Hangzhou Botanical Garden is offering visitors AI guide glasses at its 2026 Yangtze River Delta chrysanthemum show, which opened on 3 November 2026 and is scheduled to run until 30 November. The glasses debuted at this show, and visitors rent them for 29 yuan per rental of up to 3 hours, according to Rokid culture and tourism product manager Yao Ye.
How the guide works
The 49-gram glasses use GPS positioning to trigger commentary automatically at each point in the garden. When a visitor meets an unfamiliar plant, they can ask about it by voice and the AI photographs and identifies it, then gives an explanation. Rokid says it built a dedicated AI agent for the garden that combines attraction commentary, interactive Q&A, route planning and multilingual support, so foreign visitors can follow the commentary too.
Video from the wearer's point of view and voice input are uploaded in real time for cloud inference. China Telecom Zhejiang provides continuous 5G-A coverage across the garden for the glasses.
Visitor offer
- Smart plant commentary, landscape interpretation and route guidance
- Multilingual explanation and real-time Q&A
- Rental at 29 yuan per rental of up to 3 hours during the show
Rokid describes the product as the first AI guide for a botanical garden in China; that is the supplier's own claim. Yao Ye likens wearing the glasses to having a tech buddy you can talk to at any time.
