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Artistic twist to science goods expo

An immersive theater at the city鈥檚 annual exhibition of science products will stage traditional Chinese romance 鈥淏utterfly Lovers,鈥 where science and technology will combine with arts.

The 6th Shanghai International Popular Science Products Expo, organized by the Shanghai Association for Science and Technology, is to be held between August 23 and 26 at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. It will feature the city鈥檚 current hot topics, such as 5G and garbage sorting, as well as showcasing technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, big data and smart cities.

This year is the 60th anniversary of the 鈥淏utterfly Lovers鈥 concerto, first performed by violinist Yu Lina at Shanghai鈥檚 Lyceum Theater.

At the show, there will be neither fixed seats nor fixed angles and audience members are free to enjoy the performance as they like with 鈥渮ero distance鈥 from the performers. Technologies such as VR, augmented reality, 3D reality, multimedia, multichannel interaction and mechanical numerical control devices will feature.

Visitors can sign up for the show via the exhibition鈥檚 WeChat from August 18 or on-site when the event opens. 

In the other art-related section, 鈥淪ound Object鈥 designed by Tongji University鈥檚 DADAWA Sound Lab, its 鈥淧honograph鈥 exhibit transforms voices into data and uses algorithms to make 3D patterns and geometric objects with a robot arm.

Shanghai Foremost Group, an interactive exhibition service provider, will present garbage-sorting games through multimedia to promote environmental protection.

Teenager Art Children Creativity, an AI science education institution for children, will have an area for the kids to enjoy games where VR and AR are introduced into garbage sorting.

Hongkou District will display its progress and achievements in building itself into a 鈥5G global innovation port鈥 as well as a 鈥5G integrated application pilot demonstration zone.鈥


 

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