2.12.2010

Awesome 72 years old gamer

Shiro Suzuki is the Japanese famous announcer who became 72 years old on February 10. He is known as a superior announcer, but he has another face.

It's a face called "the expert of the biohazard"



He got Nintendo Entertainment System at the year-end party of the TV program before. Then he has completely got absorbed in a game.

Please watch these awesome videos.








By the way, he plays WWII(Real) before becoming an announcer.

2.09.2010

Cool & eco! AR Cosmetics



Shiseido of the Japanese largest cosmetics brand utilizes AR.

You can test a pattern of the various kinds make-up in AR. It's a very splendid the service, because cosmetics not wasted. However, the beauty staff may lose work in the future.

You can experience this in Shinjuku Takashimaya.

2.05.2010

When you collect 16 iPhone application of Doraemon…

Why is a Japanese robot development maniac? Because we want to see this robot in real world early.



Doraemon

The Japanese robot developer was able to make the robot of this level now.



However, it's not yet perfect.
We play iPhone with Doraemon till perfect Doraemon is completed.

Yahoo! Japan made 16 iPhone application for the promotion of new Doraemon movie.

http://doraemon.yahoo.co.jp/

When you download all application and can line up, a face of Doraemon appears. Super cute!!!























The kind of the application has several kinds electronic comics as well as an electronic calculator, a timer, a clock, "rock, paper, scissors", a battery check..

 

 

















































































All the application is free of charge. But may not use it in the country except Japan...

Japanese 3D Avatar

 I write a Japanese 3D avatar service list. () show the taste of the avatar design.

Synthe (Cute)
http://www.synthe-web.jp/

Party Castle (Cute)
http://www.partycastle.net/

SITECUBE (Cute)
http://www.sitecube.jp/

MILU (Cute)
http://www.milu.jp/c/landing.php

ai sp@ce (Cute)
http://ai-sp.jp/

POKIPOKI (Cute)
http://pp.hanbitstation.jp/main.aspx

Square enix members 3D Avatar *SNS (Cute)
http://member.square-enix.com/jp/

meet-me (Cute)
http://www.meet-me.jp/

ntomo (Cute)
http://www.ntomo.jp/

VIZIMO (Cute)
http://vizimo.jp/

Splume (Cute & Rial)
http://splume.jp/

Any *SNS (Cute)
http://pc.myany.jp/

Home Japanese ver. (Rial)
https://playstationhome.jp/

Lamity *for mobile (Cute)
http://www.eitarosoft.co.jp/jp/index.htm


You would notice it. The Japanese 3D avatar is only a pretty design.

When Second Life became the topic; many Japanese complained "Second Life avatar is not cute!". It's the big factor that Second Life is not popular in Japan that an avatar is a real design.

1.21.2010

3Di, Inc. LAUNCHES FREE "3Di IMMERSIVE SEMINAR " PUBLIC BETA SERVICE



3Di, Inc. LAUNCHES FREE "3Di IMMERSIVE SEMINAR " PUBLIC BETA SERVICE
3Di, Inc. Opens Online Seminar Service Using Avatars And 3D Virtual Worlds Free For Beta Testers

3Di, Inc., which offers 3D Internet solutions (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and CEO: Satoshi Koike), announces the public beta release of "3Di Immersive Seminar" (hereinafter referred to as the Service), a next-generation online seminar service utilizing avatars and 3D virtual worlds. 3Di, Inc. is seeking early participants to gather feedback in order to further increase the quality of its Service.
About 3Di Immersive Seminar

* Presence:high degree of realism and a feeling of presence through avatars
* Universal:participation is possible from all over the globe with a regular PC and Internet connection; no special equipment is necessary
* Immersive:compared to traditional seminars, immersive communication features make it easy to host interactive events and reach an audience more effectively
* Environment-friendly:no travel means no unnecessary CO2 emission and no unnecessary travel costs
* Safe: effective as a pandemic measure against new influenza A epidemics

The following companies have already signed up for the Public Beta Program:

Jobweb, Inc. , Shanon, Inc. , TEPCOSYSTEMS CORPORATION

The Service utilizes the 3D virtual world server 3Di OpenSim(*1) and the virtual world viewer 3Di OpenViewer(*2) to display the 3D virtual world using a regular web-browser. For interactive communication within the virtual space, VoIP (IP Telephony) technology is used that was developed in cooperation with Softfront, with which 3Di, Inc. announced a business partnership last July.

3Di, Inc. intends to use the feedback from Public Beta participant seminar organizers and seminar participants to further improve the quality and feature-set of the Service. 3Di, Inc. will announce the official release of “3Di Immersive Seminar” after the public beta period ends.

[Related websites]

3Di Immersive Seminar(Japanese only) http://seminar.3di.biz

[Glossary]
(*1) 3Di OpenSim:
The name of the server software developed and offered by 3Di for the construction of original 3D virtual worlds. It is the world’s first server software specifically designed for enterprises and based on OpenSim, which is an open source 3D Internet technology.
(*2) 3Di OpenViewer
The name of 3Di’s original viewer embedded into HTML web pages to view and interact with 3D virtual worlds in web browsers.

■Company Information
Company Name: 3Di, Inc.
Representative Director and CEO: Satoshi Koike
Major Shareholders: ngi group, inc. (60%), NTT Investment Partners Fund, L.P. (40%)
Paid in Capital: 444,497,500 JPY
Address: Fuji Building 37 4F, 1-18-3 Dougenzaka, Shibuya-ku,Tokyo 150-0043, Japan
Website : http://3di.jp/en/