在虛擬現實中觸摸感知物體成為可能英語美文

Virtual reality allows the user to enter a different world through sight and sound. Several researchers and companies are adding a third element to the virtual experience: the sense of touch.

虛擬現實通過視覺和聽覺使用户進入一個不一樣的世界。一些研究者和公司正在添加第三個虛擬現實體驗元素，即觸覺。

Researchers in haptics, meaning the feeling of touch, are incorporating this sense into virtual reality with real-world applications.

觸覺學(也即對觸摸的感覺)的研究者們通過真實世界的裝置把這種感覺融入到虛擬現實之中。

French company Go Touch VR created a device called VRtouch that straps onto the fingertips. The device applies varying pressure to the fingertips that correlates to what the user is seeing, touching and lifting in the virtual world.

法國公司Go Touch VR創造了一種能夠用指尖觸碰的.名為VR touch的裝置。這種裝置在指尖上通過施加不同的壓力來把置身於虛擬世界中用户的視覺、觸覺和移動聯繫起來。

“That will open enormous possibilities,” said Eric Vezzoli, co-founder of Go Touch VR.

“這將開啟無限的可能性。”Go Touch VR公司的共同創始人Eric Vezzoli説。

Applications for the touch device include allowing users to undergo training in a safe virtual environment.

觸摸設備中的應用程序還支持用户在一個安全的虛擬環境中進行培訓。

Vezzoli said strapping three of the VR touch devices on each hand - the thumb, forefinger and middle finger - are ideal.

Vezzoli説，每隻手上有三根手指上綁了虛擬觸摸裝置是最理想的-分別是拇指、食指和中指。

“We can use up to six fingers. Why? Because three fingers are enough to manipulate light objects. For example, if you’re writing, you use just three fingers. But (in) VR, there’s no mass, there’s no weight. So, just three fingers is just enough,” Vezzoli said.

Vezzoli説六根手指就夠用了。為什麼呢，因為三根手指就足夠操作輕物。舉個例子，假如你要寫作，你只要用三根手指。但在虛擬世界。這裏沒有質量，沒有重力。所以只要三根手指就足夠了。"

Training in virtual reality with the sense of touch may include surgical preparation in a medical procedure or learning in an industrial setting. A different application can be found in the advertising world.

在虛擬現實中使用觸覺設備進行訓練，可以在醫療程序中為外科手術提供演練，或是在虛擬的工業環境中學習。還有一個不同的應用方向是廣告行業。

“You can, for example, visit an apartment - virtual apartment. You can open a cabinet. You can touch the bed - feel its softness, and that generates a physical connection with the buyer that can increase the chance of sale,” said Vezzoli.

“你可以，比如，參觀一間公寓-虛擬公寓。你可以打開公寓裏的櫥櫃，還能摸摸牀，牀還是軟的。這能讓買家與他們要買的房子產生物理上的真實接觸，提升他們購買的機率。”Vezzoli説。

The company’s clients include the carmaker BMW. Go Touch VR hopes its haptic device will interest content producers, major corporations and the military, as virtual reality is more widely used in the real world.

這家公司的客户包括汽車廠商寶馬。Go Touch VR公司希望它的觸摸設備能引起製造商、大公司以及軍方的興趣，讓虛擬現實技術在現實世界中得到更廣泛的應用。