4.02.2012

Louis Vuitton becomes the AR contents by a Japanese creator AR3Bros.

AR3Bros. is a Japanese creator developing various innovative works using Augmented Reality.
They are not true brothers

They did collaboration with the various companies, brand and artists until now.These are parts of their works.


AR3Bros episode-i | twitter & AR from ar3bros on Vimeo.


Eden of the east vol.1 from ar3bros on Vimeo.


Galaxy Express 999 + NHK + TV Bros. + AR3Bros vol.1 from ar3bros on Vimeo.


AR-FASHION SHOW_COMPLETE from ar3bros on Vimeo.


TVBros. × AR3Bros. -Augumented Reality for TV Guide(TV Listings)- from ar3bros on Vimeo.

They augmented Louis Vuitton with fashion magazine "MEN'S Precious".


When we put iPhone which installed AR application on the page of the magazine, we can open the fastener of Louis Vuitton's bag and display the product in the bag. The products in the bag are chosen automatically by a program and are displayed. As for them, a suitable thing is chosen based on the time, the place, and climate where we opened the fastener of the bag.

Magazine and the AR application are released on April 6.

By the way, this is a collaboration serialization plan of famous brand and AR. AR3Bros augments various brands from now on by AR for one year.

3.31.2012

Japanese idol group "Perfume" shows motion capture data

Perfume is a Japanese popular technopop idol group. They go from this year into the global market.



They showed the motion capture data of the dance of their own today.


http://perfume-dev.github.com/

This is a part of their global market advance project. All the creators can make works using these data. Of course it is free!
24 hours do not yet pass since data are shown, but some works have been already uploaded in youtube.



3.29.2012

SoftBank CEO began Facebook


Japanese cell-phone carrier SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son began Facebook today.
https://www.facebook.com/masayosison
Only several hours pass, but he collects Like! more than 16000.(He is Twitter user most popular in Japan)

By the way, Mark Zuckerberg appeared in sudden Japan today. Are these related?

3.28.2012

[Photo Report] Angry Birds Space release event in Tokyo




It was Angry Birds Space Day on March 22. Release event was held in NTT DoCoMo smartphone lounge of Yurakucho, Tokyo in Japan. Why at NTT DoCoMo smartphone lounge? Probably NTT DoCoMo is Samsung galaxy distributor in Japan is because is it.


When said honestly, there was smaller than event space of conventional Rovio Japan. However, many reporters gathered(There were crew of Japanese national broadcasting NHK, too).



The point different from the event of other countries that there was the explanation about Japan's original tie-up. Rovio Japan ties up with Fuji TV and Taito now."Space invader area" is covered in Angry Birds Space. It was enabled by this business tie-up.



Rovio Entertainment Creative Director Lauri Konttori
Rovio Japan Antti Sonninen



Angry Birds is not so yet famous in Japan. However, Angry Birds Space got the first place at top sales ranking in Japanese App Store, and more popular than sex app. It is difficult in Japan! :)

See also: Japanese TV company Fuji TV and Rovio perform a business tie-up

3.20.2012

Why do Web industry people turn a potter's wheel?

Now, Japanese Web community is full of this topic.

"Why do Web industry people turn a potter's wheel? "


These are the examples...


via http://hamusoku.com/archives/6845462.html

What kind of reasons, Web industry people and entrepreneurs do the pose which makes a circle with both hands. This becomes the topic in Twitter, 2channel and NAVER, etc., and people who had interview in the past began to check their own photos.

Nationality and the race do not act on a pose to turn a potter's wheel.

He is making the big works.

He already finished a works.

His works is small.

Steve Jobs reinvented ceramic works. 

via

By the way, not only Steve Jobs but also Tim Cook is the superior ceramist.