看似是扩展认知，实际上是概念瓦解
UCG元宇宙研究中心今日正式成立，即刻解散。
The UCAG Center for Roman Cosmos Research was officially inaugurated today, and will be disbanded immediately.
【文：UCG众编 / 编：日立】
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元宇宙今年可太火了。
The Won-Cosmos is so hot this year.
人人都在聊元宇宙，人人都在想元宇宙到底是个什么玩意儿。
Everyone's talking about the meta-cosmos. Everyone's thinking about what the meta-cosmos is.
如果聊定义的话其实很简单，早在上世纪，元宇宙（Metaverse）的概念就已经被提出来了。
If it's easy to talk about definitions, as early as the last century, the concept of the Metaverse was introduced.
看名字就知道，Meta（超越）和Verse（宇宙）嘛，简单说就是个超现实的虚拟世界。
You can tell by name that Meta and Verse are, in short, a super-real virtual world.
这个概念原型最早源于美国数学家和计算机专家弗诺·文奇，他在1981年出版的小说《真名实姓》中，创造性地构思了一个通过脑机接口进入并获得感官体验的虚拟世界。
The original version of the concept originated with the American mathematician and computer expert Vernor Vinch, who creatively conceived a virtual world that entered and gained sensory experience through brain interfaces in his novel Real Name, published in 1981.
之后在1992年，由尼尔·史蒂文森创作的赛博朋克科幻小说《雪崩》中也创作了一个庞大的虚拟现实世界，人们用数字化身来控制，并相互竞争以提高自己的地位。
Then, in 1992, a huge virtual reality world was created by the Sybonpunk fiction " Avalanche ", written by Neil Stevenson, where people controlled digitally and competed with each other to improve their position.
他在书中将这个世界称为Metaverse，这个词逐渐演变为当下对“利用科技手段进行链接和创造的超现实虚拟世界”的称呼。
In his book, he referred to the world as Metaverse, a term that has evolved into the current term “the hyperreal virtual world of linking and creating by technological means”.
拿今年几乎被元宇宙概念捆绑的老电影《头号玩家》来举例，电影里的“绿洲”是比较接近元宇宙的形态。现实的人通过科技手段进入虚拟世界，享受第二人生。
Take, for example, the old film The First Player, which is almost bound by the concept of the meta-cosmos this year, where the Oasis is a form that is closer to the meta-cosmos. Real people enter the virtual world by technological means and enjoy a second life.
身为玩家的各位是不是感觉自己一下子就理解了？这几乎就是我们小时候玩游戏时，脑内畅想的世界。
Do you feel like you're a player? This is almost the world we thought about when we played games when we were kids.
想必今年不遗余力宣传元宇宙的人们也觉得这个概念很好理解，于是他们又提出了：
I'm sure people who have spared no effort this year to promote the Yuan cosmos also felt that the concept was well understood, and they then proposed:
成熟的元宇宙是在扩展现实、区块链、云计算、数字孪生等新技术下的概念具化，它的发展与AR、VR、3D和先进网络信息技术联系密切。其最终形态是打造出一个与外部联系紧密却在空间上独立；涵盖现实的一切，却又存在超越现实的产物，可以通过各种途径连接并登录的，永续存在的虚拟现实系统。
The mature metacosystem is conceptualized under new technologies such as expanding reality, block chains, cloud computing, digital twins, and its development is closely linked to AR, VR, 3D, and advanced web-based information technology. Its ultimate shape is the creation of a virtual reality system that is closely connected to the outside but is independent in space; it covers everything that is real, but there are products that go beyond reality, that can be connected and recorded in every way, and that lasts forever.
等下，老师您讲得有点快。
Wait, you're talking a little fast.
在如同韭菜涨势一般迅猛的宣传攻势下，元宇宙在今年用上述结合了十分具体的技术，但又有些让人摸不清具体方向的说法，轰炸了我们每个人的社交媒体首页。
In the midst of an aggressive propaganda campaign, such as a rise in pickles, the Yuan cosmos this year bombed the social media front pages of each of us, using the very specific combination of the techniques described above, but with some obfuscation of the specific direction.
在脸书改名、张家界筹备成立“元宇宙研究中心”等海量消息之中，唯一让我们UCG这帮游戏佬热烈讨论的，是《仙剑》的元宇宙计划。
Among the big stories about Facebook renaming and Zhang's preparations for the establishment of the Centre for the Study of the Metacosm, the only thing that has allowed us, the UCG players, to engage in a lively discussion is the Metacosm of the Sword.
面对这个开场总喜欢拿《头号玩家》举例，但聊深了就越来越让玩家摸不着头脑的，又新又旧的奇妙概念，玩家们究竟是如何看待的呢？
In the face of this opening, who always likes to take the example of the number-one player, the conversation is getting more and more difficult for the players to understand, new and old wonderful concepts. What do the players think?
你如何理解元宇宙，又如何看待今年的元宇宙热潮？元宇宙能为玩家生活带来些什么呢？它究竟何时能够实现？
How do you understand the meta-cosm, and how do you see this year's meta-cosm boom? What can the meta-cosmos bring to playmate life? When can it be realized?
我决定当场成立UCG元宇宙研究中心，拉上几位同事，听听他们的看法。
I decided to set up the UCG dollar Cosmos Research Centre on the spot and to draw up a few colleagues to hear their views.
【研究员】日立
[Researcher]
虽然说起来有些情绪化，但“元宇宙”这玩意确实有些令我恼火。听网上那些大佬讲元宇宙，就总感觉自己回到了高数课堂：
It's a little emotional, but it's a little irritating to hear the big guys on the Internet talking about the universe, and they always feel like they're back in high class:
我听懂了每一个概念，每一条理论，但合起来还是不理解他们到底要干什么，和我要干什么。
I understand every concept, every theory, but together I do not understand what they are going to do and what I am going to do.
而班上的同学在老师提问时各个高举手臂，搞得我好生疑惑，差点也忍不住举起手：All in！
And all the students raised their arms when they asked the teacher, making me wonder, and I almost couldn't help but raise their hands: All in!
元宇宙概念本身我认为是很伟大的畅想，其结合互联网和先进技术想要实现的愿景也是值得尊敬和期待的。
The concept of the meta-cosmos itself is, in my view, a great thought, and its vision, in combination with the Internet and advanced technology, is worthy of respect and anticipation.
就像画圆圈，我们总是要不懈地追求那个完美的圆，以拉近我们与触不可及的“完美”的距离。
Like drawing circles, we always have to work tirelessly for the perfect circle in order to bring us closer to the elusive “perfect” circle.
你看今年炒作的“元宇宙”也是画圆，还具体了一点，是张好大好圆的饼。
You see, this year's "Men Universe" is also a circle, and it's a little bit more specific, it's a big round of cake.
咱们游戏玩家都是看多了画饼的，没想到在各大游戏厂商已经不怎么画饼的2021年，还能在其他领域看到更大规模的饼。
We game players watched a lot of pies, and we didn't think we'd be able to see any bigger ones in other areas since 2021, when the big players didn't do much of the pie.
这些饼对于我来说真的带不来多少波动，至少得看到比“VR聊天室”更好玩的虚拟社交游戏后，才能多少产生一丝“元宇宙要来了？”的实感吧……
These cookies really don't bring much volatility to me, at least after seeing a more fun virtual social game than the VR chat room, how much do they create a sense of the "won cosmos coming?"
【研究员】德雷克
{\bord0\shad0\alphaH3D}Dreak.
说实话，如果真的能有《头号玩家》“绿洲”那样的世界，作为一个玩家肯定是十分乐意的。
To be honest, if there was a world like Oasis for Player One, as a player, it would be a pleasure to be a player.
只不过，就算真做出来了这样的游戏，游戏公司不让你下线怎么办？AI诞生自我意识要支配人类怎么办？虚拟空间影响到现实世界怎么办？
It's just, even if it's a game like this, what if the game company doesn't let you off the line? What if AI's self-conscious about being born dominates mankind? What if virtual space affects the real world?
额......这或许确实是有些远了，但要是真能发生，那更酷了！
Well, maybe it's a little far, but if it does happen, it's cooler!
但其实最容易发生的就是通过玩家无休止的氪金来维持游戏的正常运营，也可能会出现公司间接操控玩家生活的情况。
But the easiest thing to do is to maintain the normal operation of the game through the endless kryptonite of players, and there may be situations where companies indirectly manipulate the life of players.
目前来看，元宇宙依旧只处于一个概念状态，不要说雏形了，甚至很多在提这个概念的都不一定知道是什么？该怎么做？
So far, the meta-cosmos is still in a state of conceptuality, so let's not say it's a prototype. Even many of those who are talking about it don't know what to do. What to do?
对于玩家而言，只要那些正经做游戏的公司别分出人力物力瞎搅和就行。元宇宙爱咋搞咋搞，反正也不是我投资。
For the players, just as long as the companies that are playing games don't separate the human and material resources. What the hell is going on in the universe, it's not me who invests in it.
【研究员】利贝
[Researcher]
元宇宙这个概念虽然还处于遥不可及的构想阶段，但是VR游戏领域近两年的发展与技术支持却逐渐攀高，至少现在一台还不错的VR设备已经不再过于昂贵。
While the concept of the meta-cosmos is still at a distant conceptual stage, the development and technical support in the VR field has been increasing over the past two years, and at least one of the relatively good VR equipment is no longer too expensive.
不过要想真的进入大家都在虚拟的世界里进行社交活动和工作的话，至少还得等上一段时间。
But it will take at least a while to get into the virtual world where everyone is socializing and working.
个人的看法更倾向于元宇宙类的虚拟社群会在科技发展到一定的程度后，渐渐地成为我们生活的一部分。
A virtual community in the meta-cosm category is more inclined by the individual's perspective to become part of our lives as technology evolves to a certain extent.
毕竟现实空间的环境与资源是有限的，除了上天入地，探索并在电子世界中为自己造出一片“世外桃源”，或许也是一个不错的选择。
After all, the environment and resources of real space are limited, and it may be a good option to explore and create for itself an “out-of-the-world source” in the electronic world, in addition to the sky.
总而言之，如果可以让自己的意识进入游戏世界里，听起来确实很让人感到跃跃欲试。
In short, it does sound like a great leap forward if one can get his consciousness into the world of games.
【研究员】马修
因为之前对VR特别关注过，所以说元宇宙的概念中有很多完全不陌生，比如虚拟现实社交，以及虚拟现实平台交流。
Because of the special attention given to VR before, the concept of the meta-cosmos has many aspects that are not new at all, such as virtual reality socialization and virtual reality platform exchange.
前些年还有过通过VR远程演示而成功指导手术这样从虚拟延伸至现实的交互案例——这其实也是元宇宙与完全沉浸入虚拟世界的VR娱乐的最大不同。
There have also been interactive cases in previous years that have successfully directed surgery through VR remote demonstrations, from virtual to reality -- and this is actually the biggest difference between meta-cosmos and VR entertainment that is completely immersed in the virtual world.
当然元宇宙不只有VR，某种程度上元宇宙和VR有一定交集。事实上虚拟与现实交互在互联网普及后就一直在发生：
Of course, there are not only VRs in the meta-cosmos, but in some ways there is a convergence between VRs. Virtual interaction with reality has in fact been happening since the Internet became widely available:
无数人在社交平台基于昵称和自我人设所设定的虚拟形象，而结交了更多朋友并走入现实；有人通过网恋找到另一半……当然网恋被骗的真金白银也是现实中的。
Countless people make more friends and move into reality on social platforms based on virtual images created by nicknames and self-proclaimed images; some find the other half through cyberloves; of course, the real one.
还有不少人通过在网游虚拟世界打稀有装备赚现实中的钱等等，这本身就是虚拟与现实的交互。
There are also a number of people who earn money from reality by playing rare equipment in the virtual world online, etc., which is in itself an interaction between virtual and reality.
更熟悉的还有扎克伯格发起、资本一拥而上跟进的场面，和五年前的VR元年太像了，虽说逐利是资本的天然属性，但还是希望这波热度随着资本变现离场而褪去后，能少牺牲一些底层的创业者和打工人。
More familiar are the scenes of Zuckerberg’s initiative, capital-intensive follow-up, and the VR’s five-year-old year, which, while the profit-by-interest nature of capital, is expected to fade away with capital, at the expense of low-level entrepreneurs and workers.
另外，总被提起的《头号玩家》虽然是典型的爽文套路，但主角通过在虚拟世界的冒险而在现实世界成为人生赢家，也是挺符合“元宇宙”的虚拟与现实交互特点的。
In addition, while the first player, which is always mentioned, is a classic adage, the main actor becomes a winner in the real world by taking risks in the virtual world, which is quite consistent with the interaction between the virtual and the reality of the meta-cosm.
【研究员】水无月
[Researcher] Waterless Moon
《头号玩家》中的“绿洲”看似精彩纷呈，令人流连忘返，但大家注意过电影里的现实社会是什么状态吗？
The Oasis in Player No. 1 appears to be spectacular and oblivious, but has anyone noticed what the real society in the film is?
经济萧条，民生凋敝，包括主人公在内的民众大多生活在破败的贫民窟里，靠在“绿洲”中打拼来暂时忘却现实。
The economic downturn, the livelihood of the people, and the majority of the population, including the masters, live in broken slums, resting on “Oasis” to forget reality for the time being.
在新冠疫情肆虐，全球经济衰退，大家的出行和社交也受到很大影响的背景下，资本开始强推“元宇宙”并非偶然。
It is no accident that capital began to push the meta-cosmos against the backdrop of the new crown epidemic, the global recession, and the impact on people's mobility and socialization.
起码就我自己来说会抱着一个谨慎看待的态度，不管资本把它吹得多么天花乱坠，努力工作，过好自己的现实生活才是第一位的。
At least for myself, a cautious attitude will prevail, no matter how small capital blows it, working hard and living well for its own realities.
【研究员】寰宇
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让我来谈元宇宙，我是想说些什么，但又说不出些什么。
Let me talk about the meta-cosmos. I'm trying to say something, but I can't say anything.
眼下根本没有人能真正打造出一个“元宇宙”，就算我不会制冷，我也可以根据我的使用体验去评价一款冰箱。
No one can really build a meta-cosmos right now, and even if I don't cool, I can evaluate a refrigerator based on my experience.
但要我去评论一个摸不着、看不见、完全体验不到的东西，这就有些难为人了。
But it is difficult for me to comment on something that cannot be touched, can not be seen and can not be experienced at all.
大咖们口中的“元宇宙”实际上离我们还都有点遥远——扎克伯格在谈论让脸书转型向元宇宙公司时，用的都是“五年”、“七年”这样词语。
The word "mass universe" in the mouths of the big curls is actually a little far away from us -- the words "five years" and "seven years" were used by Zuckerberg when he talked about turning Facebook into a meta-cosmos company.
距离或许最近的《仙剑》元宇宙计划，其核心产品《仙剑奇侠传：世界》的正式上线也要等到2023年。
Perhaps the nearest Sword dollar cosmopolitan project, the core product of which is the Swordsword Legend: The World, will also be officially online until 2023.
因此身为玩家，早早地考虑元宇宙的未来，或许还真没有整点薯条来得重要。
So as a player, thinking about the future of the meta-cosmos early may not really matter as much as a whole.
【研究员】三日月
“元宇宙”作为一个新概念，要想靠现在的科技水平来达成并且普及，还需要很长一段时间。
As a new concept, it will take a long time to achieve and universalize with the current level of technology.
而游戏作为一个历史也没多悠久的行业，电影《头号玩家》里的“绿洲”要想诞生大概会需要更长时间。除了硬件问题以外，玩家的接受能力也是一个问题。
And the game is not a business that has a long history, and the Oasis in the film Player One will probably take longer to be born. Besides the hardware problem, the player's acceptance is also a problem.
举个很简单的例子，VR技术也普及了一段时间了，但VR游戏的普及率依旧很低。玩家常开玩笑说期待“脑后插管”，但终究只是说说而已。
To give a simple example, VR technology has been popular for some time, but VR games are still very low. Players often joke about expecting a “brain intubation”, but ultimately they're just talking.
【研究员】稀饭
[Researcher]
对于大部分有接触过科幻概念的正常人来说，“元宇宙”是个很多余的词汇，我们能找到成吨的替代说法：
For most normal people who have been exposed to the concept of science fiction, the term "megaspace" is a superfluous term, and we can find an alternative to a ton:
第二人生、网络世界、矩阵空间以及其他更多乱七八糟的名字。
The second life, the cyberworld, the matrix space and other more confusing names.
内核无非都是创造一个独立于现实世界之外的完整虚拟世界，人们可以在其中拥有属于自己的虚拟形象，并进行各种各样的娱乐活动。
The kernel is all about creating a complete virtual world, independent of the real world, in which people can have their own virtual image and engage in a variety of recreational activities.
然而就这么一个简单但又完全超出现有技术水平的概念，一旦被投机者们盯上，就成了一块灰色地带金融行为的遮羞布。
However, such a simple, yet completely outmoded, concept, once targeted by speculators, becomes a veil of grey zone financial behaviour.
而因为元宇宙所需要的配套设施里和之前基本被用于如此用途的几个概念还存在着联系，现在简直变成了一个类似于“肯德基全家桶”一样的“商业概念同捆包”。
And because there is still a link between the supporting facilities required by the metacosystem and the concepts that were largely used for this purpose, it is now a mere “business concept with a bundle” similar to the “Kenderki family bucket”.
什么VR、NFT、比特币和区块链之类的，甭管是新是老，都往元宇宙里面一塞，配上一通似是而非，看似高大上实际上不说人话的所谓介绍，又能拿出来吸引投资者眼球。
VRs, NFTs, Bitcoin and block chains, regardless of whether they are new or old, are plugged into the meta-cosmos, accompanied by what appears to be, rather than, a high-sized, virtually unspoken introduction that attracts investors' eyes.
可以想象，如此一来，到底什么是元宇宙已经和这个词的原意没啥关系了，我甚至有幸见到过一款被我们商务小姐姐称为“配色很元宇宙”的潮牌装饰品手柄，差点让我当场气急攻心原地去世。
As you can imagine, what has become of the word has nothing to do with it, and I've even had the privilege of seeing a tidal decorative handle that our little business sister has called "the colorful universe" that almost killed me in the air.
所以如果大家还不知道元宇宙是什么，个人强烈建议不要去了解，听进去一个字你就输了！
So if you don't know what the Yuan cosmos is, you're strongly advised not to understand. Listen to a word and you lose!
【研究员】仲夏
[Researcher]
说实话我完全没懂现在所说的元宇宙到底是什么，只是很模糊的知道大概就是“以高新技术创造出一个媲美真实世界的虚拟世界”这么一个概念（我甚至不敢确定这个概念是否正确）。
To be honest, I have no idea what the meta-cosmos is called, but it's vague to know that it's probably a concept of “making a virtual world comparable to the real world with high-tech technology” (I'm not even sure if it's true).
若当真如此，而这个技术有朝一日又有可能应用到游戏领域的话，我在条件允许的情况下还是很乐意去尝试的——毕竟，那个玩家没做过“进入游戏世界”的梦是吧。
If that were true, and the technology could one day be applied to the field of games, I would be happy to try it if conditions allowed — after all, the player had never had a dream of “entering the world of games”.
不过从目前的人类科技来说，想要接造出成熟的“元宇宙”还有点为时尚早。但说不定现在各大国的地下研究机关，早已在民众不知道的情况下，研究出了足以改变人类历史的虚拟现实科技！那样似乎也挺浪漫啊。
But it is a bit premature to try to create a mature “mass universe” from current human science and technology. But perhaps the underground research institutions of the major powers have developed virtual real technologies that can change the history of humankind long before people know it.
不过说到底，我这个关于“元宇宙”的认知到底对不对……
But at the end of the day, is it true that my understanding of the "megaspace"?
以上就是UCG元宇宙研究中心的同事们的观点，据不愿意透露姓名的日立称，几位元老当天交完文稿就跑回去过周末了……研究中心，正式解散！
These are the views of colleagues at the UCG Center for Roman Cosmos Research, which, according to the Japanese label of unwillingness to reveal names, ran back for the weekend after delivering the manuscripts the same day... The Center is officially dissolved!
我们主打评测和评论文章的公众号“游戏评道”上线啦！接下来会有重磅福利，微信搜索“ucgyxpd”关注公众号查看更多内容！
We're on-line with the public number "The Game Review" for the evaluation and comment articles. We're going to have a huge amount of welfare. We're going to look for more information on the public.
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