China News Agency, Lanzhou, April 9 (Reporter Ding Si) Dunhuang Research Institute disclosed on the 9th that the institute launched a new Mogao Grottoes cave display technology outside the cave, real-time virtual pictures of digital caves and real Mogao Grottoes in real time Fusion, this "immersive" way of digital experience of caves, allows tourists to not only experience the experience of a real cave, but also clearly appreciate the exquisite sculpture art of grotto murals.
Zhao Shengliang, Dean of the Dunhuang Research Institute, said that since March 2019, the institute has cooperated with Huawei to display the Dunhuang art using Huawei ’s latest river chart technology, which allows viewers to use Huawei mobile phones outside the cave to see the detailed mural content in the cave. In this way, the time for tourists to enter the cave can be reduced, the purpose of protecting the cultural relics of the cave can be achieved, the amount of information obtained by the audience can be increased, the balance between the protection and open utilization of the cultural relics can be achieved, and a new way of promoting Dunhuang art can be explored.
The technology uses Huawei's newly released artificial intelligence Hetu platform and uses the achievements of digital Dunhuang to bring immersive fantasy experience to the audience when visiting the Mogao Grottoes.
Opening the phone interface, the cute and lovely Jiuse deer immediately "jumped out", and the light and dancing flying fairy lingered around the tourists, leaping forward with the tourists' tour routes and interacting with them at close range. The technology can also provide real navigation of the Mogao Grottoes, and the virtual information signs mark the location and dynasties of the Mogao Grottoes, enhancing the visitors' sense of experience and closeness to Dunhuang art.
Since the early 1990s, the Dunhuang Research Institute has been using digital technology to preserve the Dunhuang Grottoes. After nearly 30 years of hard work, it has formed a wealth of data resources for the Dunhuang Caves, and has realized the global sharing of digital Dunhuang. The protection, research and promotion of the development of the grottoes have played an important role.
Dunhuang Research Institute said that in the future, it will continue to cooperate with Huawei, relying on the academic advantages, professional advantages and resource advantages of the college to create more colorful Mogao Caves virtual experience content to serve the audiences who love Dunhuang art all over the world. The art of Gao Grottoes went out of the cave and went to the world to let the world know Dunhuang better. (Finish)