New Xbox videogame released by Microsoft

微软发布Xbox One游戏机

Wēiruǎn fābù Xbox One yóuxìjī

New Xbox videogame released by Microsoft

微软周二发布了全新的Xbox视频游戏机,展示了其先进的体感和声控系统以及新的电视节目播放功能.在消费者需求不断变化之际,该公司正努力使这款设备重新成为关注焦点.

Microsoft Corp. unveiled a reinvented Xbox videogame console Tuesday, demonstrating an advanced motion and voice-control system and new television functions as it tries to thrust the machine back into the spotlight amid changing consumer habits.

这家位于华盛顿州雷德蒙德的软件巨头说,这款名为Xbox One的新设备旨在利用新技术为消费者提供一些新的游戏方式,以响应目前的一些趋势,比如智能手机和平板电脑的风靡.

The Redmond, WA, software giant said its new device, dubbed Xbox One, was designed to take advantage of new technologies to offer customers ways to play games while responding to trends such as the popularity of smartphones and tablets.

微软还将旗下Skype视频聊天软件的技术整合进了Xbox One,使用户能够与朋友互动.Xbox One还拥有更加精良的Kinect动作和声音传感器,并且能播放和控制来自有线电视和卫星机顶盒的视频节目.

Microsoft also integrated technology from its Skype video chatting subsidiary into Xbox One, allowing customers to interact with friends using a more refined version of the Kinect motion and speech sensor. Xbox One also can play and control live television streaming from a cable or satellite set-top box.

微软说,这款设备将于今年晚些时候推出,但是没有透露推出的具体时间或产品价格.该公司之前的设备Xbox 360于2005年推出时的起价为299美元.

Microsoft said the device will be released later this year, but didn't specify when or how much it will cost. The company's previous device, the Xbox 360, was priced starting at $299 when it launched in 2005.

除了花大力气制作外观更加漂亮的游戏外,Xbox One还允许用户分屏,在观看电视的同时浏览其它信息,比如梦幻足球联赛的成绩或进行 Skype视频聊天.

Aside from additional horsepower to make better looking games, Xbox One includes the ability to watch TV on one part of a screen while looking at other information, such as a fantasy football league scores or a Skype video chat, on another.

炫酷的外表下,新Xbox放弃了基于IBM设计的芯片,转而采用高级微设备公司AMD的芯片.这一转变令新Xbox更类似于索尼即将推出的PlayStation,也降低了业界为这两种游戏机开发游戏的难度.

Under the hood, the new Xbox is powered by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. chips, in a shift away from chips based on IBM designs. The change makes the new Xbox more similar to Sony's upcoming PlayStation, making it easier to develop games for both companies' devices.

微软表示,它正在和导演斯皮尔伯格开发一个基于其广受欢迎的《光环》系列太空战游戏制作的电视节目.微软负责电视制作的泰勒姆说,此举是微软将其Xbox技术应用到电视制作领域的开端.

The company said it is developing a television show based on its popular Halo space-war game series with director Steven Spielberg. Nancy Tellem, head of Microsoft's television studio efforts, said the effort is the beginning of Microsoft's efforts to apply its Xbox technology to the way television works.

词语解释

发布 （fābù） unveil

趋势 （qūshì） trend

精良的 （jīngliáng de） refined

设备 （shèbèi） device

(Source: myechinese.com)