Hangzhou Asian Games venues create a new sports space that blends virtual and real elements, with "big and small lotus flowers" adorned with the wings of the metaverse. Universe | Olympic Sports | Hangzhou Asian Games
The Hangzhou Asian Games will open on September 23rd. As the main venue of the Asian Games, the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Sports Stadium and Tennis Center have recently launched the metaverse application "Yuanshang Olympic Sports", which is officially launched! Users can log in online and immerse themselves in the digital twin space that is not limited by physical time and space, experiencing the dynamic feel of the "big and small lotus" venue under the influence of technology.
The two Asian Games venues, affectionately known as the "big and small lotus" by Hangzhou citizens, are the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium and the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Tennis Center, which are the main venues of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
As a top-level venue for hosting major international events such as the Hangzhou Asian Games, the "Big and Small Lotus" has a large spatial structure span and complex architectural design. The "Big Lotus" is curved and twisted; The opening and closing rotating roof of "Little Lotus" is the world's first, having won numerous heavyweight awards and full of details.
The Olympic Sports Park includes multiple main roads, platforms, entrances and exits, as well as water flow. The spatial design also needs to take into account the surrounding Asian Games venues such as "Yucong" and "Huadie", as well as the landmark building "Hangzhou Gate" and other landscapes.
In April last year, relevant parties completed the modeling of the L5 level core area, and the 6.2 square kilometer Olympic Sports Park was fully presented on a "digital twin base" that was completely consistent with the geographical coordinates of the real world, enabling the entire park to achieve data-driven and one cabin control of the overall situation. This is the first venue metaverse application launched based on the "Big and Small Lotus" venue model.
"In the past, most users wanted to experience the venue mainly through pictures and videos, limited to 'viewing the venue'. The construction of the Yuanshang Olympic Sports allowed everyone to advance to 'browsing the venue'. In the future, with the combination of AR and sensory transmission equipment, it can truly achieve 'using the venue', making up for the limitations of offline sports venues in terms of capacity and time slots." Introduction by Peng Wei, CTO of Orange Lion Sports.
The citizens who pay attention to the Hangzhou Universiade, as long as they enter the Olympic Sports Park through the ports of Ledynamic APP, Taobao, Alipay and Nailing Sports, they can immerse themselves in the digital twin space that is not limited by physical space and time without leaving home. The first digital human coach Letty is also waiting in the park, and there are also guides introducing venue information on site at the "Metaverse".
Here, users can freely roam the venue without being constrained by physics and time and space. They can also collect props such as acceleration and fireworks, and roam the park in the form of walking or flying to watch fireworks performances. During the process of moving and changing scenery, one can observe the exquisite internal and external structures of the venue from different angles, and even jump up to observe and experience the most acclaimed "rotating opening and closing" roof design of "Little Lotus" from the air.
Based on technologies such as 5G, AI, digital twin, real-time cloud rendering, V/AR, etc., the "Meta Olympiad" has the characteristics of high precision, high definition, high restoration, and low latency. After entering the latest version of the "Yuanshang Olympic Sports" virtual park and selecting characters, users can complete corresponding tasks at 5 different locations. After completing the five stop check-in, they can receive e-commerce coupons and other prizes.
At the end of 2021, Orange Lion Sports, a subsidiary of Alibaba, won the management rights of "Big and Small Lotus" for 15 years and jointly established a joint venture with Yintai Commercial and others last year to fully manage the operation of the venue. In addition to the "big and small lotus", Orange Lion Sports currently has 50 existing venues nationwide, with a total operating area of over 3.5 million square meters. Among them, there are not only large event venues such as the Olympic Sports Center and the Universiade, but also more down-to-earth national fitness centers, individual sports centers, sports parks, and urban sports centers. It is reported that on the recently passed 88 National Fitness Day, the cumulative pedestrian flow in various venues across the country exceeded 30000 people.
Compared to the crowded physical space, a sports space that blends reality and virtuality may become a new direction for the development of national fitness in the future. This ability is also expected to be applied in various scenarios such as performances and exhibitions in the future.
