High-tech magnifies cinemas’ scope in China

At a cinema in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, last year. China’s cinema companies boast over 60,000 screens in all. — Reuters

For someone who has been waiting for an owl carrying an admission letter to a magic school, here’s a chance to experience the wizard idea of the Harry Potter world at a cinema in China.

Farfetched as it may sound, such an experience could soon be reality, given the fast-evolving technologies like virtual reality and 5G that are "coming soon” to a cinema near you, promising to enhance viewing experiences of moviegoers and boost revenues of film exhibitors in a sluggish market.