How to visit a virtual Forbidden City? How much is official website?

10 10 is the celebration day of the 83rd anniversary of the establishment of the Palace Museum. On that day, the 3D virtual world named "The Forbidden City Beyond Time and Space" jointly developed by the Palace Museum and IBM was officially launched.

According to reports, the virtual Forbidden City has carried out high-resolution and fine three-dimensional modeling of ancient buildings, cultural relics and figures, and can reproduce three-dimensional Forbidden City buildings, cultural relics and figures on the Internet. IBM also cooperated with historians in China. Actors from China simulated the real actions of court people in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and made various royal scenes, tour guides and interactive activities on this basis.

In addition to reappearing the Forbidden City in a three-dimensional way on the Internet, IBM has also added interaction, such as chatting with tourists who visit the virtual Forbidden City at the same time; Communicate with online volunteers and staff; Playing chess, playing cricket, shooting arrows, watching the emperor's royal meals, and watching court paintings.

If users want to visit the virtual Forbidden City online, they need to download a software with a size of more than 200 megabytes from beyondspaceandtime.org, official website, and after installation, they can start to visit the virtual world. The Virtual Forbidden City supports Windows, Apple Mac and Linux computer platforms.

The Virtual Forbidden City is another project of IBM to help cultural heritage embrace the Internet through technology. In the past ten years, IBM has completed the Vatican Library, Eternal Egypt, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Winter Palace and other projects.