The Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, the world's tallest wooden pagoda also known as the Sakyamuni Pagoda of the Fogong Temple, in Yingxian County, North China's Shanxi Province, embraced its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered "digital twins" on Friday, enabling visitors to immerse themselves in the views inside the tower - some floors of which the public was unable to access - through virtual reality (VR) glasses.
The digitalization project was jointly launched by the Yingxian local government, Tsinghua University's School of Architecture, and Chinese tech firm Lenovo.
The "digital twins" were also launched just days ahead of the five-day May Day holidays. Local officials expect that the project could draw in more tech-savvy tourists for the Yingxian county and fuel a further tourism boom.
