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And a similar story is that this was just this unbelievable hit because at the time, everybody needed a half a million to do virtual reality. And everybody felt frustrated. And we literally hacked together a system for about five thousand dollars in parts and made a working VR system. And people were just like, oh my god, you know, the Hewlett Packard garage thing. This is so awesome. And so in giving this talk and the room has just gone wild, and during the Q and A, a guy named Tom Furness, who was one of the big names in virtual reality at the time, he goes up to the microphone and he introduces himself. I didn't know what he looked like but I sure as hell knew the name. And he asked a question. And I was like, I'm sorry did you say you were Tom Furness? And he said yes. I said, then I would love to answer your question, but first, will you have lunch with me tomorrow? [laughter] And there's a lot in that little moment, there's a lot of humility but also asking a person where he can't possibly say no. [laughter]

另一 个类似的故事是，我们的系统是超乎意想的成功，因为在那个时候，大家都需要 50万做 虚拟现实。大家都为此感到沮丧。而我们实际上用了 5千元部分的零件拼装了一套能用的系 统。人们的反应是，我的上帝，惠普车库的故事又重来了。令人震憾。因此，我做报告时屋 里都沸腾了，在其后的问答时间里， 一个叫汤姆.弗奈斯 的人走到麦克风前介绍了他自己，他 是虚拟现实界那时的大腕。我虽不认识他，但可是久闻大名。他接着问了一个问题。我说， 对不起，你说你是汤姆.弗奈斯？他说是的。我说，那么我很愿意回答你的问题，但首先，你愿意明天一起跟我吃午饭吗？ [笑] ，这个小插曲寓意很深，这里面有很多谦卑，但也让那人 无法拒绝。 [笑]

Randy Pausch教授最后的讲座

And so Imagineering a couple of years later was working on a virtual reality project. This was top secret. They were denying the existence of a virtual reality attraction after the time that the publicity department was running the TV commercials. So Imagineering really had nailed this one tight. And it was the Aladdin attraction where you would fly a magic carpet, and the head mounted display, sometimes known as gator vision. And so I had an in. As soon as the project had just, you know they start running the TV commercials, and I had been asked to brief the Secretary of Defense on the state of virtual reality. OK, Fred Brooks and I had been asked to brief the Secretary of Defense, and that gave me an excuse. So I called them. I called Imagineering and I said, look, I'm briefing the Secretary of Defense. I'd like some materials on what you have because it's one of the best VR systems in the world. And they kind of pushed back. And I said, look, is all this patriotism stuff in theparks a farce? And they're like, hmm, ok. [laughter]

几年后迪士尼幻想工程在做一个绝密的虚拟现实项目。他们在宣传部门播了电视广告后，还 否认存在一个虚拟现实的景点。所以迪士尼幻想工程真是把保密工作做的滴水不漏。这就是 阿拉丁景点，在那里你可以飞魔毯，用头盔显示器，有时又称为短嘴鳄视像仪。那时我已不 是默默无闻。当项目刚，你知道，它们开始放电视广告，我被要求向国防部长介绍虚拟现实 的发展。嗯，是弗雷德布鲁克斯和我被要求做简报，这给了我一个借口。所以我打电话给他 们说，你看，我要给国防部长做简报。我想从你们那里拿些材料，因为你们的虚拟现实是世 界上最好的系统之一。他们有点不愿意。我说，你们看，你们整天在迪士尼乐园讲的爱国心 都是装样的吗？他们说"嗯，好吧。 [笑]

But they said this is so new the PR department doesn't have any footage for you, so I'm going to have to connect you straight through to the team who did the work. Jackpot! So I find myself on the phone with a guy named Jon Snoddy who is one of the most impressive guys I have ever met, and he was the guy running this team, and it's not surprising they had done impressive things. And so he sent me some stuff, we talked briefly and he sent me some stuff, and I said, hey, I'm going to be out in the area for a conference shortly, would you like to get together and have lunch? Translation: I'm going to lie to you and say that I have an excuse to be in the area so I don't look to anxious, but I would go to Neptune to have lunch with you! [laughter] And so Jon said sure, and I spent something like 80 hours talking with all the VR experts in the world, saying if you had access to this one unbelievable project, what would you ask? And then I compiled all of that and I had to memorize it, which anybody that knows me knows that I have no memory at all, because I couldn't go in looking like a dweeb with, you know, [in dweeby voice] Hi, Question 72.

但他们说这项目很新，公关处没有任何视频给你，所以我必须要直接和做这个系统的部门直 接联系。中大奖！所以，我就跟一个叫乔恩史诺地的人通电话，他是我曾见过人中最令人印 象深刻的家伙，也是这个部门的头，难怪他们做出的活也让人印象深刻。所以他送我一些东 西，我们短暂交谈， 他送我一些东西，我就说，嘿，我不久要到你那里参加一个会议，你想 不想在一起吃午餐？翻译：我会撒谎找个借口说我要到你那里，这样显得我不是赶着见 你，但即使你在海王星我也会去和你吃午饭！ [笑] 乔恩说，好啊。 然后我花了大约 80个小 时跟世界上所有虚拟现实的专家交谈，说如果你有机会访问这个令人难以置信的项

Randy Pausch教授最后的讲座

目，您会 问什么问题？然后，我把他们所说的整理好，背熟。熟悉我的人都知道我记不住事。因为我 不能去像个呆子，你知道， [傻傻声音]嘿， 第 72个问题。

So, I went in, and this was like a two hour lunch, and Jon must have thought he was talking to some phenomenal person, because all I was doing was channeling Fred Brooks and Ivan Sutherland and Andy Van Dam and people like that. And Henry Fuchs. So it's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people. And at the end of the lunch with Jon, I sort of, as we say in the business, made "the ask." And I said, you know, I have a sabbatical coming up. And he said, what's that? [laughter] The beginnings of the culture clash. And so I talked with him about the possibility of coming there and working with him. And he said, well that's really good except, you know, you're in the business of telling people stuff and we' …… 此处隐藏：5018字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……