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While virtual reality systems are getting better at immersing us in a simulated experience of reality, one UK business has developed a visually arresting yet surprisingly simple solution. Born out of the collaboration between Will Cavendish, an architecture student at Edinburgh University, and Oliver Collier, studying music technology, the PufferSphereTM, and soon to be released Puffer Immersive Mobile Sphere (PIMS), provides a 360-degree viewing window. Their company Pufferfish Ltd was formed in 2004 to commercialise (使商业化) their ideas for portable visual display systems. The PufferSphere system includes projection (投影), specific lens technology and computer equipment fitted in to a base unit box from which the screen inflates to an imposing three metres tall. Cavendish says, "It's like a balloon. All of our products at this stage involve inflatables. " He continues, "We can use the screen in any way that we can use a flat screen. Because it's inflatable it's a very tactile (有触感的)product, people are often surprised when they approach the display. It's a dramatic sight in its own right but when you add the impact of moving imagery it takes on a life of its own. " The PufferSphere experience means that "audiences can see the same film but from different perspectives and in different time frames," explains Cavendish. "Some of the best uses have been for disparate (异类的)audiences, where we've been doing music events or fashion shows using the displays to enhance the environment. Collier refers to it as a digital campfire because it takes a central role in an environment and captures the audience's attention. " Cavendish describes the PIMS as the natural next step. "There's a huge growth in 3D modeling software but little development of how we can view it. Our latest product allows us to take the immersive experience of virtual reality and take it to the client. The PIMS can be set up on site and allows a group of people to be fully visually immersed within an environment at a human scale. " "What we're doing is taking technology developed for the virtual reality industries such as military, oil and gas, construction and we're creating our own software and putting it into mainstream products." And, with the Puffer Immersive Mobile Sphere, we will literally be able to enter another sphere of virtual reality.
单选题
What is the most striking feature of the PIMS?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[定位] 由题干中的the most striking feature和the PIMS定位到原文首段关于其特点的描述处。 [精解] 细节处设题。根据原文“这种新型显示器将以其独一无二的360度视窗为你带来前所未有的视觉体验”可以推测B)含义与之吻合,故为答案。 [排除干扰] 原文只是提及“一个简单却极富吸引力的解决方案”,不能由此推断其结构简单,也不是其最突出的特征,故排除A);C)并非其最关键特征;D)并未提及,故均排除。
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The word "inflate" (Line 2, Para. 2) most probably means ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[定位] 由题干中的“inflate”(Line 2,Para 2)定位到原文第二段第二行。 [精解] 词汇处设题。题目分析inflate含义。根据下文to an imposing three metres tall可以推测该词含“膨胀、增高”之意,C)“扩张”含义与之相近,故为答案。 [排除干扰] A“减少”、B)“萎缩”和D)“收缩”含义均与原文“膨胀、增高”含义相反,故都排除。
单选题
What accounts for people's surprise of the PufferSphere's display?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[定位] 由题干中的people's surprise定位到原文第三段第二句Because it's inflatable it's a very tactile product, people are often surprised when they approach the display. [精解] 推理处设题。根据原文“因为可以膨胀,所以它可以产生令人身临其境的感觉。初次接触它的人都会为这种神奇的效果感到惊叹”可以推测D)“能够提供视觉上的真实感”与之相符,故为答案。 排除干扰] A)并不能使人惊奇,故排除;B)原文没有提及,并不是初见时不喜欢,故排除;原文并未提及停止播放时外形好看与否,故排除C)。
单选题
We may infer from the fourth paragraph that ______.
单选题
Why is Cavendish confident of the PIMS's future?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[定位] 由选项中的3D modeling software定位到原文第五段首句Cavendish describes the PIMS as the natural next step. "There's a huge growth in 3D modeling software ..." [精解] 推理处设题。题干问卡文迪什对其产品未来有信心的原因。由原文“它可以给观众带来全方位浸泡式的虚拟现实”可以推理C)含义与之相符,故为答案。 [排除干扰] 原文提及争取推向更多领域,但是没提及他们客户多,故排除A);该产品的关键是“现在怎样观看这些视频效果”,而非“现在3D模拟技术已经有了很大需求”,故排除B);文中并没有说这种软件销售得好,故排除D)。