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虛擬實境可以減肥？！

最近虛擬實境的應用很夯，沒想到還多了個神奇的功能，減肥！？咱們來看看相關報導…。

必考單字

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• arduous [ˋɑrdʒʊəs] (adj.) 艱鉅的、困難的、費力的
• satiety [səˋtaɪətɪ] (n.) 飽足、滿足、過多
• interactive [͵ɪntɚˋæktɪv] (adj.) 相互作用的、互動的
• don [dɑn] (v.) 穿上、披上
• hoax [hoax] (n.) 騙局、玩笑、惡作劇

(n.) 名詞 (v.) 動詞 (adj.) 形容詞 (adv.) 副詞

文章賞析

• Think yourself thin - can VR technology fight obesity?
  把自己想像的很瘦？虛擬實境的科技可以對抗肥胖？
• (CNN)Eating raw food. Eat low-carb food. Eating juices instead of food.
  吃生食。吃低卡食物。喝果汁取代食物。
• Losing weight is often an arduous battle against our appetites.
  抵抗食慾一向是減肥者的艱鉅挑戰。
• But a team of Japanese scientists claim to have invented the perfect way to shed pounds: diet goggles.
  但是日本科學家聲稱已經發明了完美的減重方式：節食蛙鏡。
• Researchers at the University of Tokyo's Cyber Interface Lab say that virtual reality headsets can hack our senses in ways that reduce appetite, make low-fat foods taste delicious and trick our brains into thinking we're eating more than we really are.
  東大電腦介面研究室的研究員表示虛擬實境頭罩可以駭入我們的感官進而降低食慾，讓低卡食物吃起來美味，並且詐騙我們的腦子讓我們吃的比實際上還少。
• Diet goggles
  節食蛙鏡
• It all comes down to portion control.
  說穿了就是份量控制。
• Takuji Narumi, a PhD lecturer at the University of Tokyo, has invented a VR system called "Augmented Satiety", which uses interactive computer graphic techniques to virtually increase the size of a food item.
  東大的講師鳴海拓志發明的虛擬實境系統叫做「擴大的滿足感」，這是使用互動式的電腦圖像技術來實際上增加食物的大小。
• Narumi says wearing the headset can reduce the amount of food a person eats by 10%.
  鳴海表示戴上虛擬裝置可以減少一個人飲食量的10%。
• CNN International correspondent Will Ripley tested the technology. The VR headset he donned enlarged the size of the cookie he had been given, giving the illusion of eating a larger portion.
  CNN國際記者Will Ripley測試了這項科技。他配戴的虛擬實境頭套放大了他手上的餅乾，讓他產生了吃比較大塊餅乾的錯覺。
• Not only did the size of the cookie change, but also the angle of his fingers holding the object was altered to ensure the brain fully believed the hoax.
  不只是餅乾的大小改變，而且拿著餅乾的手指角度也被改變，來確保大腦完全相信這場騙局。
• According to Michitaka Hirose, a professor at the University of Tokyo who is leading the project, the technology has to be executed within reasonable boundaries.
  根據領導這項計畫的東大教授廣瀨道隆表示，這項科技必須在合理的界線內執行。
• If the cookie had been enlarged by too large a ratio, for example, the virtual reality trick would've failed, because the disparity between the actual bite and the VR projection would have been too great.
  舉例來說，如果餅乾的比例被過度放大，虛擬實境的招數就會失敗，因為實際上咬起來跟虛擬投射的實境差異太大了。
• Researchers have so far only successfully increased the size of the food by 50%.
  研究者目前只有成功把食物尺寸放大50%。
• 文章節錄自：http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/06/asia/vr-technology-fights-obesity/index.html