原文载于FORTUNE杂志：http://www.fortune.com/2019/03/21/nintendo-switch-labo-vr/
Nintendo Sets Its Sights on Virtual Reality（一）
By LISA MARIE SEGARRA 9:00 PM EDT
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| Nintendo is the latest player in virtual reality. | 任天堂是虚拟现实领域的最新玩家。 |
| Earlier this month, the company announced its new Labo: VR Kit, cardboard that video game players can mold into game accessories, like a bird and camera among others, and then use them with Nintendo’s flagship Switch console. | 本月早些时候，该公司宣布了其新的Labo: VR工具包，一种硬纸板，视频游戏玩家可以将其塑造成游戏配件，比如小鸟和相机等，然后将它们与任天堂的旗舰交换机控制台一起使用。 |
| The new Labo kit comes in two versions. The full kit, which costs $80, comes with software for nine games and activities, and the six Toy-Con builds, or cardboard accessories. Those accessories include a blaster that shoots lasers and fruit, a bird that players can fly around within games, and a “wind pedal” that produces a draft as players jump in games to make the experience seem more realistic. | 新的Labo工具包有两个版本。整套玩具套装售价80美元，配有9款游戏和活动软件，以及6款玩具套装或纸板配件。这些配件包括一个发射激光和水果的爆能枪，一个玩家可以在游戏中飞来飞去的鸟，以及一个“风踏板”，当玩家在游戏中跳跃时，它会产生一个气流，让游戏体验看起来更真实。 |
| The more limited kit, which costs $40, comes with the same software as the full kit, VR goggles, and a blaster. Two add-on packs for the Labo VR kit, which cost $20 each, give users of the introductory kit more Toy-Con builds. | 更有限的套装售价40美元，配备与全套套装相同的软件，VR护目镜和爆能枪。Labo VR工具包有两个附加组件包，每个售价20美元，这让入门工具包的用户有了更多的玩具欺骗构建。 |
| Labo: VR kits, which ship on April 12, are among the least expensive bundles for VR gaming. In contrast, PlayStation VR bundles (the VR set and a game or two) cost over $200. However, PlayStation’s VR set is made of heavy plastic, not cardboard, and its tech specs are more advanced. But for younger players or families wanting to try VR for the first time, the new Labo kit may be appealing. | 4月12日上市的Labo VR套装是VR游戏中最便宜的套装之一。相比之下，PlayStation VR套装(包括VR套装和一两款游戏)的售价超过了200美元。然而，PlayStation的VR设备是由重塑料而非硬纸板制成的，而且它的技术规格更先进。但对于年轻玩家或想要第一次尝试VR的家庭来说，Labo的新工具包可能很有吸引力。 |
| Earlier this week, Nintendo gave a demonstration of the Labo VR kit in New York City and highlighted it would do some things differently from its rivals. While many rival VR headsets strap to the head, users of Nintendo’s must hold their goggles up to their eyes; there’s no strap. In that way, play time is limited as users can only hold up the device for so long. People can also more easily share what they’re seeing with someone in the room, meaning players won’t have to disconnect from their environment when playing in VR. | 本周早些时候，任天堂在纽约展示了Labo VR工具包，并强调了它与竞争对手的一些不同之处。虽然许多竞争对手的VR头盔都是绑在头上的，但任天堂的用户必须把眼镜举到眼睛上方;没有带。这样一来，游戏时间是有限的，因为用户只能拿着设备玩这么长时间。人们也可以更容易地与房间里的某个人分享他们所看到的内容，这意味着玩家在玩VR游戏时不必脱离环境。 |
- announce
① (VERB) 宣布;宣告;公布 If you announce something, you tell people about it publicly or officially.
② (VERB) 大声宣告，郑重地说（尤指令人不快之事） If you announce a piece of news or an intention, especially something that people may not like, you say it loudly and clearly, so that everyone you are with can hear it.
③ (VERB) （机场或火车站工作人员通过扬声器）播报，通知 If an airport or railway employee announces something, they tell the public about it by means of a loudspeaker system.
④ (VERB) （以信件、声音、信号等）通知，告知 If a letter, sound, or sign announces something, it informs people about it. - cardboard
(N-UNCOUNT) 硬纸板；卡纸板 Cardboard is thick, stiff paper that is used, for example, to make boxes and models. - mold
（n）模子; 模式; 类型; 霉;
（vt）塑造; 浇铸; 用模子做; 用泥土覆盖;
（vi）对…产生影响，形成; 发霉; - accessory
① (N-COUNT) 附件;配件;附属物 Accessories are items of equipment that are not usually essential, but which can be used with or added to something else in order to make it more efficient, useful, or decorative.
② (N-COUNT) （衣服的）配饰（如腰带、围巾等） Accessories are articles such as belts and scarves which you wear or carry but which are not part of your main clothing.
③ (N-COUNT) 同谋；帮凶；从犯 If someone is guilty of being an accessory to a crime, they helped the person who committed it, or knew it was being committed but did not tell the police.
④ (ADJ) 附属的；辅助的；非主要的 You can use accessory to describe something which is part of an activity or process, but not the most essential or important part of it. - flagship
① (N-COUNT) 旗舰;(尤指指挥官所在的)主舰 A flagship is the most important ship in a fleet of ships, especially the one on which the commander of the fleet is sailing.
② (N-COUNT) 王牌;主打产品;旗舰产品 The flagship of a group of things that are owned or produced by a particular organization is the most important one. - console
① (VERB) 安慰;慰藉;安抚 If you console someone who is unhappy about something, you try to make them feel more cheerful.
② (N-COUNT) (机器的)操纵台，控制台，仪表板 A console is a panel with a number of switches or knobs that is used to operate a machine. - laser
① (N-COUNT) 激光 A laser is a narrow beam of concentrated light produced by a special machine. It is used for cutting very hard materials, and in many technical fields such as surgery and telecommunications.
② (N-COUNT) 激光器 A laser is a machine that produces a laser beam. - pedal
① (N-COUNT) （自行车的）脚蹬，踏板 The pedals on a bicycle are the two parts that you push with your feet in order to make the bicycle move.
② (VERB) 蹬，骑（自行车） When you pedal a bicycle, you push the pedals around with your feet to make it move.
③ (N-COUNT) （汽车或机器的）踏板 A pedal in a car or on a machine is a lever that you press with your foot in order to control the car or machine. - draft
① (N-COUNT) 草稿;草案;草图 A draft is an early version of a letter, book, or speech.
② (VERB) 起草;草拟 When you draft a letter, book, or speech, you write the first version of it.
③ (VERB) 征召…入伍 If you are drafted, you are ordered to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time.
④ (VERB) 选派;抽调;派遣 If people are drafted into a place, they are moved there to do a particular job.
⑤(n)小股气流 - introductory
① (ADJ) 引言的;导论的;介绍性的 An introductory remark, talk, or part of a book gives a small amount of general information about a particular subject, often before a more detailed explanation.
② (ADJ) (新品)促销的，特惠的 An introductory offer or price on a new product is something such as a free gift or a low price that is meant to attract new customers. - bundle
① (N-COUNT) 捆；束；包 A bundle of things is a number of them that are tied together or wrapped in a cloth or bag so that they can be carried or stored.
② (N-COUNT) 婴儿 You can refer to a tiny baby as a bundle .
③ (N-SING) 极度，非常（用于强调某人具备的某种品质或特性） If you describe someone as, for example, a bundle of fun, you are emphasizing that they are full of fun. If you describe someone as a bundle of nerves, you are emphasizing that they are very nervous.
④ (N-COUNT) 大量；广泛 If you refer to a bundle of things, you are emphasizing that there is a wide range of them.
⑤ (VERB) 匆忙打发；推搡 If someone is bundled somewhere, someone pushes them there in a rough and hurried way.
⑥ (VERB) 捆绑销售（软件） To bundle software means to sell it together with a computer, or with other hardware or software, as part of a set. - in contrast
相比之下 - spec
① (N-PLURAL) 眼镜 Someone's specs are their glasses.
② (N-COUNT) (尤指机器、车辆的)规格，配置 The spec for something, especially a machine or vehicle, is its design and the features included in it.
③ (PHRASE) 碰运气 If you do something on spec, you do it hoping to get something that you want, but without being asked or without being certain to get it. - appealing
① (ADJ-GRADED) 有吸引力的;有趣的;动人的 Someone or something that is appealing is pleasing and attractive.
② (ADJ) （表情、语气）恳求的，哀求的 An appealing expression or tone of voice indicates to someone that you want help, advice, or approval. - demonstration
① (N-COUNT) 示威;示威游行（或集会） A demonstration is a march or gathering which people take part in to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
② (N-COUNT) 示范;演示 A demonstration of something is a talk by someone who shows you how to do it or how it works.
③ (N-COUNT) 证明;论证;表明;说明 A demonstration of a fact or situation is a clear proof of it.
④ (N-COUNT) (特质的)显示;(情感的)表露 A demonstration of a quality or feeling is an expression of it. - rival
① (N-COUNT) 竞争者;对手;敌手 Your rival is a person, business, or organization who you are competing or fighting against in the same area or for the same things.
② (N-COUNT) 没有敌手;独一无二;无人能及 If you say that someone or something has no rivals or is without rival, you mean that it is best of its type.
③ (VERB) 能与…媲美;与…匹敌;与…不分高低 If you say that one thing rivals another, you mean that they are both of the same standard or quality. - headset
① (N-COUNT) （头戴式）耳机，耳麦 A headset is a small pair of headphones that you can use for listening to a radio or recorded music, or for using a telephone.
② (N-COUNT) 头戴式视图器 A headset is a piece of equipment that you wear on your head so you can see computer images or images from a camera in front of your eyes. - strap
① (N-COUNT) 带子;皮带;布带 A strap is a narrow piece of leather, cloth, or other material. Straps are used to carry things, fasten things together, or to hold a piece of clothing in place.
② (VERB) 用带子系(或绑、捆、扎) If you strap something somewhere, you fasten it there with a strap. - goggle
① (VERB) （常指吃惊地）瞪大眼睛看 If you goggle at something, you stare at it with your eyes wide open, usually because you are surprised by it.
② (N-PLURAL) 护目镜；风镜；游泳镜 Goggles are large glasses that fit closely to your face around your eyes to protect them from such things as water, wind, or dust. - device
① (N-COUNT) 装置;设备;器具;仪器 A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
② (N-COUNT) 手段;策略;方法;技巧 A device is a method of achieving something.
③ (PHRASE) 听任…自便;让…自行发展;不去管 If you leave someone to their own devices, you leave them alone to do as they wish.