Dunhuang Academy together with Huawei launched a brand-new technology-driven tour experience at the Mogao Grottoes on the evening of April 8. Using Huawei’s newly-released Hetu artificial intelligence platform, coupled with the output of the Digital Dunhuang project, visitors to the Mogao Grottoes can enjoy a fantasy experience prior to entering the attraction.
Zhao Shengliang, director of the Dunhuang Acadcmy, said that it has been cooperating with Huawei since March 2019. Using Huawei’s latest Hetu technology, visitors are able to see the detailed contents of the Dunhuang Art Murals (壁画) outside the caves, through their Huawei mobile phones. This will reduce the time tourists spend inside the cave, aiding the protection of the cultural relics, while at the same time helping to increase the amount of information visitors can obtain. It is also considered to be a new way of promoting Dunhuang Art.
The Dunhuang Academy has used digital technology to preserve the research and exploration of Dunhuang Grottoes since the early 1990s. It has collected a wealth of data and has realized the goal of sharing of digital Dunhuang globally. It has played an important role in the protection and research of cultural site, as well as promoting the development and progress of related work.
The Huawei Hetu platform unites Dunhuang’s study findings, high-resolution images of the site’s murals and virtual, three-dimensional models with the real Mogao Grottoes. It has not only re-created the real tour of the scenic spot, but also developed a new way of digitally experiencing the grottoes. When people visit the site, they not only have the experience of seeing the real grottoes, but they can appreciate the admirable artworks more clearly and in greater detail.
In the future, Dunhuang Academy will continue to cooperate with Huawei to create more colorful virtual content to enrich the experience of Mogao Art on the platform, helping people around the world get to know Dunhuang Art better.
【小题1】Which is NOT the advantage of the Hetu technology?| A．Help to protect the cultural relics. | B．Reduce the time visitors spend inside the cave. |
| C．Decrease the cost of the visitors. | D．Provide more information for tourists. |
| A．About a year. | B．10 years. | C．More than 30 years. | D．90 years. |
| A．The Dunhuang Academy. | B．The digital technology. |
| C．Dunhuang Grottoes. | D．The development and progress of related work. |
| A．Hopeful. | B．Opposed. |
| C．Indifferent. | D．Doubtful. |
| A．Huawei Newly Released Hetu Al. |
| B．Dunhuang Grottoes Attract Tourists. |
| C．Dunhuang Academy Preserves Grottoes Well. |
| D．Al Tech Helps Tourists Enjoy Dunhuang’s Art. |
