"We are about to witness the great success of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and will also set a new standard for the hosting of the Winter Olympics and encourage more people to participate in ice and snow sports, thanks to the Beijing Municipal Government for its efforts!" Thank you to the reporters of the Beijing News Center for their efforts in 2022! On the afternoon of February 6, IOC President Bach "appeared in the Cloud Gathering Exhibition Area of the 2022 Beijing News Center" to "Pay Tribute to the New Year" to media reporters and praise the unprecedented digital Olympic Games. Gathered in the holographic cabin, the images were vivid and the hair was clearly visible, and Bach answered the reporter's questions as if he were on the spot.
The red walls are lit up with gray tiles, and big red lanterns are hung high. On the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, walking into the "City of Two Olympics • Science and Technology Exploration Dream" cloud gathering exhibition area on the third floor of the 2022 Beijing News Center, the strong New Year flavor came to the fore, and the collision of cutting-edge technology and traditional Chinese culture added a unique charm to the news center.
To the surprise of busy media reporters, a unique Cloud Chinese New Year meeting was held here. "Happy Chinese New Year to all my Chinese friends!" When Chairman Bach appeared in the Yunju holographic pod, the scene suddenly burst into warm applause, and Bach extended holiday greetings to reporters and Chinese of the 2022 Beijing Press Center.
Before the meeting, the 2022 Beijing News Center issued a "surprise blind box" notice, spoiling that there will be "heavyweight mysterious guests coming", and in a short period of time to collect more than 100 hot issues of the Winter Olympics, the questions of this reporter were fortunate to be selected.
In response to "how to view the role of the news media in hosting the Winter Olympics," Bach noted that "without the media, the magic of the Olympic Games would not have spread around the world." The media uses innovative technologies to better disseminate the Olympic spirit and culture. ”
On the afternoon of February 6, IOC President Bach "appeared" in the Yunju Exhibition Area of the 2022 Beijing News Center to "Pay Tribute to the New Year" to media reporters and answer questions from reporters of this magazine. Photo by Yan Tong, reporter of the Winter Olympics
Bach's admiration doesn't stop there. He found that digital technology has already profoundly changed the Olympic Games, and the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will accelerate this trend, and the level of digitalization is unprecedented, allowing more people to participate in the Olympic Games. Bach thanked China and Beijing for their contributions and dedication to hosting the Winter Olympics and hosting athletes from around the world during the difficult times of the global epidemic.
At the meeting, Xu Hejian, director of the 2022 Beijing Press Center, expressed his common wish to "dedicate a simple, safe and wonderful Olympic event to the world, so that the Olympic motto of 'faster, higher, stronger - more united' will be spread more widely and farther" to President Bach.
The 2022 Beijing News Center serves the unregistered journalists of the Beijing Winter Olympics, with a total of 432 media and 1770 Chinese and foreign journalists, and the main news center of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has become a "twin star", which reflects the brilliance. Xu Hejian introduced that the cross-regional cloud holographic technology provided by Ali allowed 1770 reporters from the Beijing News Center in 2022 to have close contact with Chairman Bach, "This is the power of science and technology, the power of the Olympic Games, and the power of China." ”
"During the pandemic, Alibaba Cloud technology has made it possible for us to communicate face-to-face in this extraordinary new way. Digital technology, changing the way we experience the Olympic Games. "Inside the holographic chamber, Chairman Bach's images are vivid and his hair is clearly visible, as if he were there.
Bach, who is in a closed loop in Beijing, and Daniel Zhang, chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group in Shanghai, get together. The two unfolded a pair of spring couplets, in which the upper link held by Bach reads "New Year Gathering of Athletes from all over the world", and the lower link of the Daniel Zhang reads "Ice and Snow Flying in the Clouds". Bach also presented the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics torch to the Daniel Zhang.
What made this magical scene come true was the cross-regional cloud holographic Alibaba Cloud Me technology of Alibaba Group, an IOC partner, where the two were in two places 1,200 kilometers apart but could greet each other side by side, and the "hair-level" high-definition hologram impressed the reporters present.
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Client The Winter Olympics | Reporter Sun Hongyang
Edited by Kang Dian
Process Editor Wu Yue