Atami & virtual love game "LOVE PLUS+" tie-up event was great successes.

Japanese famous sightseeing spot "Atami" and virtual love game "LOVE PLUS+" held a tie-up event at July 10 - Aug 31.

ラブプラス＋ | 熱海 ラブプラス現象 キャンペーン via kwout

LOVE PLUS+ is a Nintendo DS game that enjoying love with the virtual girlfriend. There are three virtual girlfriends and the player chooses the girlfriend of the favorite type and associates.






In addition, the iPhone apps ver. released for 600yen, too.


ラブプラスiM（愛花）
http://www.konami.jp/products/touch_loveplus_im/index.html

ラブプラスiR（凜子）
http://www.konami.jp/products/touch_loveplus_ir/index.html

ラブプラスiN（寧々）
http://www.konami.jp/products/touch_loveplus_in/index.html


Atami set up the AR markers which could take a ceremonial photos with a girlfriend in 29 places of the city. In addition, they held a stamp rally event and sold commemorative goods.

This Atami's trial became the topic very much, and more than 3,000 LOVE PLUS+ player visited Atami "with a girlfriend". They did even that they stayed at the twin room of the hotel with a girlfriend.

Atami was the sightseeing spot which was famous in a hot spring for several hundred years. But, by the present age, Atami is deserted because Japanese traveling abroad.

This trial brought vigor and a sightseeing income in Atami and The Wall Street Journal carried an article, too.

The otaku are easy to be misunderstood. Actually, Nippon Television of the TV station mediamorphosis and looked down on them.

But, game news site "Kotaku Japan" and the player's blog report the actual situation of the event.

Atami people said... (via Kotaku)

It was fun because a lot of young boys came. The number of grandchildren seemed to have increased.


We were surprised to be better-mannered than the common tourist! 


The whole Atami city was excited.


Sales of shops increased.

In addition, Atami people say like this.

Even if an event is over, please don't forget Atami. 

However, their worry seems to be imaginary fears. Because LOVE PLUS+ players plan an event voluntarily in autumn of Atami.


Atami could get a sightseeing income, and LOVE PLUS+ players made a memory with a girlfriend and knew charm of Atami.


I think this event to be a wonderful example of the win-win business model.

Panasonic uses AR

Panasonic uses AR for the promotion of the new product.

From August 24 to 26th, they distributed a free promotion T-shirts of TV "3D VIERA" in Shibuya, Tokyo.

A big AR marker was printed on the center of the T-shirt.

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Because the fellow worker of the office got this, I tried it. iPhone application "Panasonic 3D VIERA AR Greeting App" is necessary to play this.

3D VIERA appeared! 

Movie! 

 Cow!

Elephant!

Graphic and the sound are very clear. And motion is very smooth, too.

More detailed video is here.



Panasonic 3D VIERA AR Greeting
http://panasonic.jp/viera/iphoneapp/announcement/

Another AR RPG

I introduced AR RPG "Sekai Hero" of Sekai camera before. But, there is another AR RPG called "AR Monster".

AR Monster is an AR RPG for iPhone which Hudson Soft developed.

http://itunes.apple.com/app/ar-monster/id362702814?mt=8

How to play these games is about the same as Sekai Hero. But There is not one's avatar for this game. Items, Monsters more than 600 kinds &tresure boxes appear in the various places of the reality world.

As might be expected of a Hudson, Design, UI and BGM are refined than Sekai Hero in a high quality.

Anime×TSUTAYA×Sekai Camera

I listened to interesting words at conference event "AR Commons Summer Bash 2010" held on July 28. Ust log


I love Anime so much! So, I want to go to the Anime world. ＝ VR & VW


But, I can't go to Anime world in reality. 
               So, I hope that they come to the reality world. ＝ AR


AR apps Sekai camera realizes it.

This is collaboration of rental shop "TSUTAYA", anime "Eden of the east(東のエデン)" and Sekai camera.

When we use Sekai camera in the TSUTAYA neighborhood, a character of Eden of the east appears in real scenery. Because he is a 3D object, we can watch him from all angles.

Mobile AR appears in the story of "Eden of the east". So, this works performed the campaign that used a lot of AR for till now.


Character goods + Twitter + AR



Flyer + AR


Theater screen + Twitter + AR



If you go to Tsutaya of Shinjuku, Shibuya, Nakameguro and Roppongi, please use Sekai camera in the neighborhood. "He" comes from the Anime world to the reality world.


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Facebook Japanese mobile ver.

Facebook is not popular in Japan. It's only the IT people & the Goth people to use Facebook in my friend. But, most of my friends are said "I can't understand Facebook well".

UI of Facebook is different from Japanese SNS greatly. And many Japanese read a Web site with a mobile. The service that doesn't prepare for a site for mobile can't live in Japan.

So, Facebook released the optimized for Japanese mobile version. Such a screen appears when we access Facebook from Japan.

It's written in this way..."Site layout does not good yet, but the basic function is available. Because you don't overlook the news feed of the friend, it's convenient. Please recognize a QR cord with a mobile and try it."

So I tried this.

When I photograph of QR cord with the mobile camera…

I can access Facebook automatically.

But, Japanese mobile screen is very small!

I like accesses Facebook in iPhone than the Japanese mobile.

By the way, MySpace went into Japan earlier than Facebook and implemented a QR cord.

However, they aren't popular like Facebook at all. (´・ω・`)