In the lead up to the release of the limited edition Xperia feat. Hatsune Miku smartphone in September, the Hatsune Miku AR Stage is being held at the ‘Metro Hat’ in Roppongi Hills from the 16th until the 21st of July.
This virtual live performance uses the SmartAR Integrated Augmented Reality technology developed by Sony, and the performance can be seen using the Playstation Vita and devices running Android 4.x.
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To celebrate the release of the Hatsune Miku collaborated Xperia smartphone “Xperia feat. HATSUNE MIKU SO-04E” from NTT docomo, for a limited time, Metro Hat (one of the buildings at Roppongi Hills in Tokyo), has been transformed into the Hatsune Miku outdoor concert venue.
“HATSUNE MIKU AR STAGE” takes place only from July 16 to July 21, from 19:30 to 23:00 every day for 5 days.
We were invited to a press event on launch day but there were already a lot of fans of hers who came to be part of her concert. Many of them just looked like regular salarymen, but they took off their business shirts to reveal their Hatsune Miku fan T-shirts! I was able to see that she has attracted so many fans!
According to NTT docomo staff, “HATSUNE MIKU AR STAGE” is the biggest outdoor AR event in Japan. Hold an Android device over the exterior wall of Metro Hat, and then the wall opens, Hatsune Miku appears from the inside and starts dancing and singing to the special song “Packaged”. The first 1,500 people joining the event are able to download the song.
Before watching the event, make sure you have the dedicated AR application installed on your Android device and run it. If you don’t have an Android device, you can borrow one at the venue.
This marketing analysis tool, under development by Fujitsu, uses technology to sense people’s movement. By analyzing how customers behave in response to merchandise, entirely new kinds of marketing information will be obtainable.
“This exhibit is designed with retail stores in mind. The system determines how people choose products, whether they were interested in a product already, and what products they compare, using Kinect and a camera.”
With regular POS systems, the only information obtained is how much merchandise has been sold. But by using this system, it’s possible to find out how customers acted while contemplating the purchase of a product. This system could help with marketing by showing how customers behaved when they were thinking about buying a product, but didn’t complete the purchase.
“For example, we think this system will make it possible to analyze how a person considered two products, found it hard to decide between them, and finally chose one of them. It’ll enable analysis to go deeper, regarding whether a person who had difficulty deciding was a man or woman, and how old they were.”
“Rather than using this system by itself, we think it could be used in conjunction with RFID tags and other sensors. Also, rather than using Kinect to detect people coming and going, it could be combined with more specialized sensors. In fact, all this system does is collect data, so when it comes to analysis, it could be cross referenced with point of sale data and big data, or the system could be used to correlate information regarding the effectiveness of introducing customer loyalty points programs. So, we hope this system will be utilized in combination with Fujitsu’s all-round solutions.”
Event: Fujitsu Forum 2013
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Fujitsu started its 2-day “Fujitsu Forum 2013″ today with President Masami Yamamoto giving a presentation to a capacity crowd of 1,500 guests with reservations.
Under the title of “Co-creating the Future with Customers”, he gave a vision statement for the company and how it is working together with customers and stakeholders to plan the future of the company.
The topics he covered as part of this vision statement were: – Changing societal trends – How the company can help businesses address challenges – Fujitsu’s initiatives for reshaping business – Fujitsu’s intiatives for reshaping society – A prosperous society brought about by our company
There are a total of 82 seminars provided by Fujitsu’s executive officers and guest speakers over 2 days.
After the presentation, we wandered around the hall seeing examples of Fujitsu’s technology in action. I will highlight a couple interesting examples that we saw in a some follow-up posts.
An art exhibition called “Snoopy Japanesque” is now being held until May 6 in the Matsuya Ginza department store in Tokyo. It was planned by Japanese painter, Yoshiteru Otani, who used to be called a genius by “Peanuts” creator, Charles Schulz, and was a good friend of his.
More than 40 Japanese craftsmen joined this project, creating collaborative works of Peanuts characters made from lacquerware, dyed clothing, pottery, faceted glass, pearls, etc.
In the venue, you can buy original goods that you cannot buy anywhere else. Those goods are very “Japanesy” and uniquely designed.
This weekend (April 28 and 29th), popular Japanese video sharing website Niko Niko Douga will put on an event called “Niko Niko Cho Kaigi 2″ in Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.
The concept of this event is “Replicate the world of Niko Niko Douga on the ground”.
Various categories dealt with by Niko Niko Douga such as entertainment, politics, cooking, games, etc. will be exhibited in this huge venue. Tickets at the door are 2,000 yen.
April 27: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM April 28: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
SiliconSign had a very impressive display of its 1.9mm Super Fine Pitch LED Panel “SiOrchic” at the Display 2013 (9th International FPD Expo) section of the 23rd FINETECH JAPAN at Tokyo Big Sight yesterday.
The super fine LED panels can be stacked together vertically and horizontally with visual graphics data coordinated between the panels to provide super massive video displays at very high resolution.
The panels that we saw at FINETECH JAPAN were 165 inch Full HD (1,920 x 1,080) with 1.9mm dot pitch, 207,008 dots per square meter, with a refresh rate of 1920Hz.
Our video does not do it justice, but the visual experience was clear, natural and spectacular.
Transparent LCD is a very interesting and effective way to mix LCD graphics and physical objects.
We saw a very interesting display of this technology by JNM Display Co., Ltd. at the Display 2013 (9th International FPD Expo) section of the 23rd FINETECH JAPAN at Tokyo Big Sight yesterday.
Transparent LCD operates by using ambient light without internal backlight. It enables you to look through the display glass on an exhibit to view content on the LCD and the product behind it.
As the LCD uses ambient light, the power consumption of the device itself is less than 90% compared with conventional LCDs of the same size.
This technology is very effective for signage and advertising for products in places with high physical traffic like shopping malls, airports, casinos, gaming areas, etc.
JNM Display Co., Ltd. is a company from Seoul, South Korea.
Akihabaranews visited the 23rd FINETECH JAPAN at Tokyo Big Sight yesterday and saw some really interesting technology.
We saw an amazing example of the technology being developed and built for protection against earthquake damage.
THK is a leading company in the development of this technology in Japan. Their technology is used under new buildings built in Japan and other seismically active areas. Based on the company’s ball bearing and high precision movement technology, building positioning literally compensates for various lateral and vertical movement of the ground, dramatically dampening the perceived movement and shaking caused by earthquakes and reducing potential damage.
THK has expanded this technology for use with important components like delicate machinery, robots, server racks, computer systems, etc. It is also being used in museums to protect priceless artwork and by wine collectors whose wine bottles are very vulnerable during large earthquakes.
The video below shows a server rack mounted on THK’s Seismic Isolation Table – Model TSD. The plate under which the table is sitting is moving to simulate the magnitude of the Great Tohoku earthquake of March 11, 2011, in the area of the greatest shaking. The Isolation Table is absorbing virtually all of the movement below.
This is a system for preventing password theft, by mixing several dummy cursors in with the real cursor. The software keyboards used in online banking are effective against key loggers, but by taking screen captures or looking over your shoulder, people would be able to work out your password. With this system, only the user knows which cursor is the real one, so there’s no concern about people stealing passwords just by being able to see the screen. “At first sight, it looks as if …
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