2021届河北衡水高中英语经济学人外刊新高考培优讲义[03-18]作文素材阅读理解语法词汇拓展积累

2021年河北衡水高中英语《经济学人》外刊新高考培优讲义[03-18] 作文素材阅读理解语法词汇拓展积累 （含词汇讲解、长难句解析、翻译技巧、背景知识、写作积累：均由阿满编写） 原文（续[03-17]） Further into the future, augmented-reality (AR) devices are another AI-infused opportunity. Mobile apps like Snap, a messaging app, and the game Pokémon Go are early examples of AR. But AR could more radically transform people’s relationship with the internet, so that they consume digital information not from a small screen but via an ambient, ever-present experience. AR devices will offer portable AI capabilities, such as simultaneous translation and facial recognition.   再往后，增强现实（AR）设备又将是一个基于AI的发展机会。消息应用Snap这样的手机应用以及《精灵宝可梦Go》（Pokdmon Go）都是AR的早期例子。但AR或许能更彻底地改变人们与互联网的关系，让人们不再只依赖于小屏幕，而是能时时刻刻通过周边环境使用数字信息。AR设备将提供“便携”的AI功能，比如同步翻译和面部识别。   In the race for AR, big tech firms have not got much beyond the warm-up phase. Google and Apple have launched AR software-development kits; they both want developers to build apps that use AR on their platforms. There is also a rush to develop AR hardware. Google was early to launch a prototype for AR glasses, but they flopped. Microsoft has developed a headset it calls HoloLens, but witha price of between $3,000-5,000, it is a niche product. Other firms, including Facebook and Apple, are thought to be planning their own offerings. Being ahead in AI could translate into big leads in these new fields.   在AR竞赛中，大型科技公司基本还处于热身阶段。谷歌和苹果已经推出了 AR 软件开发工具包--它们都希望开发者在自己的平台上构建AR应用。开发AR硬件的热潮也在兴起。谷歌很早就推出了AR眼镜的原型，但遭遇惨败。微软开发了名为HoloLens的头戴设备，但3000到5000美元的定价让它只能是个小众产品。外界认为包括Facebook和苹果在内的其他公司都在计划推出各自的AR产品。AI上的领先地位可以转化为这些新领域里的巨大优势。   Nowhere is that truer than in the realm of autonomous vehicles. Tech firms are driving millions of miles to build up big, proprietary datasets, and are making use of computer vision to train their systems to recognise objects in the real world. The potential spoils are huge. Personal transportation is a vast market, worth around $10trn globally, and whoever cracks self-driving cars can apply their knowledge to other AI-based