The "Land of Symbiosis" in Mobile Phone -- Xiaolong Joins Hands with China National Geographic to Assist Scientific Investigation and Nature Conservation

From November 23 to 24, the first China Natural Image Creator Conference hosted by National Geographic of China was held in Beijing. At the time of the successful conclusion of the 2023 China Wildlife Image Annual Competition, as a professional platform for global natural image creation, exchange and dissemination, the organizing committee of the annual competition upgraded the award ceremony of the annual competition to the first China Natural Image Creator's Conference, integrating the three major parts of the annual competition works exhibition, theme forum and award ceremony. Li Shuangke, president and chief editor of China National Geographic, Pan Jing, deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Chaoyang District Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, Fang Zhi, deputy secretary general of the China Environmental Protection Foundation, Hou Mingjuan, global vice president of Qualcomm, and others jointly attended the launching ceremony of the conference, witnessing the founding of the first China Natural Image Creator Conference, Let more people participate in the creation of natural images.

Since 2020, Snapdragon has joined hands with China National Geography for four consecutive years to become the exclusive imaging technology partner of the competition, demonstrating Snapdragon's continuous innovation in the field of mobile imaging technology, and its firm belief in promoting the development of wildlife imaging and natural ecological protection. From "The Last Alpine Acanthostega" a few years ago, using an intelligent mobile platform equipped with the flagship of Snapdragon 8 series mobile phone Completed the first image recording of the rare species Acanthostega alpina, the Tibetan fox hunted in Yushu, Qinghai, and the cute monkeys playing in the white horse snow mountain, went to the "national park in mobile phones", and this year explored the "land of symbiosis" with mobile imaging technology. Mobile phone photography has gone deep into various wild environments, and delivered pure, vivid Magnificent beauty of nature and life. In the past four years, the annual video contest has accumulated nearly 40000 minutes of precious wildlife images and 119506 submissions. In 2022, the annual contest was even more a representative of Chinese folk forces on the stage of the United Nations, telling the world the Chinese story of "image protection of nature".

In the image technology cooperation with China National Geographic, Snapdragon has worked together with China's natural image industry to move forward, creating a precedent for using mobile phones to create natural images, and witnessing the historic process of China's natural ecological protection. Li Xueke, the president and chief editor of China National Geographic magazine, said: "With the support of Xiaolong, the partner of imaging technology, we are constantly broadening the boundaries of image creation - whether it is the creative crowd, creative themes or creative techniques: the establishment of mobile groups encourages the public to participate in the recording and sharing of natural images; The series of documentaries jointly shot lead you to explore China's national parks, endemic species and symbiotic places; The 8K image makes the details of wildlife completely visible; 18 bit ISP and other cutting-edge mobile imaging technologies enable us to truly reproduce the colorful wildlife; Mobile AI imaging technology has opened a new exploration of science and technology for scientific investigation and nature conservation. The blessing of technology has greatly expanded the imagination of "image protection of nature". "

Hou Mingjuan, Global Vice President of Qualcomm

Hou Mingjuan, global vice president of Qualcomm, said, "Using the power of science and technology to deliver the power of life has always been the original intention of Snapdragon's participation in the China Wildlife Annual Competition. This year, thanks to the AI capabilities of mobile phone chips, many life stories that were previously difficult to capture with mobile phones have been clearly presented. Snapdragon mobile phones have become a tool for scientists to explore and study nature."

Among them, Lu Zhi, founder of Shanshui Nature Conservation Center and Peking University Conservation Biology, and Gu Yourong, associate professor of Capital Normal University and botany doctor, recorded a variety of newly discovered species and national key protected wild plants in recent two years, such as Motuo Kaikou Arrow and beautiful Paphiopedilum. After that, Gu Yourong went to Motuo for scientific research for many times. During the follow-up scientific research, he also used the mobile phone equipped with the Snapdragon chip to shoot and record the suspected new species and plant species that evolved in Motuo.

Meiguan Crystal Blue

Behind the shooting of the "Land of Symbiosis" series of natural science documentary films, the Chinese National Geographic film crew joined hands with Xiaolong and formed a team with several well-known scientists to go deep into the natural depths of Honghe Butterfly Valley, Puer Wuliang Mountain, Linzhi Motuo and so on. During the investigation, smart cars, wearable devices, PCs and smart phones equipped with the Snapdragon platform worked together to help scientists and photographers go deep into natural secrets and make unremitting efforts for scientific research and natural protection through advanced scientific and technological ecology.

Snapdragon continues to explore and cultivate in the field of mobile imaging, and reduces the threshold of natural photography with its constantly improving mobile imaging capabilities. The latest third-generation Snapdragon 8 mobile platform supports Snapdragon Sight Snapdragon image technology, which uses an 18 bit three ISP, can capture up to 3.2 billion pixels per second, bringing professional image quality, and supports up to 200 million pixel photo shooting, which can magnify the smallest details. In addition, the third generation Snapdragon 8 supports the new Qualcomm AI engine, achieving a breakthrough AI performance upgrade, and the number of semantic layers that can be recognized when shooting has increased to 12. It also supports better HDR shooting, which can bring clear and beautiful films under any lighting conditions, and greatly enhance the texture and details of photos. The continuous improvement of mobile phone imaging capability allows more people to pick up their mobile phones anytime and anywhere to record, share China's magnificent mountains and rivers and beautiful creatures, and capture the rapid changes in this symbiotic land.

Photo unit of China Wildlife Image Annual Competition - Mobile Phone Group Snapdragon Special Award winning works

The Geometry of Nature by Zhang Lihua

Video Unit of China Wildlife Image Annual Competition - Mobile Phone Group Snapdragon Special Award Winning Works

I Dig a Small Pond at My Home

At the award ceremony of the just held China Wildlife Imaging Annual Competition, the international jury strictly selected 23 award-winning works from 23188 global submissions. The special awards of the mobile phone group Snapdragon were Natural Geometry (photography unit) and I Digged a Small Pond at Home (video unit), Bring shocking natural image power.