Instant camera with wide-angle lens

Camera applications like Instagram are popular, but nostalgic real photos are also popular among young Japanese people. They take it into everyday communication. Toy company Takara Tomy will release a new instant toy camera Pixtoss on February 27.

This uses Fujifilm Instax mini film, but unlike the conventional Instax series, it has a wide-angle lens in advance. So it's not only for selfie, but also for shooting with multiple people. The mechanism is a bit retro, you have a viewfinder at the edge of the body, press the shutter lever next to the lens, and turn the handle to get the film out. You can also apply this mechanism to superimpose images multiple times on a single film and take multiple exposures. In addition, you can take photos with different colors by attaching three optional color filters to the lens.

If you are worried about overexposure, use the attached lens cap to prevent overexposure even in clear weather. The size is 145 x 100 x 67mm, the weighs about 275g, and is powered by two AAA alkaline batteries. They will release the white version on February 27 for 6,578 yen (tax included), and the pink and blue versions in March.

Speakers with remote control that won't lose

Do you frequently lose your TV remote and look for it? With this, that no longer happens. Sony released the SRS-LSR200, a wireless remote control-integrated wireless speaker that can play back TV sound at hand, on February 22 for 22,000 yen (including tax).

This is intended for use by people who are deaf such as the elderly and those who watch the TV while cooking in the kitchen. Because this with remote control, of course you can control the TV, such as adjusting the volume and changing channels.

They released the previous model SRS-LSR100 in September 2015, and this is the model change in four and a half years. The main update is that, apart from the left and right stereo speakers, a voice speaker that outputs only the human voice frequency band is located in the center. This allows you to hear clearer voices from the speakers. This is connected to the TV with an optical digital or analog audio cable. The TV and the transmitter / charger are connected with a cable, and the transmitter and the speaker use 2.4GHz band radio. The diversity antenna is used for the receiving antenna, which makes it harder to cut off than the previous model. The speaker has a built-in battery and can be used for up to about 13 hours. In addition, the speaker also has a USB-C charging terminal, so if you connect the power, you can use it without returning to the charging stand.

Let's eat AR parfait at AR cafe in Shibuya!

On November 22, 2019, Shibuya PARCO, one of the major shopping malls in Shibuya, was reopened. It has a variety of interesting shops, and Tyffonium Cafe is one of the interesting tenants among them.

Tyffonium Cafe is an AR cafe run by Tyffon, a Japanese XR entertainment company. They run VR theme park Tyffonium in Odaiba and Shibuya in Tokyo, and Tyffonium Cafe is a new business that promotes them. The concept is the "Twilight Circus", and they sells parfaits with AR contents.

There are five types of AR parfait(They call them "magical parfaits"), and you can enjoy different AR content in each of them.

You can enjoy the AR content before the parfait comes. The point is the coaster. This is actually an AR marker.

Tablets are placed in each seat, and when you watch at the coaster with its camera, the content is displayed on it. Probably this is a Web AR. An outdoor theater has appeared on the coaster!

Of course you can take screenshots and send them to your smartphone.

One of AR parfait.

If you put AR parfait on the coaster, you can enjoy different AR contents. The camera would have recognized that the glass had been placed on the coaster.

This AR content was a little horror. This is the motif of the VR attractions that they are running at Tyffonium, and it also serves as a PR. And it was designed to be a frame for decorating AR parfait. They may also be targeting social media such as Instagram.

Then, I came up with something.

This is my Nameko stuffed toy.

This can be used as a decoration for shooting photos of stuffed toys and figures! :)

If you want to share AR parfait and content gimmicks with family and friends, the AR chocolate boxes they sell are perfect. AR markers are drawn on the chocolate block, and watching these with a smartphone or tablet camera, cute AR content appears.

Don't worry if you can't speak Japanese. The cafe also supports English.

Your smartphone, wallet and charger will come together

The smartphone, wallet and mobile chargers are a necessity to go out, but they are also easy to lose. Therefore, Hirase International Trading is implementing a smart wallet "Superby" project that combines them all at the crowd funding service Makuake.

This is a rectangular wallet with a mobile battery. The mobile battery has a capacity of 5000mAh, supports wireless charging, and has built-in Lightning cable and Micro USB cable. Its output is 2A, and the Type-C terminal is stored in another pocket. It can also charge up to three smartphones simultaneously using wireless and two cables. Because this is a wallet, of course you can store money and credit cards in it, and it also has space for a smartphone.

The size is 98 x 178 x 19mm and weigh is 208g. The color variation is only black and the material is faux leather. The general sale price is 11,800 yen, but you can buy this in Makuake until February 27 by 33% off 7910 yen, 30% off 8260 yen, or 27% off 8620 yen (tax and shipping included).

Let's cook the main dish and side dishes at the same time!

The combination of white rice and miso soup is a standard Japanese food, and curry and rice is also a very popular menu in Japan. However, it is troublesome to cook other dishes while cooking white rice. Then, a mail-order service Shop Japan has released an automatic cooking pot Twin Chef that can cook white rice and side dishes at the same time on the left and right pots.

It has a unique design that allows different cooking on the left and right pots, so you can cook miso soup or curry while cooking white rice. It also has steaming plates, which you can use to cook and steam at the same time, up to four different types of cooking at the same time. This is the capacity to cook curry rice for 6 people, but the size is 410mm x 210mm x 300mm, so it does not require much space in your kitchen.

If you are not good at cooking, this has 10 quick menus. You simply choose your favorite menu from cooked white rice, cooked brown rice, cooked rice with fish and vegetables mixed in advance, rice porridge, rice porridge and vegetables, soup, stewed dishes, steamed dishes, cakes and yogurt, put the food material and press the button. Then, it automatically adjusts the optimal heat and time according to each cooking method and cooks.

Of course, if you want to fine-tune the temperature and time, they are also possible. It has a manual cooking function that allows you to set the cooking temperature and time, which can be set 35 ° C to 130 ° C and 1 minute to 12 hours. If you want to use the time even more efficiently, the timer function will be useful. It can be set in 5 minute increments up to 12 hours later, and has a warming function and a re-warming function. The pots are coated with fluorine so they don't burn. The price is 27,280 yen (including tax) and has a ladle, rice scoop, and a lightweight cup as accessories.