霍金利用全息人像技術穿越 '現身'香港抖包袱
"Could you hear me?" Stephen Hawking asked in his iconic computer-synthesized voice, getting a cheerful "yes" from hundreds of people in a speech hall at the Hong Kong Science Park.
“你們能聽到我說話嗎？”當史蒂芬·霍金標誌性的電腦合成嗓音傳來，香港科技園演講大廳的上百號人興奮高呼：“可以”。"I can hear you, too," in seconds he replied, this time triggering from the audience even more exclamations: "Wow, cool"!
“我也可以聽到你們！”幾秒種後，霍金迴應道，並引來了現場觀衆又一陣驚呼：“哇塞！這簡直太酷了！”This dialogue appeared to be a face-to-face chat, but according to the organizer, Hawking was actually sitting in front of a green screen in his office in Cambridge, only having his image beamed to a transparent screen in the hall in Hong Kong and presented to the audience as a digital human hologram.
這段對話看似是一場面對面式的閒聊，但是組織方表示，霍金事實上是坐在劍橋辦公室的一塊綠幕面前，他只是將自己的影像投射到香港科技展廳的透明屏幕之上，以數字全息圖像的呈現方式與大家見面。
In the over-one-hour speech, Hawking talked about his life experience and research progress, shared his views on topics from the beginning of time to Brexit, and encouraged the audience to tackle difficulties in life just as how he did.
在接下來一個多小時的談話中，霍金談到了自己的生活經歷以及研究進程，也對從時間起源到英國脫歐等各類話題分享了自己的見解，同時鼓勵觀衆像他一樣勇於克服生活中的各種困難。
The speech included a touching account of the world-famous physicist's early life, as well as flashes of his sense of humor.
這段演講談及了這位世界知名物理學家令人動容的早年經歷，同時還有展現了霍金幽默感的片段。Talking about how he almost lost confidence in life after his was diagnosed with a motor-neuron disease but regained momentum for continuing his research after meeting his future wife, Hawking said: "If I want to get married, I need to finish my Ph.D. and get a job."
當談到自己得知因患上肌肉萎縮性側索硬化症而失去對生活的信心、卻又在遇見妻子後重燃希望繼續從事學習研究時，霍金調侃道：“我要想結婚，就得先念完博士，找個工作。”When referring to his bestselling book A Brief History of Time, he joked: "I am sure you have all read it from cover to cover, so I shall be asking questions later."
當提到自己的暢銷之作《時間簡史》時，霍金開玩笑般說道：“我相信你們都已經從頭到尾讀過這本書了，我覺得一會兒我應該提幾個問題。”This virtually-delivered speech was realized thanks to the augmented reality holographic technology, or HumaGram, as called by the developer ARHT Media on its website.
這場“實時對話”的圓滿完成都要歸功於現實增強全息人像技術，開發商增強現實全息影像技術（ARHT）公司在其官方網站上也將其稱之爲“HumaGram”，即交互性人體全息影像技術。ARHT Media President and CEO Paul Duffy said he hoped to use this technology to "bring" more outstanding figures to Hong Kong and provide inspirations for citizens here.
ARHT公司的總裁兼首席執行官保羅·達菲表示，他希望可以通過使用這項技術令香港接觸更多的傑出人物，爲當地人民提供靈感與啓示。
