Tsukuba University's Second Life Machinima

It's cool works!



Japan's Tsukuba University Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Laboratory shoots a PV with 3D virtual world Second Life.
Akira Yamamoto shoot a this works(He is a movie director at real life).

Akira Yamamoto's website
http://playgroundofsecretbase.blogspot.com/

This PV is used for student invitation and a demonstration of Laboratory.

Japanese virtual world anime film aims at Oscar

Are you interested in the virtual world and Japanese anime film? Then, let's check the "Summer Wars". "Summer wars" is a Japanese anime film shown in 2009 summer. As for it, the screening begins in U.S.A. on December 24.





Story...

Kenji is a teenage math prodigy recruited by his secret crush Natsuki for the ultimate summer job – passing himself off as Natsuki’s boyfriend for four days during her grandmother’s 90th birthday celebration. But when Kenji solves a 2,056 digit math riddle sent to his cell phone, he unwittingly breaches the security barricade protecting Oz, a globe-spanning virtual world where millions of people and governments interact through their avatars, handling everything from online shopping and traffic control to national defense and nuclear launch codes. Now a malicious AI program called the Love Machine is hijacking Oz accounts, growing exponentially more powerful and sowing chaos and destruction in its wake...

via GKIDS,tv

See Also:
Summer Wars official North American website

Summer Wars Japanese offisial website

Various elements are included in this movie. 3D Virtual World(like a Second life), Japanese mobile internet, Avatar communication, Nintendo DS, Artificial intelligence, spoofing, Cyber-bullying, scenery of the Japanese country and big family.

This movie mobilized spectators more than one million in Japan and it won in a lot of Awards. In addition, Summer Wars is nominated for this year 's Best Animated Feature Oscar.

If you has iPhone or Android mobile, check this game apps.

http://swkoikoi.indexweb.co.jp/s-wars.ap/ [J]

You can experience the Hanafuda game of "Koi Koi" that appears in the movie.

What's hanafuda? via Wikipedia

サマーウォーズ スタンダード・エディション [Blu-ray]

Big news for Second Life users in Japan!

It's big news! Second Life documentary film "LIFE 2.0" is introduced by Japanese TV program "松嶋x町山の未公開映画を観るTV(Matsushima & Machiyama's TV which watches unscreened movies in japan)" on December 3rd & 10th 23:30~!


This TV program introduces excellent movies which is not screened in Japan. Perhaps, this is the first time this movie is introduced by the television program of the ground wave.

There are a lot of people who still say "Second Life is suck!" in Japan. I wish this program to change the such recognition.

Coba-U in Second Life

Tonight, Japanese singer Coba-U broadcast the Ustream program while logging in Second Life.

See Also:
シンガーCoba-U（コバユー）さんのUstream番組「オトナコドモラボ」にてSecond Life特集
レゲエ・ドール「Coba-U」がセカンドライフに挑戦


Coba-U administers the Ustream program which is specialized in her on every Wednesday. And she seems to have known Second Life recently. Then, she introduced the Inworld of Second Life by the program today.


Coba-U area in Second Life.








It's public viewing! :)




Let's play all!






Coba-U's Second Life avatar


There were some users who saw Ustream and logged in Second Life.

[Personal information] I newly write the articles on two English sites

I write the articles in two English sites now.

ASIAJIN

Asiajin via kwout

ASIAJIN is group-edited tech blog about web industry news from Japan and Asia. I write a report articles mainly.


metaverse.jp

JVW - METAVERSE - Blog for Second Life via kwout

metaverse.jp is English site to introduce information of Japanese virtual world users into. I'm writing the articles of japanese virtual world event.

The articles on these sites might overlap occasionally.But, hereafter, please check these sites with here.


And, I'm writing most articles on news blog "THE SECOND TIMES [J]" of the virtual world, social game, AR and virtual economics. Please check it, too!

Japanese new Second Life news site "URIKO.in"

URIKO.in via kwout

"3D virtual world doesn't become popular in Japan. " "The Japanese uses only the mobile service", overseas people said in this way much more for some time.　In addition, Japanese Medea reports that "Second Life is not good and no use" （still）. Are not there the Second Life users in Japan? No! There are heavy users of Second Life also in Japan.

"URIKO.in" is new media that send Second Life user's activity information. Especially, information on the art are abundant. The site is written only in Japanese, but there are a lot of beautiful screen shots.

Please check "URIKO.in" if you are interested in the Japanese Second Life news site.

SENGOKU BASARA's virtual goods in Second Life

Digital Hollywood university Second Life Institute in Japan are executing the project that sells virtual goods of Capcom's video game "SENGOKU BASARA"  in Second Life.

 What SENGOKU BASARA? (via Wiki)

In this project, virtual goods creators of Second Life gets license consent of Capcom and produces official virtual goods of SENGOKU BASARA.SENGOKUBASARA is a very popular game series that represents Capcom."SENGOKU BASARA 3" of the latest soft recorded a series highest sales.

So, this project is very exceptional!


Yukimura Sanada ful set 600LD


Itsuki ful set 600LD


Sasuke Sarutobi & Kasuga


Kasuga, Oichi & Nou-Hime


Masamune Date & Yukimura Sanada


Various hair


Wake up! Masamune!


But unfortunately this project is not publicized in Web enough. Moreover, shopping mall doesn't hit search in Second Life. In addition, the explanation is insufficient, too!

What a waste of things!

Please go directly from this SLURL there if you are interested in this project.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Klimban/45/27/27

Nagasaki Archive---Please tweet a message of the peace to Nagasaki with hashtag #nagasaki0809

Today is the day of Atomic bombing in Hiroshima. Hiroshima people are suffered many decades. We wish Japan will be the only and last victim of Atomic bomb for good.

By the way, Do you know that two Atomic bombs were dropped on Japan? Hidenori Watanave Laboratory at Tokyo Metropolitan University released cool Google Earth contents about Atomic bomb throwing down of the second. The name is “Nagasaki Archive”.

 http://nagasaki.mapping.jp/

Nagasaki Archive is the web content to tell the world the reality of the Atomic bomb on interactive archive of the Google Earth.

Via their site......

This project enables to access all of those resources from all over the world, which was formerly unable to do so. Moreover, by mapping the information with topographic data, the user can enhance the experience of what it was like when the A-bomb struck Nagasaki, in detail. "Nagasaki Archive" is an attempt to reorganize all of those information on a digital virtual globe (google earth). In order to make Nagasaki the last place on earth where the A-bomb struck, we hope that many people to interact with and learn from "Nagasaki Archive".

You can see photos from the same angle they were taken 65 years ago, and also you click the portrait of survivors to read their experiences and wishes assosiated with the actual location they were exposed to A - bomb.

These contents became the topic in Twitter immediately since they released it. And even not only Japan but also overseas Medeas were reported, and it was carried in Google Earth' official blog at last!

The point that I think to be splendid in these contents, can experience the viewpoint of the Nagasaki citizen from the viewpoint of a pilot dropping an Atomic bomb.
Ang, the space that exhibits contents of the Nagasaki atomic bomb and peace on Second Life is constructed.

SecondLife space
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/tmu/120/181/130

via
8/9、セカンドライフにて長崎原爆の実相を伝える「Nagasaki Archive」のオープニングオンラインイベント開催(THE SECOND TIMES)
http://www.secondtimes.net/metaverse/event/20100802_nagasakiarchive.html


Please tweet a message of the peace to Nagasaki with hashtag #nagasaki0809. Then your tweet appears in this Nagasaki Archive.

Second Life Books published in Japan (Almost RUBBISH!)

The office will move the day after tomorrow. So I pack now. (Dazed and confused!)
A lot of Second Life books came out when I put bookshelves in order.



All these are Second Life books published in Japan in 2008 ~ 2007. But, there are few books which we should read. Almost RUBBISH!

I read all the books about the virtual world published in Japan till now. But, the book which we should read has only 3 books.

セカンドライフを読む。


This book is a Japanese edition of this book.

Second Lives: A Journey Through Virtual Worlds





セカンドライフ 仮想コミュニティがビジネスを創りかえる


This book is a Japanese edition of this book.

The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World




人はなぜ形のないものを買うのか

"Why does the person buy a thing without the form?"
It's the virtual economic book which Dr.Miho Nojima of the Seikei University department of economics wrote.

In other words 2 of 3 books are foreign books. The book which we should read in the book which a Japanese wrote is only a Dr,Nojima's book.

Why Japan haven't a research institute to analyze about virtual world, virtual goods, virtual currency, social game and MMO? There is none of the researchers who analyze mainly it about virtual world, virtual goods, virtual currency, social game and MMO likewise.

In the time when Second Life was in a topic in Japan(about spring, 2007), many Japanese considered Second Life to be only a "new money-making tool". And the people criticized Second Life later.

I still think. There are not the researchers who can analyze virtual business in Japan. Because, they don't log in to service properly(And read only data and the  another person's article). And Japanese people are weak at a "title". When it's the book which a "professor", "researcher", "president of the company" and "major publishing company" wrote, they appreciate it.

Nobody watches the truth.　

But only the book of Dr.Nojima is recommended. She really logged in by various service and used them properly. Please read this book, if you can understand Japanese. It's a book written about the virtual economy only in Japan.