Bringing the Future to Your Ears

Bringing the Future to Your Ears

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Imagine high-quality (高品質的) sound that follows you around without the need for headphones (耳機) or speakers, and only you can hear it.

Multiple Choice

Who can hear the sound from these speakers?

• everyone

• only you

• high-quality sound

• Soundbeaming

only you

Imagine high-quality (高品質的) sound that follows you around without the need for headphones (耳機) or speakers, and only you can hear it.

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The company's Sound Beamer 1.0 uses a camera to identify (確認) the user and place ultrasonic (超聲的) waves just outside a person's ears where small pockets (小塊) of sound are formed.

Multiple Select

How does Soundbeamer know who is listening to the music?

• It uses a speaker.

• It uses headphones.

• It uses a camera.

• It uses small pockets.

It uses a camera.

The company's Sound Beamer 1.0 uses a camera to identify (確認) the user and place ultrasonic (超聲的) waves just outside a person's ears where small pockets (小塊) of sound are formed.

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3-D sensors track movement and follow the listeners ears, so as people walk around, the sound follows them.

Fill in the Blanks

The Soundbeamer 1.0 knows where people are because it uses 3-D sensors to

them.

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To first-time users, the technology seems straight out of a science-fiction (科幻小說) film. The ultraclear sound seems to surround (圍繞) them.

Multiple Choice

Which picture best shows a science-fiction movie?

Star Wars!

Science-fictions stories talk about technology or the future.

Multiple Choice

Which adjective do they use to describe the sound?

• surround

• ultraclear

• straight

• identify

ultraclear

"Ultra" is like super.

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 Technological (科技的) advances have completely changed the way we obtain (獲得) music, video, and video games.

Open Ended

Answer this question in a complete sentence:

What has changed the way we obtain music, video, and video games?

Answer

Technology (科技) has changed the way we obtain music, video, and video games.