Peter Molyneux demos Milo, the virtual boy

翻译人员: Xun Zheng 校对人员: Patrick Feng

When I saw a piece of technology called Kinect --

当我了解到一项称为Kinect的新技术——

it was called Natal -- I was inspired,

原来叫做Natal——我有了灵感，

and I thought for a moment,

思考了一会儿，

maybe it's possible

也许可以

to address that one problem of storytelling,

解决一个讲故事时会遇到的问题，

to create a character

即创造一个"人"

which seemed alive,

一个看起来活生生的

which noticed me,

可以看到我，

that could look me in the eyes

可以看到我的内心深处

and feel real,

并且感觉很真实的人，

and sculpt a story about our relationship.

我们之间还能有点感情。

And so a year ago,

所以一年之前

I showed this off

我在E3计算机展览上

at a computer show called E3.

展示了这个东西。

And this was a piece of technology

我们让克莱尔通过这项技术

with someone called Claire interacting with this boy.

同这个小男孩进行互动交流

And there was a huge row online

并且在互联网上引起了激烈的讨论

about, "Hey, this can't be real."

都说“嘿，这不可能吧。”

And so I waited till now

所以我直到现在

to have an actual demo

才对这项崭新高科技

of the real tech.

进行现场演示。

Now, this tech incorporates

现在，这项高科技产品融合了

three big elements.

三项主要技术。

The first is a Kinect camera,

首先是Kinect摄像头，

which will be out in November,

将在11月推出上市，

some incredible AI

还有令人难以置信的人工智能

that was hidden in the dusty vaults,

隐藏在灰尘漫天的地下室里，

collecting dust

微软

in Microsoft,

把这些灰尘打扫，

plus our quite crude

再加上我们在

attempts at AI

狮子头公司

at a company called Lionhead,

人工智能方面的初步尝试，

mixing all those things together

把这些所有的东西合到一起

just to get to this one simple idea:

就得到了一个简单的想法：

to create a real, living

在计算机里创造一个真实、生动

being in a computer.

的生命体。

Now, I'll be honest with you

现在，我要诚实的告诉你

and say that most of it

这其中的大多数

is just a trick,

只是个戏法儿，

but it's a trick that actually works.

但这戏法儿确实有效 。

So why don't we go over and have

现在，让我们一起过来

a look at the demo now.

看看演示吧。

This is Dimitri.

他是迪米特里。

Dimitri, just waggle your arm around.

迪米特里，来回摆摆你的手。

Now, you notice he's sitting.

请注意，他现在是坐着的。

There are no controllers,

没有用控制器，

no keyboards,

没有键盘，

or mice,

或者鼠标，

or joysticks, or joypads.

或者操纵杆和手柄。

He is just going to use

他只是正在用

his hand, his body and his voice,

他的手、身体和声音，

just like humans interact with their hands, body and voice.

就像人与人之间用手、身体和声音交流一样。

So let's move forward.

我们继续。

You're going to meet Milo for the first time.

你现在是第一次遇到米洛。

We had to give him a problem

我们得给他设计个难题，

because when we first created Milo,

因为我们第一次创建米洛的时候，

we realized that he came across as a little bit of a brat,

发现他就像个小顽童一样

to be honest with you.

十分顽皮。

He was quite a know-it-all,

他什么都知道，

and he wanted to kind of make you laugh.

并且很友善地逗你开心。

So the problem we introduced to him was this:

因此我们为他引入的问题是：

he's just moved house.

米洛刚刚搬了家。

He's moved from London

他从伦敦

to New England, over in America.

来到在美国的新英格兰。

His parents are too busy

他的父母太忙了

to listen to his problems,

没时间听他的困扰，

and that's when he starts almost conjuring you up.

这时候，他的魔法就要开始了。

So here he is

那么，他现在

walking through the grass.

正在草坪上散步。

And you're able to interact with his world.

你还可以和他交流。

The cool thing is, what we're doing

更酷的是，我们所做的事情

is we're changing the mind

会不断地改变

of Milo constantly.

米洛的思想。

That means no two people's Milos

这就意味着每个人的米洛

can be the same.

都是不同的。

You're actually sculpting a human being here.

实际上在这里你是在塑造一个人。

So, he's discovering the garden.

嗯，他正在探索花园。

You're helping him discover the garden

你得帮他找找看

by just pointing out these snails.

点击那些蜗牛就行。

Very simple at the start.

开始非常简单。

By the way, if you are a boy, it's snails;

顺便说一下，如果是男孩子，这就是蜗牛；

if you're a girl, it's butterflies

如果是女孩子，它会变成蝴蝶，

because what we found was that girls hate snails.

因为我们发现女孩子讨厌蜗牛。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

So remember, this is the first time you've met him,

记住，这是你第一次遇到米洛，

and we really want to draw you in and make you more curious.

实际上我们希望这能吸引你，并引发你的好奇心。

His face, by the way,

另外，他的表情

is fully AI-driven.

是由人工智能驱动的。

We have complete control over his blush responses,

我们完全可以控制他脸红的表情，

the diameter of his nostrils

鼻孔的大小

to denote stress.

来表现他承受的压力。

We actually do something called body matching.

实际上我们用的是肢体工作追踪技术。

If you're leaning forward,

如果你身体前倾，

he will try and slightly change

他会试着稍微改变一下

the neuro-linguistic nature of his face,

他的脸部表情，

because we went out with this strong idea:

因为我们清楚知道我们所要做的是：

how can we make you believe that something's real?

怎样做才能让你们相信这些都是真实的呢？

Now we've used the hand.

之前我们已经用手进行了控制

The other thing to use is your body.

现在还可以用身体。

Why not just, instead of pushing left and right

控制左右方向

with a mouse or with a joypad,

可以用鼠标或操纵杆，

why not use your body just to lean on the chair --

除此之外为什么不用身体呢？

again, relaxed?

这样更轻松一点吧。

You can lean back,

如果向后靠

but the camera will change its perspective

摄像机就会改变视野

depending on which way you're looking.

让你看到这个角度能看到的东西。

So Dimitri's now going to use --

迪米特里现在是用

he's used his hand; he's used his body.

他之前已经用了手和身体来控制。

He's now going to use the other thing which is essential,

现在他要用另一种重要的方法进行控制了，

and that's his voice.

也就是他的声音。

Now, the thing about voice is,

声音这东西，

our experience with voice recognition

语音识别系统带给我们的体验

is pretty awful, isn't it?

一直不怎么样。

It never works.

从来没好使过。

You order an airline ticket; you end up in Timbuktu.

订张机票，结果飞到提布图（非洲城市）去了。

So we've tackled that problem,

这个问题我们已经解决，

and we've come up with a solution, which we'll see in a second.

马上就会看到我们的成果。

Milo: I could just squish it.

米洛：我可以踩扁它。

Peter Molyneux: What are you going to do, Dimitri?

彼得·莫利纽克斯：你打算怎么做呢，迪米特里？

Female Voice: Squashing a snail may not seem important,

女性声音：踩扁蜗牛没什么大不了的，

but remember, even this choice

但请记住，每一次选择

will affect how Milo develops.

都会影响米洛的成长。

Do you want Milo to squash it?

你想让米洛踩扁它吗？

When you see the microphone,

当你看到麦克风时，

say ... (PM: Squash.) ... yes to decide.

就说出...（彼得：踩吧）...你的选择。

Dimitri: Go on, Milo. Squash it.

迪米特里：米洛，去踩扁它。

PM: No. That's the wrong thing to do.

彼得：不要吧，这样不好。

Now look at his response.

现在我们看他的反应。

He said, "Go on, Milo. Squash it."

迪米特里说“米洛，去踩扁它”，

What we're using there is,

这里我们用的是，

we're using something, a piece of technology called Tellme.

我们用了一种叫做Tellme的新科技。

It's a company that Microsoft acquired some years ago.

这是微软前几年收购的一家公司的技术。

We've got a database of words which we recognize.

我们已经为能辨认的字符建立了数据库。

We pick those words out.

把那些字挑出来。

We also reference that

我们也参考了

with the tonation database

我们为迪米特里

that we build up of Dimitri's voice,

或者是其他用户的声音

or the user's voice.

建立的语音数据库。

Now we need to have a bit more engagement,

现在我们需要多一点的交流。

and again, what we can do

同样的，我们能做的

is we can look at the body.

就是用身体来交流。

And we'll do that in a second.

马上就要这么做了。

Milo: I wonder how deep it is.

米洛：我想知道它有多深。

Deep.

挺深的。

PM: Okay. So what we're going to do now

彼得：好，下面我们要做的

is teach Milo to skim stones.

就是教米洛打水漂儿。

We're actually teaching him.

真的要教他打哦。

It's very, very interesting

特别，特别有意思

that men, more than women,

比起女人，男人们

tend to be more competitive here.

在这儿更显得争强好胜。

They're fine with teaching Milo for the first few throws,

他们会好好的教米洛开始的几次，

but then they want to beat Milo,

但之后就想打败他。

where women,

而女人们

they're more nurturing about this.

则教导有方。

Okay, this is skimming stones.

嗯，这就是打水漂儿游戏。

How do you skim stones?

怎么打呢？

You stand up,

先站起来，

and you skim the stone.

扔出石头。

It's that simple.

挺简单的。

Just recognizing your body,

先要进行人体识别，

recognizing the body's motions, the tech,

这项技术先要识别人体的动作，

understanding that you've gone

知晓你已经

from sitting down to standing up.

从坐姿变为站姿。

Again, all of this is done

再来一回，扔石头

in the way us humans do things,

的方式和我们平时做的一样

and that's crucially important

这一点十分重要

if we want Milo to appear real.

因为我们想让米洛显得更加真实。

Female Voice: See if you can inspire him to do any better.

女性声音：再试试，看能不能教米洛做的更好。

Try hitting the boat.

试试看能不能打到船那

Milo: Ahhh. So close.

米洛：啊，就差一点点。

PM: That's Dimitri at his most competitive.

彼得：迪米特里开始争强好胜了。

Now beaten an 11-year-old child. Well done.

好样的，他击败了这个11岁的男孩子。

Milo: Okay.

米洛：好吧。

PM: So, Milo's being called back in by his parents,

彼得：现在米洛的父母要叫他回家吃饭了，

giving us time to be alone

留给我们的是独处的时间

and to help him out.

还可以帮帮他。

Basically -- the bit that we missed at the start --

其实——开始的时候我们忘说了——

his parents had asked him to clean up his room.

他父母已经让他整理自己的房间。

And we're going to help him with this now.

我们现在去帮帮他。

But this is going to be an introduction,

收拾房子可以当作自我介绍，

and this is all about the deep psychology that we're trying to use.

这些我们都试着在用一些深层次的心理学技术。

We're trying to introduce you

现在我就要向你们介绍

to what I believe is the most wonderful part,

我认为最神奇的部分，

you being able to talk

你可以用自己平日里说话的方式

in your natural voice to Milo.

和米洛进行交谈。

Now, to do that, we needed a set up,

这之前我们需要准备一下，

like a magician's trick.

像魔法一样。

And what we did was,

并且之前

we needed to give Milo this big problem.

我们给米洛准备了个大麻烦。

So as Dimitri

所以当迪米特里

starts tidying up,

收拾东西的时候，

you can overhear a conversation

你能隐约听见一些声音

that Milo's having with his parents.

是米洛和他妈妈。

Milo's Mom: Oh, you've got gravy all over the floor. (Milo: I didn't mean to!)

米洛妈妈：噢～你把肉汁弄得地板上哪儿都是。（米洛：我不是故意的！）

Milo's Mom: That carpet is brand new.

米洛妈妈：地毯是新的啊。

PM: So he's just spilled

彼得：他刚刚把

a plate of sausages on the floor,

一盘香肠倒在了地板上，

on the brand-new carpet.

在新买的地毯上。

We've all done it as parents; we've all done it as children.

身为父母的我们都这样训斥过，而小时候我们也都犯过这样的错。

Now's a chance for Dimitri

现在迪米特里

to kind of reassure and calm Milo down.

要趁机安慰米洛并让他冷静下来。

It's all been too much for him.

这一切对他来说太沉重了。

He's just moved house. He's got no friends.

他刚搬了家，又没朋友，

Now is the time

当我们打开房门

when we open that portal

就是时候

and allow you to talk to Milo.

让你和米洛聊聊了。

Female Voice: Why don't you try saying something encouraging

女性声音：说点什么鼓励米洛

to cheer Milo up.

让他振作一点吧。

Dimitri: Come on, Milo. You know what parents are like.

迪米特里：算啦，米洛。父母都是这样，你懂的。

They're always getting stressed.

他们总是生气。

Milo: What do they want to come here for anyway?

米洛：他们搬来这里想要干什么？

We don't know anyone.

我们谁都不认识。

Dimitri: Well, you've got a new school to go to.

迪米特里：嗯，你可以去新学校啊。

You're going to meet loads of cool, new friends.

你会遇到一些很酷的新朋友。

Milo: I just really miss my old house, that's all.

米洛：可我就是想原来的家。

Dimitri: Well, this is a pretty awesome house, Milo.

迪米特里：嗯，这个房子也不错啊，米洛。

You've got a cool garden to play in and a pond.

现在有一个很棒的花园，还有池塘。

Milo: It was good skimming stones.

米洛：打水漂儿确实不错。

This looks nice.

房间干净了。

You cleaned up my room.

你打扫了我的房间。

Thanks.

谢谢。

PM: So after three-quarters of an hour,

彼得：45分钟之后，

he recognizes you.

米洛就认识你了。

And I promise you, if you're sitting in front of this screen,

我保证，如果你一直坐在屏幕前面，

that is a truly wonderful moment.

那这真的是非常美妙的时刻。

And we're ready now

现在我们准备好

to tell a story about his childhood and his life,

要讲述米洛童年和生活的故事了，

and it goes on,

而且还会继续下去，

and he has, you know, many adventures.

你懂的，他有过很多冒险经历。

Some of those adventures are a little bit dark or on the darker side.

有一些是去做一点点坏事。

Some of those adventures are wonderfully encouraging --

有一些则很鼓舞人心。

he's got to go to school.

比如他去上学。

The cool thing is

最酷的是

that we're doing as well:

当你和他互动的时候，

as you interact with him,

我们也会参与其中，

you're able to put things into his world; he recognizes objects.

你可以放一些东西进入他的世界，并且他能认得那些东西。

His mind is based in a cloud.

他的想法还是朦胧的。

That means Milo's mind,

这意味着，

as millions of people use it,

只要有许多人玩这个游戏，

will get smarter and cleverer.

米洛就会越来越聪明。

He'll recognize more objects

他会认识更多的东西，

and thus understand more words.

学到更多的文字。

But for me,

但对于我来说，

this is a wonderful opportunity

这是一个很好的机会

where technology, at last, can be connected with,

让我们最终把科技和人类连在一起，

where I am no longer restrained

我不再被手掌上的

by the finger I hold in my hand --

手指束缚——

as far as a computer game's concerned --

目前许多电脑游戏都是这样——

or by the blandness of not being noticed

看电影或者看书的时候

if you're watching a film or a book.

也不会因为没人觉察而感到无聊。

And I love those revolutions,

我爱这些改变，

and I love the future that Milo brings.

我爱米洛带来的未来。

Thank you very much indeed.

十分感谢。

(Applause)

（掌声）