《what exactly is the meta-universe?》

本篇文章为小张的计算机英语结课作业

METAVERSE is a word that’s been popping up a lot on our social platforms lately. 
元宇宙，METAVERSE最近这个词经常出现在我们的社交平台中。

Faceboook changed its name to Meta, Tencent, Microsoft and other giants all entered meta-universe, stars held concerts in meta-universe, Jj Lin bought land in meta-universe, NFT sold at sky-high prices.
Faceboook改名Meta，腾讯微软等巨头全都进军元宇宙，明星在元宇宙开演唱会，林俊杰在元宇宙买地，NFT天价出售。

All the media is covering it, all the companies are moving in, and suddenly it’s like half the world is involved in the meta-universe, so what exactly is the meta-universe?
各大媒体都在报道，各大公司都在进军，突然间，好像全球有半个世界都跟元宇宙扯上了关系，那么到底什么才是元宇宙呢？

In fact, most people are still confused when they hear about the metasomes. In this video, Zuckerberg shows us what the metasomes will look like at Facebook and how it will change our lives.
其实绝大多数人听到元宇宙的时候，还是一头雾水，在这个视频中，Zuckerberg为大家演示了在Facebook的规划及未来的元宇宙究竟是一个什么样的，它究竟会给我们生活带来什么样的改变。

The meta-universe, in my opinion, is the physical world as we know it now and beyond the universe, which is a virtual world parallel to the physical world as we know it now, and if you still find that hard to understand, you can think back to the games you used to like to play.
在我看来，所谓的元宇宙，就是现在的物理世界而超越宇宙，也就是我们现在认知的物理世界平行中的一个虚拟世界，如果你还是觉得难理解的话，你可以回想一下你以前喜欢打的游戏。

and in the meta-universe, First played in the past these two-dimensional game in your mind to think of it as a three-dimensional and then you can choose their own identity.
在元宇宙中，首先把以前打过的这些2D游戏在脑海中把它想象成3D然后你就可以任意选择自己的身份，对自己的外表性格都可以任意改变。

can arbitrarily change for their own appearance character, then according to your own set into the virtual world, communicate with any people in the world, it feels like a real experience, or face to face.
之后就根据你自己设定好的身份进到这个虚拟世界中，与任何一个世界里的人进行交流，感觉就像面对面或的一个真实体验。

In fact, virtual games are only part of the future meta-universe.
虚拟游戏其实只是未来元宇宙的一部分而已。

In addition to playing large-scale games, we can also work, study, make friends and travel in the meta-universe.
除了可以在元宇宙当中玩大型游戏以外，我们还能在元宇宙当中进行工作，学习，交友及旅游等等。

Video conference in the future, it is not we now use video conference so simple, if you use the HORIZON the massively multiplayer online virtual reality software, you can in the very realistic meeting communicate through a virtual character.
将来的视频会议就不是我们现在使用的视频会议那么简单了，如果你用HORIZON这款大型多人线上虚拟现实软件，大家可以在非常逼真的会议中通过虚拟角色进行交流。

although our meeting in their own home in the future, but you can enter into a very real virtual conference field.
将来我们的开会虽然在自己家里，但你可以进入到一个感觉非常真实的虚拟会议场中。

Then you can have a face-to-face conversation with your colleague or friend as if they’re sitting right next to you, and it’s not future technology, it’s happening right now.
然后可以和你的同事或者好友进行面对面交流，彷佛他就坐在你旁边，而且这不是未来科技，而是现在已经实现了。

In addition to work, we can also shopping, we usually shopping is through taobao or Jingdong , but the meta-universe to temporary, you don’t need to go out to enjoy the real shopping experience.
除了工作，我们还可以购物，我们通常购物都是通过淘宝或者京东下单，可是再过不久的元宇宙来临时，你不需要出门就可以享受真实逛商场的体验。

In addition to shopping, if you want to listen to the concert, drama, or speech, you don’t need to go to the scene would have been at home in the whole process of the real participation.
除了购物以外，如果你想听演唱会、话剧、或者演讲，你都不需要去现场就能在家真实的全程参与了。

The current technology has reached about 60% of the on-site experience, but to achieve the perfect realization of about 90% of the specific needs a lot of hardware technology optimization, for example, VR glasses are indispensable, how to make glasses more portable, cheaper to replace our current mobile phones.
以目前技术来说已达到大概60%左右的现场体验感，但要做到具体90%左右的完美实现还需要大量硬件技术的优化，比如说不可缺乏的VR眼镜，要如何把眼镜做的更轻便，价格更便宜来取代我们现在的手机。