Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality maps

譯者: Jenny Yang 審譯者: Bill Hsiung

About a year and a half ago,

大約一年半前，

Stephen Lawler, who also gave a talk

Stephen Lawler 在 TED 2007 給了一個

here at TED in 2007 on Virtual Earth,

關於虛擬地球的演講，

brought me over to become the architect of Bing Maps,

也是他使我成爲 Bing 地圖的程式設計師，

which is Microsoft's online-mapping effort.

Bing 地圖是微軟對於線上地圖的一次嘗試。

In the past two and a half, we've been very hard at work

過去的兩年半中，我們工作得很努力，

on redefining the way maps work online.

我們試圖重新定義線上地圖是如何工作的。

And we really are seeing this in very different terms

我們是真正的將它當作一個完全不同的名詞來看待，

from the kind of mapping and direction site

改變大家過去對於線上地圖只是

that one is used to.

地圖和方向指引網頁的看法。

So, the first thing that you might notice about the mapping site

所以， 這個地圖網頁首先引起你注意的

is just the fluidity of the zooming and the panning,

是流暢的地圖縮放和平移，

which, if you're familiar at all with Seadragon,

如果你熟悉「海龍」(Seadragon) 技術，

that's where it comes from.

這種流暢度就是來自於那個技術。

Mapping is, of course,

當然，地圖並不僅僅

not just about cartography,

涉及製圖學，

it's also about imagery.

它也包含影像。

So, as we zoom-in beyond a certain level

所以當我們放大到一定的程度，

this resolves into a kind of Sim City-like

它就轉換成了類似遊戲《模擬城市》般

virtual view at 45 degrees.

45 度角的虛擬視野。

This can be viewed from any of the cardinal directions

你可以從任何角度來看它，

to show you the 3D structure of the city, all the facades.

它從各個角度向人們展示了城市的立體結構。

Now, we see this space, this three-dimensional environment,

現在， 我們看到這個空間，這個立體的環境，

as being a canvas on which

作爲一塊畫布，

all sorts of applications can play out,

各式各樣的應用程式都可以在上面進行發揮，

and map's directions are really just one of them.

而用地圖來指引方向，只是這些應用的其中之一。

If you click on this, you'll see

如果你點擊這裡，

some of the ones that we've put out, just in the past couple of months

你可以看見，我們於過去幾個月中，從我們的地圖服務開放以來，

since we've launched.

所推出的東西。

So, for example, a couple of days after the disaster in Haiti,

比如，在海地受災後的幾天內，

we had an earthquake map that showed

我們的地震地圖就顯示了

before and after pictures from the sky.

震災前後的空拍照片。

This wonderful one which I don't have time to show you

由於時間的關係，以下這個精彩的應用，我無法示範給你們看，

is taking hyper-local blogs in real time

它能於第一時間，從該區域的部落格裡提取內容，

and mapping those stories, those entries

將部落格中提到的故事和記錄，

to the places that are referred to on the blogs.

在地圖上標識出來。

It's wonderful.

這真的很棒！

But I'm going to show you some more candy sort of stuff.

然而，我要給你們看一些比較吸睛的東西。

So, we see the imagery, of course,

當然，我們看到圖資，

not stopping at the sky.

不僅僅是停留在空中的視角，

These little green bubbles represent

這些綠色的小泡泡代表了

photosynths that users have made.

用戶群的像片合成的結果，

I'm not going to dive into them either, but photosynths are integrated into the map.

關於像片合成 (photosynths) 以及其與地圖的整合，我也就不深入探究了，

Everything that's cased in blue

所有的藍色地帶

is an area where we've taken imagery on the ground as well.

都是我們在地面上拍過照的地方，

And so, when you fly down --

因此， 當你往下飛 —

(Applause)

（掌聲）

Thank you. When you fly down to the ground,

謝謝， 當你飛到地表的時候，

and you see this kind of panoramic imagery,

你便可以看見類似的全景圖像，

the first thing that you might notice is that it's not just a picture,

你第一個會注意到的是，這並不僅是一張照片，

there's just as much three-dimensional understanding of this environment

它能了解這個立體的環境，

as there is of the three-dimensional city from above,

就跟從空中俯瞰的立體城市一樣，

so if I click on something to get a closer view of it,

所以當我點擊目標，靠近觀察，

then, the fact that that transition looks as it does,

事實上，你可看到那個轉換的過程，

is a function of all of that geometry,

都是這個地圖背後對於幾何

all of that 3D understanding behind this model.

以及立體環境的了解在發生作用。

Now, I'll show you a fun app

現在，我要爲你們示範一個有趣的程式，

that -- we've been working on a collaboration with our friends at Flickr.

這是我們協同在 Flicker 的朋友一起開發的。

This takes Flickr, georegistered imagery

這個程式將 Flickr 裡有地理位置標籤的圖資，

and uses photosynth-like processes

使用類似「像片合成」的程序，

to connect that imagery to our imagery, so --

將那些圖資跟我們的圖資連結。

I'm not sure if that's the one I actually meant to pull up, but --

我不確定這是我想要找的東西，

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

But notice -- this is, of course, a popular tourist site,

但是，你們可以看到， 這是一個熱門的觀光景點，

and there are lots of photos around here,

這附近有很多照片，

and these photos are all taken at different times.

這些照片是於不同時間拍的，

So this one was taken around five.

這張是早上 5 點拍的，

So that's the Flickr photo,

那是 Flickr 的照片，

that's our imagery.

這是我們的照片。

So you really see how this kind of crowd-sourced imagery

這樣你可以知道，這種由網路社群提供的圖資

is integrating, in a very deep way, into the map itself.

是如何深層的與地圖本身整合在一起。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

Thank you.

謝謝。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

There are several reasons why this is interesting

這之所以很有趣，有幾個原因

and one of them, of course, is time travel.

其中之一，當然，是時光旅行，

And I'm not going to show you some of the wonderful historic imagery in here,

我就不示範這些精彩的歷史圖資了，

but there are some with horses and carriages and so on as well.

但是在那些圖資裡面有馬車之類的東西。

But what's cool about this is that, not only is it augmenting

這之所以很酷， 並不僅僅是因爲

this visual representation of the world

它從使用者身上蒐集了取多東西，

with things that are coming in from users,

並以之充實了對大千世界的視覺呈現。

but it also is the foundation for augmented reality,

但同時， 這也是增強實境的基礎，

and that's something that I'll be showing you more of in just a moment.

過一會兒，我將更詳細地向你們介紹這項功能，

Now I just made a transition indoors. That's also interesting.

現在我，正在轉換進入室內，這也很有趣，

OK, notice there's now a roof above us.

請注意，現在有屋頂在我們的頭上方了。

We're inside the Pike Place Market.

我們現在是在派克市場裡面，

And this is something that we're able to do with a backpack camera,

這些圖資是我們使用背負式攝影機所拍攝的。

so, we're now not only imaging in the street

所以， 我們不光是在街上

with this camera on tops of cars,

使用架設在汽車頂上的攝影機拍攝圖資，

but we're also imaging inside.

我們同時也在室內拍攝。

And from here, we're able to do the same sorts of registration,

從這裡， 我們可以使用各種東西來成像，

not only of still images, but also of video.

不只是用靜態的圖片，也可以用影片。

So this is something that we're now going to try

我們現在就來試驗一下，

for the first time, live,

這是我們第一次做直播測試。

and this is really, truly, very frightening.

這真是，真的，非常可怕。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

OK.

好

(Ringing)

（電話鈴聲）

All right, guys, are you there?

好了，夥計們， 你們在嗎？

(Noise)

（噪音）

All right. I'm hitting it. I'm punching play.

好，我上線了，正式開始。

I'm live. All right. There we go.

直播開始了，好的，開始。

So, these are our friends in Pike Place Market, the lab.

這是我們現在正位於派克市場的朋友們，我們實驗室的成員。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

So they're broadcasting this live.

他們現在在現場直播。

OK, George, can you pan back over to the corner market?

好吧，喬治，你能把鏡頭移到市場的角落嗎？

Because I want to show points of interest.

因爲我想示範一下資訊熱點功能。

No, no. The other way.

不，不，另外一個方向。

Yeah, yeah, back to the corner, back to the corner.

對了，對了，回到角落，回到角落

I don't want to see you guys yet.

我還不想看見你們呢。

OK, OK, back to the corner, back to the corner, back to the corner.

好吧，好吧，回到角落，回到角落，回到角落。

OK, never mind.

好吧， 算了。

What I wanted to show you was these points of interest

我本來想要示範給你們看的是這些資訊熱點

over here on top of the image

會層疊在這個圖資上方。

because what that gives you a sense of is the way,

因爲這會讓你感覺，

if you're actually on the spot,

彷彿身歷其境 ...

you can think about this --

你可以這樣想：

this is taking a step in addition to augmented reality.

這是在增強實境的基礎上又邁進了一步，

What the hell are you guys -- oh, sorry.

你們這些傢伙在幹什麼啊？噢，對不起

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

We're doing two different --

我們正在做兩件不同的事情，

OK, I'm hanging up now.

好吧，我要掛了。

We're doing two different things here.

我們正在做兩件不一樣的事情，

One of them is to take that real ...

他們中的一個正要去拿那個真的......

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

All right, let me just take a moment and thank the team.

好吧， 讓我們停下來感謝我們的小組成員，

They've done a fantastic job of pulling this together.

他們出色地完成了這個實驗。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

I'm going to abandon them now and walk back outside.

我現在要拋棄他們了，接下來我往外走，

And while I walk outside, I'll just mention that

在我往外走的時候，我得提一下的是，

here we're using this for telepresence,

剛剛，我們將這個工具作為遠端視訊會議，

but you can equally well use this

但是，你同時也可以在當地，

on the spot, for augmented reality.

把這個當做增強實境的工具。

When you use it on the spot, it means that

當你在景點現場使用的時候，

you're able to bring all of that metadata

你就可以把所有世界上的原始數據

and information about the world to you.

和資訊都帶到你的所在地。

So here, we're taking the extra step of also broadcasting it.

而這邊，我們更進一步地把這些東西轉播出去。

That was being broadcast, by the way, on a 4G network

順便說一下，這是在第四代行動通訊 (4G) 網絡上，

from the market.

從市場直接轉播的。

All right, and now there's one last TED talk

好，現在你們看到的是微軟的一場 TED 演講，

that Microsoft has given in the past several years.

這是微軟官方在過去幾年裡所給的最後一場 TED 演講。

And that's Curtis Wong, WorldWide Telescope.

那是 Curtis Wong，全球望遠鏡 (WorldWide Telescope)

So, we're going to head over to the dumpsters,

我們現在朝垃圾場走去，

where it's traditional, after a long day at the market,

這也是在市場工作一整天結束時的傳統，

to go out for a break, but also stare up at the sky.

到外面去小歇片刻， 然後注視著天空，

This is the integration

這是將全球望遠鏡

of WorldWide Telescope into our maps.

整合到我們的地圖中。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

This is the current -- thank you --

這是現在， 謝謝，

this is the current time. If we scrub the time,

這是現在，但是如果我們轉移時間，

then we can see how the sky will look at different times,

我們就可以看見天空在不同的時間是如何變化的

and we can get all of this very detailed

我們可以得到非常詳細的

information about different times, different dates:

不同時間，不同日期的資訊，

Let's move the moon a little higher in the sky,

讓我們把月亮在天空中移得高一點，

maybe change the date.

也許更動日期可以做到。

I would like to kind of zoom in on the moon.

我想將月亮放大，

So, this is an astronomically complete

所以這是將天空中完整的

representation of the sky

天文資訊

integrated right into the Earth.

整合呈現在地球中。

All right now, I've overrun my time,

好，我的時間到了，

so I've got to stop.

我必須要停下了。

Thank you all very much.

非常感謝。

(Applause)

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