Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

On September 13,2023, on the eve of the 20th National Science Popularization Day, the digital version of "Shanghai Planetarium" opened in "Cloud." More than ten million gamers entered the museum as digital people to explore the mysteries of the universe from the first perspective.

This is not a scene from a sci-fi movie, but a version of "Astronomical Wander" built by the Peace Elite R & D team over a six-month period. In this version, they "moved" the world's largest planetarium, the Shanghai Planetarium, into the digital scene.

"The core buildings in the solar base in Main City are designed based on the digital model of Shanghai Planetarium, the largest planetarium in the world. In reality, the Shanghai Planetarium forms a 'celestial orbit' in a beautiful spiral shape. In the digital scene, we also tried our best to restore these features, giving you more immersion and substitution. "Yang Yiqing, Planning Director of Peace Elite, introduced.

Shanghai Planetarium.

Digital Journey: A High Level of Recovery of Interstellar Mysteries

Shanghai Planetarium is the largest planetarium in the world at present. There are about 70 meteorite samples and more than 120 pieces/sets of cultural relics in the museum. It is equipped with four professional astronomical observation and astronomical demonstration equipment, totaling more than 300 pieces. With the theme of "connecting people and the universe," it is a science popularization base integrating education, research, collection, display and interaction functions.

Xihe Sun Tower in digital scene.

"Peace Elite" and Shanghai Planetarium jointly create a new version of "Astronomical Roaming," giving full play to the advantages of digital scenes, digitally presenting the main buildings and collections of Shanghai Planetarium, so that more users can experience the charm of astronomy in the "cloud." In this linkage, the Xihe Sun Tower used for solar observation in Shanghai Planetarium, and the scale model of water transport instrument used for astronomical observation, astronomical demonstration and timekeeping in the Northern Song Dynasty were all "reproduced" into the digital scene. In addition, players can also see the Esker meteorite in the "Digital Planetarium," learn about astronomical knowledge such as Copernicus heliocentric theory and astronomical exhibits at the Shanghai Planetarium.

In the digital scene, the user is exploring meteorites.

For the players of Peace Elite, it is no stranger to use the game scene for fun science popularization. As early as four years ago, the project team planted the seeds of love for astronomy in this digital soil.

In 2020, for the first time, Peace Elite digitally reproduces the astronomical phenomenon of "total solar eclipse" in game scenes.

In 2021, Peace Elite cooperated with Changguang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. and Aerospace Science and Industry Rocket Technology Co., Ltd. to exclusively name, build "Peace Elite" launch vehicle and satellite, deploy rocket satellite launch plan, and fly into space with ID of hundreds of millions of players through rocket. This cross-border linkage, let many players into satellite remote sensing data imaging technology.

In 2022, the pace of yearning for space continues. "Peace Elite" launched the space-themed version, bringing the Long March 2F manned rocket to the digital scene, where players can ride the rocket in the game and understand the whole process from rocket launch to return capsule return.

In 2022, the space theme version of "Peace Elite" pays tribute to the 30th anniversary of China's manned space project.

Digital Science Popularization: A Wonderful Blend of Science and Imagination

On September 17, the National Science Popularization Day in 2023 began. Popular science education activities have been carried out in various places, with the theme of "improving the scientific literacy of the whole people and assisting science and technology to stand on their own feet," playing a wonderful movement of wisdom and knowledge. In the context of "big science popularization," the track of science popularization has been opened to the whole society, and all major Internet platforms actively participate in innovation in the field of science popularization with rich technology accumulation, and stimulate teenagers to advocate science and explore unknown interests in the form of high-quality rich content and favorite forms.

Liang Xinghua, general manager of Studio S of Tencent Photon Studio Group and project director of Peace Elite, said that in the past four years, Peace Elite has presented a scientific world full of exploration and imagination for young friends by means of digital science popularization. In this exploration of "digital science popularization," young friends can have interesting interaction with scientific and technological achievements in the real world from the first perspective, and at the same time, they can also have an imaginative exploration in the virtual world.

Digital scene inside the "sun big event" performance screen.

In addition to the vivid presentation of astronomical knowledge, the project team also designed a lot of imaginative "play interaction." Yang Yiqing introduced, such as "wormhole device maker,""transition aircraft," solar events and other game play methods and devices, are imagination and scientific knowledge combined products.

At the same time, the integration of landmark venues and exhibits in the Shanghai Planetarium has injected "scientific power" into the linkage. Shi Wei, director of the Network Science Popularization Department of the Exhibition and Education Center of Shanghai Planetarium, said that this is a perfect integration of digital technology and astronomical aesthetics. "This linkage is another exploration in the field of 'digital ability', moving the Shanghai Planetarium to the cloud, allowing it to meet more friends who love astronomy, making popular science knowledge more vivid, and allowing the seeds of science to take root in everyone's heart. "

The Hunter Constellation Project (CATCH).

The collision between games and science and technology goes far beyond "digital science popularization." In the Digital Planetarium of Peace Elite, Tencent Games and the Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences cooperated with the "All-variable Source Tracking Hunter Constellation Project"(CATCH for short). This plan plans to build a "satellite constellation" composed of 100 + microsatellites in real space, combined with Tencent's multi-agent algorithm, so that satellites can intelligently team up for astronomical observation and become hunters to capture the mysteries of the universe.

The digital age offers new opportunities and possibilities for science popularization. In the continuous interaction and evolution, digital science popularization awakens the public's curiosity about science and establishes interest connections in different fields. Liang Xinghua also proposed that in the future,"Peace Elite" will continue to enter the "next circle" with awe of science, explore the infinite possibilities of the game world together with millions of users, and let everyone experience the charm of different disciplines by means of digital science popularization.

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