Across China: AI brings color to fading scenes of old Beijing


  • World
  • Tuesday, 15 Dec 2020

BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- People dressed in traditional attire greeting each other with bows, traveling on rickshaws and praying at a temple... what life was like for Beijingers a century ago was captured in rare black-and-white footage.

Using artificial intelligence (AI) technology, Hu Wengu, a 29-year-old artist and game developer, colorized and sharpened the monochromatic and blurred footage, giving modern folk an intriguing glimpse at life in the capital city long ago.

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