ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nonny de la Peña - Virtual reality pioneer
Nonny de la Peña uses new, immersive media to tell stories that create empathy in readers and viewers.

Why you should listen
As the CEO of Emblematic Group, Nonny de la Peña uses cutting-edge technologies to tell stories — both fictional and news-based — that create intense, empathic engagement on the part of viewers. She has been called “The Godmother of Virtual Reality” by Engadget, while Fast Company named her “One of the People Who Made the World More Creative” for her pioneering work in immersive journalism.

A former correspondent for Newsweek, de la Peña has more than 20 years of award-winning experience in print, film and TV. Her virtual-reality work has been featured by the BBC, Mashable, Vice, Wired and many others, and been screened around the globe at museums and gaming conventions. De la Peña is an Annenberg Fellow at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts.
More profile about the speaker
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Nonny de la Peña: The future of news? Virtual reality

娜妮徳拉潘亞: 虛擬實境/新聞的展望?

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要是你能夠以你的身體去體驗一個新聞而不光是用你的腦筋解讀會是什麼光景呢?「娜妮德拉潘亞」正致力於一種新型態新聞報導,結合傳統報導與尖端虛擬實境科技-讓觀眾置身於報導之中;其所造成的是一種心有所感的體驗,「娜妮德拉潘亞」希望該體驗將會幫助群眾用嶄新的方式來理解新聞。
- Virtual reality pioneer
Nonny de la Peña uses new, immersive media to tell stories that create empathy in readers and viewers. Full bio

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What if I could present當下 you a story故事
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如果我可以向你們做一個報導,
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that you would remember記得
with your entire整個 body身體
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你們將能用全身來記下它,
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and not just with your mind心神?
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而不僅是用腦子記住會是怎樣的光景呢?
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My whole整個 life as a journalist記者,
I've really been compelled被迫
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我當了一輩子的記者,
我真的早已不得不嘗試去寫
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to try to make stories故事
that can make a difference區別
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可以帶來改變、
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and maybe inspire啟發 people to care關心.
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甚或喚起大家關注的報導。
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I've worked工作 in print打印.
I've worked工作 in documentary記錄.
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我曾在書面媒體業、紀錄片報導、
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I've worked工作 in broadcast廣播.
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廣播界工作過;
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But it really wasn't until直到
I got involved參與 with virtual虛擬 reality現實
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但直到我跟虛擬實境扯上邊後,
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that I started開始 seeing眼看
these really intense激烈,
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我才開始看見來自人們
這些確實強烈、
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authentic真實 reactions反應 from people
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實切的反應,
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that really blew自爆 my mind心神.
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這讓我興奮激動了起來。
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So the deal合同 is that with VRVR,
virtual虛擬 reality現實,
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所以重點是有了虛擬實境-
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I can put you on scene現場
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我就能把你們放進新聞的場景裡。
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in the middle中間 of the story故事.
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By putting on these goggles風鏡
that track跟踪 wherever哪裡 you look,
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利用戴上這些追索你視角的目視鏡,
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you get this whole-body全身 sensation感覺,
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妳可以得到這種全身的感受,
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like you're actually其實, like, there.
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如同你實際上就在那邊一樣。
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So five years年份 ago was about when
I really began開始 to push the envelope信封
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所以大約在五年前我開始做出突破-
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with using運用 virtual虛擬 reality現實
and journalism新聞學 together一起.
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把虛擬實境和做報導結合在一起;
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And I wanted to do a piece about hunger飢餓.
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我想要做一則關於飢困的報導,
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Families家庭 in America美國 are going hungry飢餓,
food餐飲 banks銀行 are overwhelmed不堪重負,
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在美國的許多家庭正歷經飢困,
食物銀行是人滿為患的,
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and they're often經常 running賽跑 out of food餐飲.
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而且它們常常發光了食物。
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Now, I knew知道 I couldn't不能
make people feel hungry飢餓,
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我知道我無法使人們感受到饑困,
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but maybe I could figure數字 out a way
to get them to feel something physical物理.
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不過或許我能找出方法
來讓他們感同身受。
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So -- again, this is five years年份 ago --
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又是在五年前了,
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so doing journalism新聞學
and virtual虛擬 reality現實 together一起
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把做報導與虛擬實境結合在一起
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was considered考慮
a worse-than-half-baked超過半烤更壞 idea理念,
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被認為是比半調子還糟糕的主意,
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and I had no funding資金.
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而且我還沒有金援!
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Believe me, I had a lot
of colleagues同事 laughing at me.
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相信我有很多同儕一直取笑我,
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And I did, though雖然,
have a really great intern實習生,
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即便如此我有著一位很棒的女實習生,
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a woman女人 named命名 Michaela麥克拉 Kobsa-MarkKobsa嘜.
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名字叫密卡拉. 卡伯賽馬克,
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And together一起 we went out to food餐飲 banks銀行
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我們一起外訪食物銀行
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and started開始 recording記錄
audio音頻 and photographs照片.
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以及展開錄音和照相。
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Until直到 one day she came來了 back to my office辦公室
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直到某天她回到我的辦公室來,
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and she was bawling嚎啕大哭, she was just crying哭了.
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以及一直嚎啕大哭、就光只是哭著,
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She had been on scene現場 at a long line,
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她剛才在大排長龍的現場,
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where the woman女人 running賽跑 the line
was feeling感覺 extremely非常 overwhelmed不堪重負,
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她正在那裡排著隊感覺塞爆了,
01:57
and she was screaming尖叫,
"There's too many許多 people!
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她尖聲叫喊道:
「太多人了!太多人了!」
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There's too many許多 people!"
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And this man with diabetes糖尿病
doesn't get food餐飲 in time,
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有位患有糖尿病的男性
還沒來得及取得食物,
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his blood血液 sugar drops滴劑 too low,
and he collapses崩潰 into a coma昏迷.
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他的血糖降得太低而昏迷倒地。
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As soon不久 as I heard聽說 that audio音頻,
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我一聽到該錄音,
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I knew知道 that this would be
the kind of evocative喚起的 piece
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我就知道這將會是
那種心有所感的片段,
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that could really describe描述
what was going on at food餐飲 banks銀行.
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能夠實切地描繪出當下
食物銀行正發生的事情。
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So here's這裡的 the real真實 line.
You can see how long it was, right?
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這就是實際的人龍,
你們能夠看出來有多長對吧,
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And again, as I said, we didn't
have very much funding資金,
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再次如同我說過的我們沒有太多金援,
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so I had to reproduce複製 it
with virtual虛擬 humans人類 that were donated捐贈,
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所以我得要重現此事件,
有著領受捐贈的虛擬人物,
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and people begged and borrowed favors好處
to help me create創建 the models楷模
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還有乞討、借助善舉的人們,
來幫我創造模擬情境,
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and make things as accurate準確 as we could.
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而且盡我們所能的做得精準。
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And then we tried試著 to convey傳達
what happened發生 that day
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然後我們企圖傳達那天發生了什麼事,
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with as much as accuracy準確性 as is possible可能.
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盡可能一分不差地傳達出去。
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(Video視頻) Voice語音: There's too many許多 people!
There's too many許多 people!
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(影片)旁白:
太多人了!太多人了!
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Voice語音: OK, he's having a seizure發作.
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旁白:他正在癲癇!
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Voice語音: We need an ambulance救護車.
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旁白:我們需要救護車!
03:14
NonnyNonny de la PePEña: So the man on the right,
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娜妮徳拉潘亞:
所以在右視窗的這個男人,
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for him, he's walking步行 around the body身體.
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他正繞著該身軀周邊在走;
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For him, he's in the room房間 with that body身體.
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他就在房間裏伴著地上的身軀,
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Like, that guy is at his feet.
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就像該位仁兄就在他的腳下一般。
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And even though雖然,
through通過 his peripheral外圍設備 vision視力,
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然而即便藉由他的餘光
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he can see that he's in this lab實驗室 space空間,
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他能夠看出他是在實驗室裡,
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he should be able能夠 to see
that he's not actually其實 on the street,
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他應該能夠看出他根本不在街上,
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but he feels感覺 like he's there
with those people.
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但是他感覺自己好像
和那些人一起在那邊一樣,
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He's very cautious謹慎 not to step on this guy
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他非常注意不要去踩到
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who isn't really there, right?
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實際上並不在那邊的傢伙對吧?
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So that piece ended結束 up
going to Sundance聖丹斯電影節 in 2012,
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所以在 2012 年時這段影片
結果進到聖丹斯電影節
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a kind of amazing驚人 thing,
and it was the first virtual虛擬 reality現實 film電影
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-有點不可思議的事情-
而且根本上它是有史以來
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ever, basically基本上.
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首部虛擬實境的影片。
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And when we went, I was really terrified.
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當我們去那裡時我真的是驚慌失措,
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I didn't really know
how people were going to react應對
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我根本不知道大家接下來會如何反應、
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and what was going to happen發生.
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以及將會發生些什麽事情?
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And we showed顯示 up
with this duct-taped導管錄音 pair of goggles風鏡.
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我們帶著黏帶導管的目試鏡出場。
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(Video視頻) Oh, you're crying哭了.
You're crying哭了. Gina吉娜, you're crying哭了.
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(影片)妳正在哭泣!
妳正在哭泣!吉娜妳正在哭耶!
04:01
So you can hear
the surprise in my voice語音, right?
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大家能聽出我聲音中的驚訝對吧?
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And this kind of reaction反應 ended結束 up being存在
the kind of reaction反應 we saw
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這種反應最終變成了我們一而再、
再而三看到的反應。
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over and over and over:
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people down on the ground地面
trying to comfort安慰 the seizure發作 victim受害者,
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蹲著的人試著安撫癲癇的患者、
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trying to whisper耳語 something into his ear
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試著在他耳邊低語些什麽、
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or in some way help,
even though雖然 they couldn't不能.
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或是用其他的方法來幫他,
儘管他們根本啥也做不到。
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And I had a lot of people
come out of that piece saying,
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有很多人對這段影片發表意見說:
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"Oh my God, I was so frustrated受挫.
I couldn't不能 help the guy,"
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「天哪!我多麼的莫可奈何,
我幫不了這位仁兄」,
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and take that back into their lives生活.
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然後把那種感覺帶回生活中。
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So after this piece was made製作,
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在這段影片製作完後,
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the dean院長 of the cinema電影 school學校 at USCUSC,
the University大學 of Southern南部的 California加州,
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南加州大學影視學院的院長
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brought in the head of the World世界
Economic經濟 Forum論壇 to try "Hunger飢餓,"
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邀請世界經濟論壇的主席體驗飢困,
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and he took off the goggles風鏡,
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然後他摘下了目試鏡,
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and he commissioned委託
a piece about Syria敘利亞 on the spot.
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而且他當場委任要做一則
敘利亞的影片。
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And I really wanted to do something
about Syrian敘利亞的 refugee難民 kids孩子,
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而且我真的很想做些有關
敘利亞小孩難民的影片,
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because children孩子 have been the worst最差
affected受影響 by the Syrian敘利亞的 civil國內 war戰爭.
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因為孩童們受敘利亞內戰的影響最深,
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I sent發送 a team球隊 to the border邊境 of Iraq伊拉克
to record記錄 material材料 at refugee難民 camps營地,
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我派了一個團隊去伊拉克的邊境
拍攝難民營的題材-
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basically基本上 an area I wouldn't不會
send發送 a team球隊 now,
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一個現在我基本上不會
送團隊出去的地區,
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as that's where ISIS伊斯蘭國 is really operating操作.
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因為 ISIS/伊斯蘭國
確實正操持著那裡。
05:02
And then we also recreated重建 a street scene現場
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然後我們也重置了一個街景,
05:05
in which哪一個 a young年輕 girl女孩 is singing唱歌
and a bomb炸彈 goes off.
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其中一位年輕的女孩正唱著歌
而一顆炸彈爆炸了;
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Now, when you're
in the middle中間 of that scene現場
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當你置身於該場景時
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and you hear those sounds聲音,
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而且你聽到了那些聲音,
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and you see the injured受傷 around you,
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看到了傷者就在你身邊,
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it's an incredibly令人難以置信 scary害怕 and real真實 feeling感覺.
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這是一種無比恐怖而且實在的感受。
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I've had individuals個人 who have been
involved參與 in real真實 bombings爆炸 tell me
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曾經被真實爆炸波及的人跟我說
05:23
that it evokes喚起 the same相同 kind of fear恐懼.
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它能激發同樣的恐懼。
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[The civil國內 war戰爭 in Syria敘利亞 may可能 seem似乎 far away]
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【敘利亞的內戰似乎遠在天邊】
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[until直到 you experience經驗 it yourself你自己.]
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【直到你自己來體驗】
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(Girl女孩 singing唱歌)
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(女孩正在唱歌)
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(Explosion爆炸)
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(爆炸)
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[Project項目 Syria敘利亞]
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【敘利亞專案】
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[A virtual虛擬 reality現實 experience經驗]
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【虛擬實境的體驗】
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NPNP: We were then invited邀請 to take the piece
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娜妮徳拉潘亞:
我們之後受邀將這段影片
06:00
to the Victoria維多利亞 and Albert阿爾伯特
Museum博物館 in London倫敦.
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送到倫敦的維多利亞&艾伯特博物館,
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And it wasn't advertised廣告.
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而且沒有打廣告;
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And we were put in this tapestry掛毯 room房間.
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我們被在擺在這間織毯房裡,
06:06
There was no press about it,
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沒有相關報導,
06:07
so anybody任何人 who happened發生 to walk步行
into the museum博物館 to visit訪問 it that day
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所以那天任何走進博物館參觀的人
06:11
would see us with these crazy lights燈火.
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將會連同這些異常的光線看到我們。
06:13
You know, maybe they would want to see
the old storytelling評書 of the tapestries掛毯.
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也許他們只是想看
關於織毯的古老故事,
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They were confronted面對
by our virtual虛擬 reality現實 cameras相機.
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他們碰到的是我們的虛擬實境攝影機;
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But a lot of people tried試著 it,
and over a five-day五天 run
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但是很多人來嘗試看看,
長達五天的展期我們最終收到了
多達 54 頁的訪客留言。
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we ended結束 up with 54 pages網頁
of guest客人 book comments註釋,
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and we were told by the curators策展人 there
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那裏的館長們跟我們說
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that they'd他們會 never seen看到 such這樣 an outpouring流露.
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他們從來沒見過如此熱烈的迴響,
06:33
Things like, "It's so real真實,"
"Absolutely絕對 believable可信的,"
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留言諸如「這太真實了!」、
「絕對可信!」,
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or, of course課程, the one
that I was excited興奮 about,
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讓我感到振奮的一個是:
06:40
"A real真實 feeling感覺 as if you were
in the middle中間 of something
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「一種你平常在電視新聞看到的事情,
06:43
that you normally一般 see on the TV電視 news新聞."
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好像你就身在其中的真實感覺」。
06:46
So, it works作品, right? This stuff東東 works作品.
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所以它管用對吧,這東西管用的,
06:50
And it doesn't really matter
where you're from or what age年齡 you are --
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而且你來自何方或者幾歲都不要緊,
06:54
it's really evocative喚起的.
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這真的是心有所感的。
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Now, don't get me wrong錯誤 -- I'm not saying
that when you're in a piece
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別誤會了!我不是說當你在看影片時
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you forget忘記 that you're here.
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你會忘記你身在此處;
07:03
But it turns out we can feel
like we're in two places地方 at once一旦.
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變成是我們能感覺到
自己好像同時身在兩處。
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We can have what I call
this duality二元性 of presence存在,
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我們能夠有我稱做「雙重體現」的東西,
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and I think that's what allows允許 me
to tap龍頭 into these feelings情懷 of empathy同情.
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而且我認為那能讓我們
善用同理心的感覺,
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Right?
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沒錯吧!
07:16
So that means手段, of course課程,
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所以那當然意味著
07:19
that I have to be very cautious謹慎
about creating創建 these pieces.
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我必須要很謹慎的製作這些影片,
07:24
I have to really follow跟隨
best最好 journalistic新聞 practices做法
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我必須要依循最佳記者作業事項,
07:28
and make sure that these powerful強大 stories故事
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確保這些有充滿力量的報導
07:30
are built內置 with integrity廉正.
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是詳實地被建構出來。
07:32
If we don't capture捕獲
the material材料 ourselves我們自己,
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如果我們不親身拍攝題材,
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we have to be extremely非常 exacting嚴格
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我們就必須要極為小心的
07:39
about figuring盤算 out the provenance出處
and where did this stuff東東 come from
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弄清楚材料的起源以及從何而來,
07:42
and is it authentic真實?
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以及是否確實可信。
07:44
Let me give you an example.
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我給大家舉個例:
07:45
With this Trayvon塔拉萬 Martin馬丁 case案件,
this is a guy, a kid孩子,
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在「特雷沃恩.馬丁」案
一個 17 歲大的男孩子,
07:48
who was 17 years年份 old and he bought
soda蘇打 and a candy糖果 at a store商店,
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他在商店買了汽水和糖果,
07:52
and on his way home he was tracked追踪
by a neighborhood鄰里 watchman看守者
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在回家的路上他被一名叫做
喬治.齊莫曼的社區巡守員尾隨,
07:56
named命名 George喬治 Zimmerman齊默爾曼
who ended結束 up shooting射擊 and killing謀殺 him.
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齊莫曼後來槍擊與殺害了
這個17歲男孩。
07:59
To make that piece,
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為了做這個報導
08:00
we got the architectural建築的 drawings圖紙
of the entire整個 complex複雜,
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我們拿到了完整建物的建造圖,
08:04
and we rebuilt重建 the entire整個 scene現場
inside and out, based基於 on those drawings圖紙.
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根據建造圖我們從裏到外
重建了整個場景。
08:09
All of the action行動
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一舉一動都查照打給警察的
911 錄音電話。
08:10
is informed通知 by the real真實 911
recorded記錄 calls電話 to the police警察.
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08:16
And interestingly有趣, we broke打破
some news新聞 with this story故事.
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有趣的是我們的這個報導
出名了
08:19
The forensic法庭的 house that did the audio音頻
reconstruction重建, PrimeauPrimeau Productions製作,
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制作錄音重建的
證物方-「Primeau製作」
08:23
they say that they would testify作證
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表示他們將會作證:
08:25
that George喬治 Zimmerman齊默爾曼,
when he got out of the car汽車,
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喬治.齊莫曼從車裏出來
08:27
he cocked扳起 his gun before he went
to give chase to Martin馬丁.
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在追馬丁之前就把槍上膛了。
08:32
So you can see that
the basic基本 tenets原則 of journalism新聞學,
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所以你可以知道做報導的基本原則
08:35
they don't really change更改 here, right?
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在這裡其實並沒有改變對吧,
08:37
We're still following以下 the same相同 principles原則
that we would always.
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我們永遠都會持續遵循相同的原則;
08:40
What is different不同 is the sense
of being存在 on scene現場,
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不同的就是身臨其境的場景,
08:44
whether是否 you're watching觀看
a guy collapse坍方 from hunger飢餓
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不論你正在看著一個飢困暈倒的人,
08:46
or feeling感覺 like you're
in the middle中間 of a bomb炸彈 scene現場.
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或是感覺自己就在爆炸的場景裡,
08:48
And this is kind of what has driven驅動 me
forward前鋒 with these pieces,
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這就是驅使我去做這些報導
08:53
and thinking思維 about how to make them.
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以及認真思考如何去做出它們的動力。
08:55
We're trying to make this, obviously明顯,
beyond the headset耳機, more available可得到.
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我們正努力要做到這件事,
很明顯地頭帶裝置上要更容易取得,
08:59
We're creating創建 mobile移動 pieces
like the Trayvon塔拉萬 Martin馬丁 piece.
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我們正在創作行動影片,
好比馬丁的影片。
09:02
And these things have had impact碰撞.
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而且這些事情都已經產生功效。
09:06
I've had Americans美國人 tell me
that they've他們已經 donated捐贈,
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曾有美國人跟我說他們已經捐贈-
09:09
direct直接 deductions扣除 from their bank銀行 account帳戶,
money to go to Syrian敘利亞的 children孩子 refugees難民.
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直接從銀行戶頭提撥錢
給敘利亞的小孩難民。
09:13
And "Hunger飢餓 in LALA," well,
it's helped幫助 start開始
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「在洛杉磯的挨餓」幫助開啟
09:15
a new form形成 of doing journalism新聞學
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一種做新聞的新形態,
09:18
that I think is going to join加入
all the other normal正常 platforms平台
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我認為在未來這將會
加入所有其他的常見平臺。
09:21
in the future未來.
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謝謝大家
09:22
Thank you.
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09:23
(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by 黃Huang 瑋程Wei Cheng
Reviewed by Dan Wang

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nonny de la Peña - Virtual reality pioneer
Nonny de la Peña uses new, immersive media to tell stories that create empathy in readers and viewers.

Why you should listen
As the CEO of Emblematic Group, Nonny de la Peña uses cutting-edge technologies to tell stories — both fictional and news-based — that create intense, empathic engagement on the part of viewers. She has been called “The Godmother of Virtual Reality” by Engadget, while Fast Company named her “One of the People Who Made the World More Creative” for her pioneering work in immersive journalism.

A former correspondent for Newsweek, de la Peña has more than 20 years of award-winning experience in print, film and TV. Her virtual-reality work has been featured by the BBC, Mashable, Vice, Wired and many others, and been screened around the globe at museums and gaming conventions. De la Peña is an Annenberg Fellow at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts.
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