Apple unveils a $3,500 headset as it

wade

s

into

the world of virtual reality

Apple

on Monday

unveiled a

long-rumored

headset

that will place its users

between

the virtual

and

real world, while also testing the technology

trendsetter

's ability to

popularize

new-fangled

devices after others failed to capture the public's imagination. After years of speculation, Apple CEO Tim Cook

hail

ed the arrival of the

sleek

goggles

-

dub

bed "Vision Pro".

The device will be capable to

toggling

between

virtual reality, or VR,

and

augmented reality, or AR

, which

project

s digital

imagery

while users still see can see objects in the real world."This marks the beginning of a journey that will bring a new dimension to powerful personal tech- nology," Cook told the

crowd

. 生詞：

wade into 加入

long-rumored 傳聞已久的

trendsetter n.新潮倡導(dǎo)者;創(chuàng)新風(fēng)的人

popularize v.普及;推廣

new-fangled adj.太復(fù)雜的，時髦的

hail v.贊揚(或稱頌)；招手(請出租車或公共汽車停下)

sleek adj. 時髦的，造型優(yōu)美的

goggles n. 護(hù)目鏡，眼鏡

dub

vt.

授予稱號；把…戲稱為；給…起綽號

toggling（原型為toggle) 切換，轉(zhuǎn)換

project v.規(guī)劃；投射；投影

imagery n.形象的描述;畫像;圖像

crowd n.人群;觀眾

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周一，蘋果公司推出了一款傳聞已久的耳機，該耳機將讓用戶置身于虛擬世界和現(xiàn)實世界之間，同時也測試了這項技術(shù)引領(lǐng)者，在其他設(shè)備未能吸引公眾想象力后，推廣新型設(shè)備的能力。經(jīng)過多年的猜測，蘋果首席執(zhí)行官蒂姆·庫克對這款被稱為“Vision Pro”的時尚護(hù)目鏡的到來表示歡迎。該設(shè)備將能夠在虛擬現(xiàn)實（VR）和增強現(xiàn)實（AR）之間切換，增強現(xiàn)實投射數(shù)字圖像，而用戶仍然可以看到現(xiàn)實世界中的物體。庫克告訴觀眾：“這標(biāo)志著一段旅程的開始，這段旅程將為強大的個人技術(shù)帶來一個新的維度?！?。 來自美聯(lián)社（AP News）