Virtual reality (VR) technology will bring visitors back to several thousand years ago at an upcoming exhibition on ancient Chinese history and culture, organizers said on Tuesday.
The exhibition, co-sponsored by the China Science and Technology Museum (CSTM), CCTV.com, China Cultural Relics Exchange Center and China Media Group (CMG)'s digital museum of digital culture and art, will soon open to the public, with its premiere at the CSTM, the organizers announced.
Wearing VR goggles, visitors can immerse themselves in detailed recreations of ancient sites like the Liangzhu ruins, Taosi site and Sanxingdui Ruins. This experience brings to life the daily activities, rituals and cultural practices of early civilizations.
"I believe this could be a novel demonstration technology of ours, which offers a very good boost to better present China's fine traditional culture, especially the outstanding technological culture of ancient China," said Han Yongzhi, director of the CSTM's Ancient Technology Exhibition Department.
VR goggles bring visitors back to ancient times at exhibition
Japan's second-largest airline was hit by a cyberattack Thursday, causing multiple flight delays and cancellations and bringing inconvenience to tourists during a traditional year-end busy travel season.
Japan Airlines said its network system started malfunctioning from around 7:25 Thursday, and the problems were fixed before 14:20 but the related impacts lasted.
By 16:30 Thursday, three domestic flights were canceled and a total of 64 domestic and international flights were delayed for over 30 minutes, with the longest being more than four hours.
At the Haneda Airport in Tokyo, many flights were delayed or rescheduled. Travelers said the sudden malfunction of the carrier's network system caught them off guard, leaving them in shock and confusion.
"I was heading for a concert, but my flight has been delayed by about 40 minutes. The airline company's network system was attacked, which is really a shock to me," said a passenger.
"We have been unable to check in yet, and the airline company has not offered us a specific solution," said another traveler.
The airports in Japan's Kansai, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Okinawa also saw flights of Japan Airlines delayed, including those to China.
Japan Airlines is the second largest airline in Japan after All Nippon Airways (ANA). After the news of the cyberattack came out, the company's stock price fell 2.5 percent on Thursday before recovering slightly.
The flight disruption also delayed mail and parcel deliveries across Japan, said Japan Post.
Cyberattack on Japan's airline cause flight delays, cancellations
