了
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What I wanted to show you was these points of interest
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我想要给你们展示的几个兴趣点
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over here on top of the image
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是在顶上的几个图象
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because what that gives you a sense of is the way,
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因为这个会让你感觉
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if you're actually on the spot,
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你好象就在当地
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you can think about this --
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你可以这样想：
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this is taking a step in addition to augmented reality.
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这是在集结现实的基础上又迈进了一步
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What the hell are you guys -- oh, sorry.
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你们这些家伙在干什么啊？噢，对不起
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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We're doing two different --
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我们正在做两件不同的事情
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OK, I'm hanging up now.
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好吧，我挂了
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We're doing two different things here.
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我们正在做两件不一样的事情
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One of them is to take that real ...
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他们中的一个正要去拿那个真的......
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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All right, let me just take a moment and thank the team.
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好吧， 让我们停下来感谢咱们的小组成员
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They've done a fantastic job of pulling this together.
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他们出色地完成了这个实验
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(Applause)
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(掌声)
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I'm going to abandon them now and walk back outside.
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我现在抛弃他们了，接着往外走
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And while I walk outside, I'll just mention that
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在我往外走的时候，我得提一下的是
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here we're using this for telepresence,
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这里，我们把它用做远程进入现场的工具
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but you can equally well use this
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但是，你们同时也可以在当地
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on the spot, for augmented reality.
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把这个当做增强现实的工具
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When you use it on the spot, it means that
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当你在景点现场用的时候
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you're able to bring all of that metadata
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你就可以把所有的原始数据
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and information about the world to you.
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和信息都带到你的所在地
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So here, we're taking the extra step of also broadcasting it.
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而我们进一步做的就是把这些东西转播出去
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That was being broadcast, by the way, on a 4G network
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顺便说一下，这是在4G的网络上转播的
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from the market.
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从市场转播的
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All right, and now there's one last TED talk
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好，现在你们看到的是微软做的最后一个TED讲座
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that Microsoft has given in the past several years.
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这是微软在过去几年里做的一个讲座
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And that's Curtis Wong, WorldWide Telescope.
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那是Curtis Wong，万维望远镜
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So, we're going to head over to the dumpsters,
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我们现在朝垃圾箱走去
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where it's traditional, after a long day at the market,
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这也是长时间工作了一天后的传统
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to go out for a break, but also stare up at the sky.
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到外面去小歇片刻， 然后注视着天空
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This is the integration
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这是合成
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of WorldWide Telescope into our maps.
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将万维望远镜合成到我们的地图
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(Applause)
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(掌声)
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This is the current -- thank you --
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这是现在， 谢谢
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this is the current time. If we scrub the time,
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这是现在，但是如果我们转移时间
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then we can see how the sky will look at different times,
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那样我们就可以看见天空在不同的时间是如何变化的
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and we can get all of this very detailed
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我们可以得到非常详细的
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information about different times, different dates:
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不同时间，不同日期的信息
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Let's move the moon a little higher in the sky,
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让我们把月亮在天空中移得高一点
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maybe change the date.
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或者改动日期
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I would like to kind of zoom in on the moon.
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我想放大月亮的图象
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So, this is an astronomically complete
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所以这是将天空完整的
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representation of the sky
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天文代表
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integrated right into the Earth.
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合成到了地球中
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All right now, I've overrun my time,
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好，我的时间到了
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so I've got to stop.
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我必须要停下了
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Thank you all very much.
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非常感谢
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(Applause)
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(鼓掌)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Blaise Agüera y Arcas - Software architectBlaise Agüera y Arcas works on machine learning at Google. Previously a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft, he has worked on augmented reality, mapping, wearable computing and natural user interfaces.
Why you should listen
Blaise Agüera y Arcas is principal scientist at Google, where he leads a team working on machine intelligence for mobile devices. His group works extensively with deep neural nets for machine perception and distributed learning, and it also investigates so-called "connectomics" research, assessing maps of connections within the brain.
Agüera y Arcas' background is as multidimensional as the visions he helps create. In the 1990s, he authored patents on both video compression and 3D visualization techniques, and in 2001, he made an influential computational discovery that cast doubt on Gutenberg's role as the father of movable type.
He also created Seadragon (acquired by Microsoft in 2006), the visualization technology that gives Photosynth its amazingly smooth digital rendering and zoom capabilities. Photosynth itself is a vastly powerful piece of software capable of taking a wide variety of images, analyzing them for similarities, and grafting them together into an interactive three-dimensional space. This seamless patchwork of images can be viewed via multiple angles and magnifications, allowing us to look around corners or “fly” in for a (much) closer look. Simply put, it could utterly transform the way we experience digital images.
He joined Microsoft when Seadragon was acquired by Live Labs in 2006. Shortly after the acquisition of Seadragon, Agüera y Arcas directed his team in a collaboration with Microsoft Research and the University of Washington, leading to the first public previews of Photosynth several months later. His TED Talk on Seadragon and Photosynth in 2007 is rated one of TED's "most jaw-dropping." He returned to TED in 2010 to demo Bing’s augmented reality maps.
Fun fact: According to the author, Agüera y Arcas is the inspiration for the character Elgin in the 2012 best-selling novel Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
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