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第五讲七选五及阅读精选精练解析版
湖南省32多所名校2021-2022学年高二下学期期末联考英语试题(解析版)
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What Is the Metaverse (元宇宙) Tech Companies Aim to Build?
You may have heard the term metaverse to describe a new virtual world that major technology companies aim to develop. The word is a combination of the prefix meta—which means beyond—and verse, which relates to the universe. ____36____. In his story, people wore virtual reality (VR) headsets to interact inside a game—like technology world.
The main technologies that would drive such a world would be VR, and augmented reality (AR). ____37____
A company has invested much money in VR and AR technologies to create the most realistic virtual interactions possible. ____38____ Another has also been developing VR and AR tools to bridge the digital and physical worlds.
With the help of AR gasses, individuals might be able to see a large amount of information pass before their eyes while moving around in a city. This could include traffic and pollution data, information on he natural environment or local history. ____39____ These include the ability for people to be transported to digital settings that feel very real, such as a sports stadium or a mountaintop.
____40____ These involve players around the world interacting in virtual environments and even permit users to buy digital items with real money. Cathy Hackl is a technology expert who advises companies on the metaverse. She told that the younger generation in much more willing to attach real meaning to virtual experiences and objects.
A. People linked to the metaverse would be connected a all times.
B. Such a system could one day be used with headsets in a metaverse.
C. It has also created a new team to specially develop metaverse products.
D. A metaverse environment might look a lot like many of the online video games.
E. The term appeared in the 1992 science fiction book written by Neal Stephenson.
F. Other