Design Festa! vol.31 photos

This is not an article of the virtual business. But will it be sometimes good? The staff of There(R.I.P) said that "nation of Japan itself is the virtual world" several years ago! :)


Design Festa! vol.31 was held in Tokyo Big Sight on May15&16.






Design Festa! is the biggest art event in Asia.　Anyway, it was a terrible crowd!


The silver ear cuff which I bought this time.




















































The thing most impressive this time, there were a lot of foreigner exibitors (There were many Koreans and Chinese in particular.). They were not able to speak Japanese, but still explained a work hard.　In addition, they made a Japanese caption, portfolio, business card and  fryer.

I was impressed by their vitality. And I reflected on whether oneself could act like them.

Most of Japanese creators can't speak English and aren't going to speak(to know that a foreigner comes for Design Festa!...). 　Of course a caption, business card and the fryer are only Japanese.


Japanese creators lacks a global viewpoint.

The popular mobile social game of Mobage Town goes to Facebook

This week, biggest mobile portal site in Japan "Mobage Town" went to iPhone/iPod touch. The overseas version of Mobage Town says "MiniNation" (But, TechCrunch's article criticizes MiniNation's strange English...)

Japanese Mobile Gaming Giant DeNA Goes Global With iPhone Social Network MiniNation via kwout

In addition, the popular social game "Kaito-royal(Bandit Nation)" of Mobage Town went to Facebook yesterday.It's the first thing that social game of Mobage Town is presented to Web.

http://apps.facebook.com/banditnation/

Bandit Nation's basic contents are about the same as a Mobage Town ver. But you can enjoy more beautiful graphic because a screen grew big. And cool BGM was added.























Bandit Nation is a collect treasure game. Player becomes a thief and ollect treasure in the world while handling various missions.

TechCrunch wrote that Bandit Nation's English is strange. But, there were a lot of players except Japanese. And I didn't understand which English were strange :D


Please check these articles:)
モバゲータウンが世界進出！ iPhone/iPod touchバージョンをリリース(THE SECOND TIMES)
http://www.secondtimes.net/news/world/20100510_minination.html
またまた世界進出！モバゲータウンで人気のソーシャルゲーム「怪盗ロワイヤル」をFacebookに提供(THE SECOND TIMES)
http://www.secondtimes.net/news/japan/20100512_dena.html

Virtual English Conversation Class

3Di, Inc.’s 3D Virtual World Technology Powers Language Learning Service Offered by NTT Learning Systems and ALC Press
"Virtual English Conversation Class" Service Opens, Enabling Avatar-Based Learning in 3D Virtual World

3Di, Inc. (head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: Satoshi Koike), which develops and offers 3D Internet solutions, announces the deployment of its 3Di OpenSim(*1) and 3Di OpenViewer(*2) 3D virtual world technologies as part of the “Virtual English Conversation Class," a new style of English conversation education that leverages the Internet and is being offered through ALC Press, Inc. (head office: Suginami-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: Terumaro Hiramoto) and NTT Learning Systems Corporation (head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Tetsuo Koga). The deployed 3Di OpenSim and 3Di OpenViewer provide, respectively, server technology for 3D virtual world construction and client technology for web-browser-based viewing and manipulation of virtual worlds. 

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【Practical applications of 3D virtual worlds and avatars in the Virtual English Conversation Class】

• Role playing using virtual scenes
Through the use of avatars - the on-screen personified characters that represent the participants - role playing lessons can take place in diverse scene settings and offer a sense of presence.
• Comfort of joining virtual lectures without concern for physical appearance or make-up
Since virtual class attendance is done through avatars, the participants need not concern themselves about their physical appearance or figure. It is possible to participate in a relaxed manner from the comfort of one’s own home.
• Ease of speaking in a no-stress group lesson
Use of an avatar reduces the sense of nervousness when speaking a foreign language, and fosters an environment that makes it easy to concentrate on language study.

【Virtual English Conversation Class】Web site　http://v-english.jp

[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.

President & 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.biz/en/

ONE PIECE unofficial fan site in Second life

Are you a Secondlife user & Japanese comic "ONE PIECE" fan? Then let's go to this SIM!

What "ONE PIECE"(via Wiki)





This SIM was built by the Japanese second life user of the ONE PIECE fan.In SIM, there are pirate ship "Going merry" and the doll of the chief character appearing in comic. The visitor can take a souvenir photo freely.











And, there are a cool pirate bar & club, ONE PIECE ver.typing game, cute  objects and boats.

There is only and the fan site of the normal Web site reads a text and watches fan art experience of "2D".　But, you have a richer "experience" if it's the 3D virtual world.  We get into the world of comics and can play.

Please visit this SIM if you are Otaku.



http://slurl.com/secondlife/ONE%20PIECE/86/176/23