第3068期:Tasting food using virtual reality

Virtual reality's immersive experience is a sensation for the eyes and ears.虚拟现实带来的沉浸式体验是一种全新的视听体验。Now Aerobanquets RMX will target your taste buds.现在，Aerobanquets RMX将瞄准了人的味觉。It's one of the first experiments where we are mixing VR and food.这是我们首次将虚拟现实与食物相结合的实验之一。At the James Beard House in New York, Mattia Casalegno has created a VR dining experience that lets guests taste food in a new way.在纽约的詹姆斯·比尔德餐厅，马蒂亚·卡萨雷诺打造了一种虚拟现实用餐体验，让宾客以全新的方式品尝食物。We are so much used to eat with our own eyes, of course. I start to have expectations.当然，我们非常习惯用眼睛去判断食物。看到之后就会产生期待。With this VR experience, guests should expect the unexpected.有了这次虚拟现实体验，客人们将能够预料到以前那些想不到的方面。In virtual reality, the quote unquote food is represented by abstract 3D shapes that correspond to real-life bites prepared on site.在虚拟现实中，所谓的“食物”由抽象的3D形状来呈现，这些形状与现场准备的真实食物相对应。Guests can interact with these virtual shapes and forms, and then literally eat them.客人可以与这些虚拟的形式互动，然后真的把它们吃掉。I think it tastes like the whistle that the wind makes blowing through a door lock on a cold autumn afternoon.我觉得它的味道就像在一个寒冷的秋日午后，风穿过门锁时发出的呼啸声。Actions in the physical world correspond with those in VR via motion tracking cameras in the headset.头戴设备中的运动追踪摄像头使物理世界中的动作与虚拟现实中的动作相对应。We are able to bridge the gap between the virtual world and the real world, and what impact it has when you introduce food into this experience all of a sudden, the virtual world no longer, it felt less virtual.我们能够弥合虚拟世界和现实世界之间的差距，而当你突然将食物引入这种体验时，带来的影响就是，突然之间，虚拟世界给人的感觉不再那么不真实了。Having that like disconnection, but reconnection with food through this digital representation of it, made you kind of like think about flavor and texture and sensation in a different way. A feast for all of the senses. 拥有那种类似断联的感觉，但通过食物的数字呈现与食物重新连接，让你以不同的方式思考味道、口感和感受。一场感官的盛宴。