He proposed to the museum a better solution based on photo-realistic images. Instead of using computer-generated images, the museum would use hundreds of photographic images of each work to achieve its goal. The first of the two-stage process of entering an artwork into the virtual reality system involves identifying a central point in the actual exhibition area.
然而計劃總召集人、台大資工所教授洪一平認為，這樣做出來的文物影像就像動畫《玩具總動員》一般，看起來就知道是假的，於是他告訴故宮：「我們有更好的方法，」那就是具有照相真實（Photo reality）的影像虛擬實境系統，也就是以數百張的真實照片來取代電腦繪圖。