AI Nature Experience Centre at Betla National Park, Jharkhand
Why in the news
A pioneering technology-driven centre is to come up at Betla in Jharkhand, letting visitors feel the jungle through digital recreation.
Key facts
- Purpose: realistic jungle life for tourism, education and research.
- Tools: AI assistants, 3D holographic animals, AR and sounds such as waterfalls and bird calls.
- Simulates herd movement, food-sharing and predator-prey behaviour.
- Boosts eco-tourism, conservation education and virtual research tools.
About Betla National Park
- Core area of Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR), total 1,129.93 sq km.
- Among the first nine reserves under Project Tiger (1973).
Exam angle
- Park: Betla; state: Jharkhand.
- National park notification: 1986.