Ben Kacyra: Ancient wonders captured in 3D

翻译人员: Chunxiang Qian 校对人员: Dong Mao

I'd like to start with a short story.

我想先讲个故事

It's about a little boy

有个小男孩

whose father was a history buff

他父亲是个历史爱好者

and who used to take him by the hand

常牵着他的手

to visit the ruins of an ancient metropolis

去造访他们小镇外围的

on the outskirts of their camp.

一个古城市遗迹

They would always stop by to visit

他们总是去看

these huge winged bulls that used to guard

那个守着古城门的

the gates of that ancient metropolis,

带翅膀的牛

and the boy used to be scared

那时的小男孩

of these winged bulls,

在害怕那些带翅膀的牛的同时

but at the same time they excited him.

也很兴奋看到这些

And the dad used to use those bulls

父亲就用这些牛

to tell the boy stories about

给小男孩讲

that civilization and their work.

那个文明的故事和他们的工作

Let's fast-forward to the

让我们“快进”到数十年后的

San Francisco Bay Area many decades later,

旧金山湾区

where I started a technology company

我在那儿成立了一个家公司

that brought the world its first

研发出了世界上第一个

3D laser scanning system.

3D镭射扫描系统

Let me show you how it works.

现在让我为您展示一下它是怎样工作的

Female Voice: Long range laser scanning

女声：长距离镭射扫描

by sending out a pulse that's a laser beam of light.

通过发出一束激光

The system measures the beam's time of flight,

系统测量光束传播时间

recording the time it takes for the light

纪录下它从接触到一个表面

to hit a surface and make its return.

到返回的时间

With two mirrors, the scanner calculates

扫描仪通过两个镜子计算

the beam's horizontal and vertical angles,

光束的水平垂直角度

giving accurate x, y, and z coordinates.

得到精确的X，Y，Z轴距

The point is then recorded

这个点就被

into a 3D visualization program.

3D可视化软件记录下来

All of this happens in seconds.

所有这些只要几秒就能完成

Ben Kacyra: You can see here,

本･凯萨拉：可以看到

these systems are extremely fast.

系统运行速度非常快

They collect millions of points at a time

能一次性

with very high accuracy

高精度高像素地

and very high resolution.

收集上百万个点

A surveyor with traditional survey tools

一个使用传统工具的测量员

would be hard-pressed to produce

要在一整天内绘制500个点

maybe 500 points in a whole day.

都力不能及

These babies would be producing

而这些小家伙

something like ten thousand points a second.

能在一秒内绘制一万个点

So, as you can imagine,

你能想到

this was a paradigm shift

这不仅是测量和建筑业

in the survey and construction

一个范式转变

as well as in reality capture industry.

也是摄影摄像产业的新标杆

Approximately ten years ago,

大约十年前

my wife and I started a foundation to do good,

我和我妻子建立了一个慈善基金

and right about that time,

那时候

the magnificent Bamiyan Buddhas,

巴米扬大佛

hundred and eighty foot tall in Afghanistan,

一座矗立在阿富汗的180英尺高的佛像

were blown up by the Taliban.

毁于塔利班之手

They were gone in an instant.

顷刻之内佛像被毁

And unfortunately, there was

不幸的是

no detailed documentation of these Buddhas.

没有任何关于这些佛像的详细资料保存下来

This clearly devastated me,

这深深触动了我

and I couldn't help but wonder about

我不由得想到

the fate of my old friends, the winged bulls,

我的老朋友 那头带翅膀的牛的命运

and the fate of the many, many

还有世界各地

heritage sites all over the world.

其他文物古迹的命运

Both my wife and I

我和我妻子

were so touched by this

受此激发

that we decided to

决定

expand the mission of our foundation

将基金承担的业务范围

to include digital heritage preservation

延伸到世界文物古迹的

of world sites.

数字化保存

We called the project CyArk,

我们称之为“数字方舟”计划

which stands for Cyber Archive.

代表着数字档案

To date, with the help of

迄今为止

a global network of partners,

在全球合作伙伴的帮助下

we've completed close to fifty projects.

我们已经完成了近50个项目

Let me show you some of them:

这是其中一部分

Chichen Itza,

奇琴伊察

Rapa Nui --

复活节岛

and what you're seeing here

这里你看到的是

are the cloud of points --

数据点集合—

Babylon,

巴比伦

Rosslyn Chapel,

罗斯林教堂

Pompeii,

庞贝遗址

and our latest project, Mt. Rushmore,

和最近的一个项目:总统山

which happened to be one of

这是最具挑战的

our most challenging projects.

项目之一

As you see here, we had to develop

可以看到 我们得开发

a special rig to bring the scanner

一种特殊钻机

up close and personal.

人工作业把扫描仪戴上去

The results of our work in the field

我们的成果

are used to produce

被用于媒体创作

media and deliverables to be used

并交付给文物修复人员

by conservators and researchers.

和研究人员使用

We also produce media for

我们也创作用于传播的媒体作品

dissemination to the public --

向公众开放

free through the CyArk website.

通过CyArk的网站就可免费浏览

These would be used for education,

这些可用于教育

cultural tourism, etc.

文化观光等

What you're looking at in here

这个是一个

is a 3D viewer that we developed

我们开发的3D查看器

that would allow the display

能够实时展示

and manipulation of [the] cloud of points

和控制这些数据点集合

in real time, cutting sections through them

查看切面

and extracting dimensions.

提取维度数据

This happens to be the cloud of points

这些是蒂卡尔的

for Tikal.

数据点集合

In here you see a traditional 2D

这个是传统的二维

architectural engineering drawing

手绘建筑工程图

that's used for preservation, and of course

用于保存

we tell the stories through fly-throughs.

当然查看图像的方式是全景自由视角

And here, this is a fly-through

这是从自由视角

the cloud of points of Tikal,

看蒂卡尔的数据点集合

and here you see it rendered

你能看到

and photo-textured with the photography

它通过我们拍下的照片

that we take of the site.

把这里呈现出照片的质感

And so this is not a video.

但这不是个视频

This is actual 3D points with

这是精确到2到3毫米的

two to three millimeter accuracy.

实际三维定点

And of course the data can be used

这些数据可以用于

to develop 3D models that are

开发无比精确和充满细节的

very accurate and very detailed.

三维模型

And here you're looking at a model

这是一个按照斯特灵城堡

that's extracted from the cloud of points

的数据而建的

for Stirling Castle.

模型

It's used for studies, for visualization,

它被用于研究 观看

as well as for education.

和教育

And finally, we produce mobile apps

最后我们还开发了手机应用程序

that include narrated virtual tools.

包括可视化描述的工具

The more I got involved

越深入

in the heritage field,

世界遗产的领域

the more it became clear to me

我就越清晰的认识到

that we are losing the sites

我们失去这些遗址及其文化的速度

and the stories faster than we can

比我们能实际保存的速度

physically preserve them.

要快多了

Of course, earthquakes

毋庸置疑，地震

and all the natural phenomena --

等自然灾害——

floods, tornadoes, etc. --

洪水 飓风等——

take their toll.

的确在不断侵袭

However, what occurred to me was

但我发现

human-caused destruction, which was

更严重的是人为原因的破坏

not only causing a significant portion

这些行为不仅正在侵蚀宝贵的

of the destruction, but actually

遗迹 事实上

it was accelerating.

其破坏速率也在与日俱增

This includes arson,

这些行为包括纵火

urban sprawl,

城市扩张

acid rain, not to mention

酸雨

terrorism and wars.

更不用说恐怖主义和战争

It was getting more and more apparent

我们输掉这场遗产保卫战的势头

that we're fighting a losing battle.

愈来愈明显

We're losing our sites

我们正在失去古迹

and the stories,

失去它们的故事

and basically we're losing

更重要的我们正失去

a piece -- and a significant piece --

人类共同记忆中

of our collective memory.

十分重要的一部分

Imagine us as a human race

试想如果人类

not knowing where we came from.

对自己的历史一无所知会怎样

Luckily, in the last two or three decades,

还好在过去的二三十年中

digital technologies have been developing

数字技术有了长足发展

that have helped us to develop tools

帮助我们开发了很多工具

that we've brought to bear

我们借此

in the digital preservation,

进行数字保存

in our digital preservation war.

赢得数字保存的战争

This includes, for example,

这些工具包括

the 3D laser scanning systems,

3D镭射扫描系统

ever more powerful personal computers,

更强大功能的个人电脑

3D graphics,

3D图片

high-definition digital photography,

高清数码照片

not to mention the Internet.

以及无须赘言的网络

Because of this accelerated

因为越来越快的

pace of destruction,

毁坏速度

it became clear to us that we needed

我们更清楚认识到

to challenge ourselves and our partners

我们要给自己以及我们的同道人施加更大的压力

to accelerate our work.

以加快工程速度

And we created a project

我们设立了一个

we call the CyArk 500 Challenge --

“数字方舟500挑战”的计划——

and that is to digitally preserve

旨在未来五年间

500 World Heritage Sites

数字化保存下五百个

in five years.

世界遗产

We do have the technology

我们有这个技术

that's scaleable,

并且能扩展应用

and our network of global partners

我们的合作关系遍布全球

has been expanding and can be expanded

并且yijing能快速地

at a rapid rate,

扩张

so we're comfortable

我们有信心

that this task can be accomplished.

完成这个任务

However, to me, the 500 is

但是对我来说这500个（遗产）

really just the first 500.

只是一个开始

In order to sustain our work into the future,

为了在将来把我们的工作持续下去

we use technology centers

我们通过与技术中心

where we partner with

和当地高校

local universities and colleges

合作

to take the technology to them,

授权他们使用我们的技术

whereby they then can help us

帮助我们

with digital preservation of their heritage sites,

进行遗产数字化保存的工作

and at the same time, it gives them

同时这也给了他们

the technology to benefit from in the future.

可以长远获益的技术

Let me close with another short story.

让我以另一个小故事结尾

Two years ago, we were approached

两年前

by a partner of ours to digitally preserve

一个遗产数字化保存工程的合作伙伴

an important heritage site,

为一个重要的遗迹找到我们

a UNESCO heritage site in Uganda,

这是一个位于乌干达的联合国教科文组织认证的遗迹

the Royal Kasubi Tombs.

卡苏比皇陵

The work was done successfully in the field,

保存工作很成功

and the data was archived

所有的数据都收集归档

and publicly disseminated

并通过CyArk网站

through the CyArk website.

对外发布并开放

Last March,

去年三月

we received very sad news.

我们听到一个不幸的消息

The Royal Tombs had been destroyed

卡苏比皇陵已经被纵火嫌疑犯

by suspected arson.

毁掉了

A few days later, we received a call:

几天后，我们接到一个电话：

"Is the data available

“收集的数据

and can it be used for reconstruction?"

能用于重建吗？”

Our answer, of course, was yes.

我们的答案当然是肯定的

Let me leave you with a final thought.

最后留给各位一个想法

Our heritage is much more than

我们的遗产

our collective memory --

不仅是我们的共同记忆－

it's our collective treasure.

更是我们共同的珍宝

We owe it to our children,

我们要留给我们的

our grandchildren and the generations

子孙还有

we will never meet

永远见不到的后代

to keep it safe

我们要保护好它们

and to pass it along.

使它们代代相传

Thank you.

谢谢

(Applause)

（掌声）

Thank you.

谢谢

Thank you.

谢谢

Thank you.

谢谢

Well, I'm staying here because

我还在台上

we wanted to demonstrate to you

是因为要向各位展示一下

the power of this technology

这项技术的力量

and so, while I've been speaking,

在我刚才说话的时候

you have been scanned.

你们已经被扫描了

(Laughter)

（笑声）

The two wizards that I have

我的两名正在幕后的

that are behind the curtain

助手

will help me bring

将在屏幕上

the results on the screen.

把结果呈现给我们

(Applause)

（掌声）

This is all in 3D and of course

这些都是三维的

you can fly through the cloud of points.

你可以用自由视角观察这些数据点集合

You can look at it from on top,

你能从天花板的角度

from the ceiling.

俯瞰它

You can look from different vantage points,

也可以从不同的高度看

but I'm going to ask Doug to zoom in

我可以让道格拉近画面

on an individual in the crowd,

看看人群里的某一个人

just to show the amount of detail

让你们看到我们能达到的

that we can create.

细节程度

So you have been digitally preserved

你们在四分钟的时间内

in about four minutes.

全部被数字化保存了

(Laughter)

（笑声）

I'd like to thank the wizards here.

我要谢谢我的助手

We were very lucky to have

我们很幸运

two of our partners participate in this:

有两个合作伙伴参与：

the Historic Scotland,

苏格兰文物局

and the Glasgow School of Art.

和格拉斯哥艺术学院

I'd like to also thank personally

我个人想向

the efforts of David Mitchell,

大卫･米切尔致谢

who is the Director of Conservation

他是苏格兰文物局的

at Historic Scotland.

文物修复主管

David.

大卫

(Applause)

（掌声）

And Doug Pritchard, who's the Head of

还有道格･普里查德

Visualization at the Glasgow School of Art.

他是格拉斯哥艺术学院视觉艺术的主任

Let's give them a hand.

让我们致以掌声

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

Thank you.

谢谢