最新科技为你带来不一样的博物馆体验

06 最新科技为你带来不一样的博物馆体验

当最新科技与博物馆相遇会碰撞出怎样的火花？当静止的收藏品动起来又是什么感觉？5亿年前的生物又是如何生活的？英国《金融时报》科技产业编辑带您走访各大博物馆。

由于3D打印机、虚拟现实等高科技的介入，博物馆在近些年来更加受到人们的追捧。你能否想象到科技会带给你怎样全新的观感体验?FT编辑拉维·马图(Ravi Mattu)带你走进各大博物馆一探究竟。

The Grant Museum of Zoology

格兰特动物博物馆

The Grant Museum of Zoology in London has one of the world's most impressive collections of ancient animals.One of them is this, a quagga.

伦敦格兰特动物博物馆拥有世界上最引人注目的古代动物收藏之一 。这是其中的一个，叫做斑驴。

It was only in the 1970s they finally realize in fact it was a different animal.But at that point, they realize they had to lend the leg out to various researchers, and that leg hadn't come back.

直到19世纪70年代，他们最终发现斑驴实际上是另一个物种。那时他们拿走了一根腿骨去做研究，但那根腿骨却没再归还。

Fast forward forty years, and it's only now that they're able to use modern technology, mainly 3D printing, to reproduce an exact replica of the leg.

四十年后，只有使用当下的科技——3D打印机去复制一条真正的腿骨。

3D printing in museums is definitely going to be a big part of the future.I think there are plenty of objects that are incomplete.

3D打印机对于博物馆而言肯定是未来重要的组成部分，有很多物体都有残缺。

下一站，另一个以古生物出名的博物馆正在使用数字设备改变与旅客的互动方式。

The British Museum

英国国家博物馆

The British Museum opened in 1753 and was the world's first national public museum.Just in 250 years, it had to be constantly innovative in its approach.And in the 21st century, that museum is using cutting-edge technology to amplify what it does, and engage users.

英国国家博物馆成立于1753年，是世界上首家国立公共博物馆。250年来，博物馆一直在不断创新。在21世纪，英国国家博物馆使用最前沿科技来详述它做了什么，并让使用者参与其中。

The museum is unveiled a virtual reality experience, where visitors can explore some of its Bronze Age collection in its natural context.

英国国家博物馆展示了虚拟现实体验技术，参观者可以在“自然环境”下探索一些铜器时代的收藏品。

英国国家博物馆数字出版主管克里斯·迈克尔斯（Chris Michaels）接受采访称：

I think virtual reality has a specific role to help people understand objects in the original context.

我认为虚拟现实技术有个明确的作用，就是让大家理解这些物品在原始环境中是什么样子的。

The Natural History Museum

英国自然历史博物馆

The VR technology is also being used at the Natural History Museum to bring sea creatures to life from 500 million years ago.

英国自然历史博物馆也同样使用虚拟现实技术赋予5亿年前的海洋动物生命。

博物馆负责人迈克尔·狄克逊(Michael Dixon)介绍了这一技术：

The nice thing about First Life is that you can see the fossils upon which the virtual reality experience is based, but still get through virtual reality a wonderful evocation of what these animals look like in life.

《生命的起源》特别好的一点是，化石以虚拟现实体验结合为基础，但仍通过虚拟现实完美展现了这些动物现实中的外貌。

At the moment, we're using headsets and proprietary smartphones supplied to our visitors.Ultimately, the best experience will be having something that we've worked across a multitude of platforms delivered to people's own devices.

现在，我们使用头戴耳机，为大家提供专利智能手机。最终，最棒的体验将是通过我们大量的工作平台，直接传送到人们自己的设备上。

Metropolitan Museum of Art

大都会艺术博物馆

纽约大都会艺术博物馆在2011年做出了改变。博物馆不再告知参观者们不许使用手机，相反，他们开始鼓励大家使用手机。博物馆首席数据官斯里·斯里尼瓦桑 (Sree Sreennivasan)接受了采访：

There was worry across all cultural institutions that if you put too many photographs out in the world, then people wouldn't want to come to see the real thing.The virtual would trump the physical.

如果你向外部放出大量的图片，人们就不会来看真正的展品了——这曾激发了所有文化机构的担忧。虚拟将胜过实体。

I think it's the exact opposite.The more people see something, the more they want to go to see it in person.People are in a digital world, but they really love physical experiences.

我认为恰巧相反，人们更多地看见了一些东西后，会更愿意亲自来观赏。人们置身于数字世界，但大众还是喜欢亲身体验。

We're trying to make virtual a circle.We want the digital experience to be so fantastic that people want to come in person.And then once people come in person, we want them to love everything they see, so that then they want to share with their friends around the world.

我们试图将虚拟变成一个圈。我们想让数字体验变得更丰富多彩，吸引人们亲自来参观。当大家来参观后，我希望他们喜欢他们所看到的一切。因此，他们会与全世界的朋友分享。

We have launched an app for folks who are interested in the museum.We still have the regular audio guide, but we've put the contents of the audio guide on the internet.

我们推出了一款App，针对那些对博物馆感兴趣的人们。我们仍然有常规的语音导游机器，但我们把音频向导的内容放在互联网上。

成功的企业必须针对顾客的需求从而改变经营方法。如果公司一成不变，就是流失顾客。但博物馆在吸引顾客上会有点困难。如今，事情发生了改变。3D打印机这类科技降低了成本，博物馆馆长找到了吸引参观者的新方法。事实上，这使得更多的人能够体验那些非同寻常的机构中的非凡珍宝，百益而无一害。

词汇总结

proprietary [prə'praɪət(ə)rɪ]

adj.私有的

专利的, 有专利权的, 独占的

At the moment, we're using headsets and proprietary smartphones supplied to our visitors.

现在，我们使用头戴耳机，为大家提供专利智能手机。

trump [trʌmp]

vt.(牌戏)出王牌赢(一牌或一墩)

The virtual would trump the physical.

虚拟将胜过实体。

replica ['replɪkə/]

n.复制品

Fast forward forty years, and it's only now that they're able to use modern technology, mainly 3D printing, to reproduce an exact replica of the leg.

四十年后，只有使用当下的科技——3D打印机去复制一条真正的腿骨。

cutting-edge

State of the art, the highest level of development, as of a device, technique, or scientific field

And in the 21st century, that museum is using cutting-edge technology to amplify what it does, and engage users.

在21世纪，英国国家博物馆使用最前沿科技来详述它做了什么，并让使用者参与其中。

unveiled [ʌn'veild]

adj.裸露的；公布于众的

v.原形毕露；公开（unveil的过去分词）

The museum is unveiled a virtual reality experience

英国国家博物馆展示了虚拟现实体验技术。