Research on the innovation framework of cultural tourism education integrating molecular biomechanics and digital technology—A two-way path based on immersive experience and talent training

The global cultural tourism industry is undergoing a paradigm shift towards a digital-physical hybrid space. Existing technologies have systematic defects in multimodal perception restoration and interdisciplinary talent training. This study proposes an innovative framework of “Biomechanics-Driven Design (BDD)”, which aims to optimize the immersive experience and reconstruct the cultural tourism education system through the deep integration of molecular biomechanics and digital technology. In theory, a tactile feedback dynamic model is constructed based on the Hertz contact theory, and the equivalent elastic modulus (E*) and surface roughness (Ra) parameters of cultural relics are quantified. The multimodal intelligent modeling of tourist movement behavior is realized by combining OpenSim dynamic simulation. The “Cultural Folding Algorithm (CFA)” is proposed in the technical architecture. Through semantic similarity calculation and spatial topology adaptive reconstruction, a “culture-space” coupling model of the metaverse scene is established. Experimental verification shows that the tactile enhancement scheme increases the tactile perception accuracy of colored sculptures to 89.2% (p < 0.001) and the retention rate of cultural information memory is increased by 63.2% (p < 0.001). The interdisciplinary education model based on BDD significantly improves the ability of technology development (+34.8%, p < 0.001) and the depth of cultural interpretation (+39.8%, p < 0.001). The research breaks through the perception bottleneck of traditional VR/AR equipment, builds a curriculum matrix integrating biomechanics and digital technology, and shortens the development cycle of digital cultural tourism products. The research also provides a scientific methodology for the dynamic interactive protection of cultural heritage and the construction of the metaverse education ecosystem. At the same time, it provides scientific support for the digital protection of cultural heritage and the transformation of the cultural tourism education paradigm. Future research needs to deepen the self-optimization algorithm of biomechanical parameters and the distributed metaverse collaboration mechanism to promote the improvement of the theoretical chain of “mechanical laws-digital narrative-cognitive experience”.