Two years ago, a documentary titled Master in the Forbidden City revealed the restoration processes and technologies involved in restoring relics to their past glory, demystifying the practice for many viewers. New tech is also revamping the way museums do business. Many people are no longer satisfied with the dimly lit, still cultural relics, and cold exhibit descriptions that confined the model in the past. Visitors want to experience the items, immerse into the past and see the context that the relics fit into, and how the evidentiary pieces helped progress civilization. As such, many museums are innovating in restoration of artifacts and blending tech into how the pieces are presented to the public.
It has become common to see tour guides ready with their speakers and head-set microphones outside of historical and culturally significant sites to take visitors around and expand on the backdrops. While this improves the experience and educates the visitor, the visual impact is missing and viewing cultural relics for far off is not as exciting as getting an immersive experience. Xi'an, once the capital of China, is the site of several of the most important dynasties in Chinese history. The Qin Render Cloud presents the story behind the female dancer figurine in the Han Dynasty and major historical events in and around Xi'an, and it does it all powered on the HUAWEI CLOUD. Relics are brought to life, and visitors can become literal eye witnesses to the 360-degree backdrop of the times, almost as if they were transported back to sites thousands of years ago.
Xi'an, as the birthplace of the ancient Chinese civilization and nation, has rich history and many museums. In 2018, Digital Qinhan Silk Road Museum solution was initiated based on tech from HUAWEI CLOUD. Cultural relics now come to life with the click of button.
Cloud rendering technology animates the relics in projections above the displays. Cold statues are given movement in the renderings, as tech and history dance to give visitors an unforgettable experience every time. Legendary events, historical dances, and even figures are anthropomorphized right in front of tourists. New levels of fun and learning are now built into the museum visits.
With the interactive 3D, AR, and VR technologies of Qin Render Cloud, tourists no longer feel unengaged from being segregated to a distant view. They can tap on the screen to zoom in or out and rotate the images.
Huawei's contributions to this transformation are extensive. Object Storage Service (OBS) on HUAWEI CLOUD adopts advanced technology to improve the upload bandwidth utilization rate to 95% or more for Qin Render Cloud – 300% higher than previous transmission speed.
A great number of computing resources are required to reproduce the historical scenes and likenesses of the items ranging from bronze lamps from the Han Dynasty to the colored pottery of the Yangshao Culture. With the auto scaling capabilities of HUAWEI CLOUD, Qin Render Cloud can schedule tens of thousands of cloud servers across the country and even across the globe, minimizing the usage cost and improving the CPU usage. Classic culture is being revived with the support of modern technologies.
HUAWEI CLOUD partners with Qin Render Cloud to lead to a new era with the conveniences and affordability of its public cloud offerings. With the massive cloud resources available on the cloud services arm of the tech conglomerate, Qin Render Cloud improves the resource layout, rendering scale and rendering efficiency of its entire profile. With the AI-powered cloud computing and big data solutions on HUAWEI CLOUD, time-consuming and costly rendering services for massive content is now placed well within budgets while delivering ultimate UX.
In addition to cooperation in the cloud rendering industry, HUAWEI CLOUD has built up its services and relationships with many other industries. The cloud service brand is connecting the physical and virtual worlds with impressive smart utilities to power any profile, no matter the scale. With the 30 years of technical accumulation in ICT tech of the parent company, HUAWEI CLOUD is upping its investments in the cloud field to demonstrate its long-term staying power, welcoming users of all types to take advantage of its Inclusive AI strategy featuring affordability, ramped-up utilities, and hallmarked stability. Organizations of all sizes are accelerating their digital transformations and cloud adoptions.
Huawei's AI strategy and full-stack, all-scenario AI portfolio was first released at Huawei Connect 2018. More and more adopters, like Qin Render Cloud, are banding together with HUAWEI CLOUD to innovate and completely rethink traditional models as the Activate Intelligence with the AI, cloud, big data, 5G, IoT, rendering, and long list of other services and utilities available with the service brand. Find out what HUAWEI CLOUD can do for your organization!
[1] This documentary shines light on the unsung life stories of restorers of cultural relics working inside the Forbidden City, together with the history of the antiques and the palace, the procedures of restoration and the development of cultural protection.
[2] The Han Dynasty, the second imperial dynasty of China (206 BC to 220 AD).
