Picturing art's past

Eye tracking and 3D video are among the myriad interactive and immersive technologies used in an exhibition at the Zhejiang Art Museum in Hangzhou, capital city of East China's Zhejiang province. Among the high-tech features are motion capture as well as augmented and virtual reality.

"Smart technology is a fundamental starting point for the exhibition, as we aim to make it more accessible and attractive, especially to the younger generation," says Wang Xiaosong, vicedean of the School of Art and Archaeology at Zhejiang University and co-curator of the exhibition. On show are some 1,500 prints of ancient Chinese paintings from the pre-Qin period (before 221 BC) to the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368).