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Curious visitors and astronomy fans joined the official launch this month of the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome of the University of the Witwatersrand – formerly known as the Wits Planetarium.
好奇的游客和天文学爱好者本月参加了威特沃特斯兰德大学威特英美数字穹顶（原名威特天文馆）的正式启用仪式。
Nestled in the heart of Johannesburg, this state-of-the-art dome offers a rare and immersive look at the Universe.
这座最先进的穹顶坐落在约翰内斯堡市中心，可让您以罕见的方式身临其境地观察宇宙。
This kind of view, the 360 degree image and the audio, gives you what is called an immersive environment, where you feel like you part of the journey,
这种视角、360度图像和音频提供了所谓的沉浸式环境，让您感觉自己是旅程的一部分，
like whatever is happening in the dome, you kind of part of the journey, so if you're flying through the stars, you feel like you are actually flying through the stars.
就像穹顶内发生的一切一样，您也是旅程的一部分，因此，如果您在穹顶的星空中飞行，您会感觉自己真的在星空中飞行。
The facility says it is the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
该设施称，它是南半球最大的同类设施。
It offers not only a spectacular experience, but also a teaching venue and collaboration hub for scientists, artists, and students.
它不仅提供壮观的体验，而且是科学家、艺术家和学生的教学场所和协作中心。
Officials say, here they can bring their work to life in dazzling, immersive detail.
官员们说，在这里，他们可以以令人眼花缭乱、身临其境的细节将自己的作品栩栩如生地呈现出来。
Cindy Pienaar is an astronomy fan who visited with her two children.
Cindy Pienaar是一位天文学爱好者，她带着两个孩子来这里参观。
When I was at school we came here, so I said one day when I have my own kids, I would love to bring them.
我上学时来过这里，那时我说，等有了自己的孩子，我很乐意带他们来。
So, when we looked on Google, we realized it's still existing. So that's when we decided we're gonna come. And lucky for us, we saw today they are opening.
当我们在谷歌上搜索时，我们意识到它仍然存在。所以我们决定要来。幸运的是，我们看到他们今天开门了。
The old-school analogue Zeiss projector, once the heart of the planetarium, has been swapped out for a futuristic setup.
老式模拟蔡司投影仪曾经是天文馆的核心，现在已经被替换为未来主义的装置。
Ten digital projectors now beam an ultra-crisp 8K resolution picture across the entire dome.
十台数字投影仪现在在整个穹顶上投射出超清晰的8K分辨率图像。
On this day, the featured show is Cosmic Collisions. It is one of six productions donated by the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
当天的特色节目是《宇宙大撞击》。这是纽约美国自然历史博物馆捐赠的六部作品之一。
Each show costs about $1 million to produce, making them a valuable contribution to science education in Africa, according to former National Research Foundation's Beverly Damone.
根据前国家研究基金会的Beverly Damone的说法，每部节目的制作成本约为100万美元，这对非洲的科学教育做出了宝贵的贡献。
The fact that we have we are under license to them but without the payment of a license fee for two years means that really,
事实上，我们获得了他们的授权，但两年内无需支付授权费，
we have content, high quality content that we can share with our public audiences without incurring astronomical costs at this stage.
我们有高质量的内容可以与公众分享，而无需在现阶段产生巨额成本。
The films will be showcased until 2026, allowing visitors like Cindy Pienaar and her family to experience world-class science education.
这些电影将放映至2026年，让Cindy Pienaar及其家人等游客体验世界一流的科学教育。
It was amazing! It was an awesome experience, especially for the kids. And her son, Christian, was over the moon.
太棒了！这是一次很棒的经历，尤其是对孩子们来说。她的儿子Christian欣喜若狂。
And you get to learn and experience a lot instead of just watching it from a phone and YouTube or whatever instead of experiencing it, in real life.
你可以学到很多东西，在现实生活中体验很多东西，而不仅仅是通过手机和YouTube或其他方式观看。
The Wits Anglo American Digital Dome plans to create their own content after the donated films end their run.
威特英美数字穹顶计划在捐赠的电影放映结束后创建自己的内容。
