虽然，台风“山竹”已经过去了，但是它的肆意破坏仍旧给南部沿海的人们留下了深刻的印象。
很多时候，除非亲身尽力台风天气，只看天气预报或是新闻视频，大家很难对它所产生破坏力有一个直观的认知。不过，目前美国的天气预报机构开始尝试用MR效果来加深人们对于台风的了解。
随着弗洛伦萨飓风开始袭击下东海岸，暴雨以及风速高达每小时110英里的暴风，遭到破坏的沿海地区以及泛滥的洪水等等，将仅仅是卡罗来纳居民即将面临的危险中的一小部分。尽管弗吉尼亚州和卡罗莱纳州正在进行强制撤离，但官员们预计，这种致命的天气将造成重大损失和人员伤亡。
Torrential rain， wind speeds of up to 110 miles per hour， coastal deterioration， massive flooding； these are just a handful of the dangers Carolina residents will endure as Hurricane Florence begins its battering of the lower East Coast。 Even with mandatory evacuations of Virginia and the Carolina’s currently underway， officials expect heavy damage and casualties as a result of the deadly weather。
对于那些急需了解这种危险情况的人，气象频道使用了沉浸式混合现实技术（MR）来更好地展示南方沿海地区将会发生多么恶劣的灾害。
For those who may be struggling to grasp the full magnitude of the incredibly dangerous situation， The Weather Channel has employed the use of immersive mixed reality technology to better demonstrate just how nasty things are about to get for coastal southerners。
该系统由虚幻4引擎打造，可以就将天气预报主持人置于MR场景中，通过实时提高他周围的水位，来准确地显示洪水可能达到的严重程度。
Powered by Unreal Engine 4， the system places Weather Channel reporters into an augmented version of the storm， accurately displaying the severity of potential flooding by raising the water levels around their staff in real-time。
当主持人无助地站在一片狼藉的灾难场景中，汽车从房子附近飞过，电线杆倒塌，以及其他各种各样的灾难现场，都营造出了一种恐怖的气氛。
Additional effects， such as automobiles floating past homes， downed power lines， and various other destruction further enhance the terror as reporters stand helplessly at the center of the chaos。
气象频道的副总裁迈克尔·波茨（Michael Potts）在接受采访时说：“我们从事的是安全工作。天气是一种自然的物理现象，我们正尝试用最贴近现实的方式重现它。”
“The business that we’re in is safety，” spoke Michael Potts， The Weather Channel’s vice president of design， during an interview with The Verge。 “The weather is a visceral， physical thing， and we’re trying to recreate that in the most realistic way possible。”
但这不是天气预报第一次使用MR来展示恶劣的天气效果。之前的时速135英里的龙卷风演示，就是该节目与混合现实公司Future Universe合作开发的。
This isn’t the first time Weather Channel has utilized MR to demonstrate violent weather patterns。 Developed in partnership with mixed reality company Future Universe， the channel unveiled the technology during a demonstration of a 135mph tornado。
虽然不如天气预报里的MR效果那样给人带来在视觉上的强烈冲击，但《今日美国》通过其官方的手机APP提供了与《飓风佛罗伦萨》相关的AR内容。
While not as visually-impressive as Weather Channel’s MR studio， USA Today is offering their own Florence-related AR content via their official smartphone app。
该应用目前已经登陆了iOS和Android平台，用户可以使用AR天气图，并观看由《今日美国》提供的风暴追踪实时更新，它可以显示风暴的预测路径、风速和强度等信息。
Available now on iOS & Android， users can plant an augmented weather map on any flat surface in the real-world and watch as real-time updates delivered by the USA TODAY Storm Tracker API track the storms predicted path， wind speed and category strength。
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