Appreciate national treasures with the latest technology such as 5G compatible smartphones Tokyo National Museum September 28, 4:10
From the 29th, a new exhibition will be held at the Tokyo National Museum to appreciate cultural properties using the latest technology, such as holding a 5G-compatible smartphone over a high-definition reproduction of the national treasure "Saintoku Taishi Eden" to magnify the details. It will be done at.
The national treasure "Prince Shotoku Eden" is a shoji picture drawn in the Heian period about 1000 years ago, and 58 episodes related to Prince Shotoku are drawn for each scene, but it is released in the year to prevent deterioration. Limited to once.
The Tokyo National Museum, which holds the works, will hold a new exhibition that combines high-definition reproductions and the latest technology so that the paintings will be widely familiar.
When you hold a smartphone compatible with the new communication standard 5G over the place where you want to see the duplicate image, the explanation and image of the scene are displayed on the screen of the smartphone, and you can magnify and appreciate the details that are difficult to see as it is. ..
In addition, if you wear special glasses, characters that are peeled off and difficult to see in the picture will start to move with animation using AR = augmented reality technology, and will explain each scene in an easy-to-understand manner.
Kenjiro Okimatsu, director of the painting and sculpture department at the Tokyo National Museum, said, "I want to use cutting-edge technology to encourage more people to become familiar with cultural properties."
The exhibition will be held from the 29th to the 25th of next month by advance reservation, and the museum's website will provide content that can be enjoyed on smartphones and tablets without going to the venue.