OpenSource World 2009

From July 1 to 2, "OpenSource World 2009" was held in Tokyo international forum exhibition hall.

"OpenSource World" is an exhibition event of the biggest in Japan of Linux and the open source.

In the IBM JAPAN booth of this event, 3Di Co., Ltd. gave a lecture.

*3Di, Inc. , a Tokyo-based company providing 3D Internet solutions and services (representative director and CEO Satoshi Koike) ---related story

It's the video of the lecture. Please check it!

3Di Twitter Open!

3Di, Inc. , a Tokyo-based company providing 3D Internet solutions and services (My workplace of the present) began Twitter.

3Di Staff (3distaff) on Twitter via kwout

Nothing yet mutters...^^

Please do "follow".

Petition against Rules of manga and anime!

創作物の規制/単純所持規制に反対する請願署名市民有志: Petition against Rules of manga and anime. via kwout

Please check it.

And please cooperate.

Congratulations!: pixiv Population Jumps to 1M

イラストコミュニケーションサービス[pixiv(ピクシブ)] via kwout

Japanese illustration SNS "pixiv" got 1M users.

Congratulations!

pixiv is Japanese online community for artists managed　by startup Pixiv Inc headquartered in Tokyo / Sendagaya.

This SNS started a β test on September 10 2007 and then got 10,000 users in one month.

Now, a lot of users to access from China and Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong. (Though there is only Japanese notation)

"Pixiv Festa vol.2" is held by "Design Festa Gallery" on Saturday, July 11.

Pixiv Festa

pixiv appears in the Wikipedia English version

Industrial virtual reality EXPO vol.17

I went to "Industrial virtual reality EXPO vol.17" yesterday.

"Industrial virtual reality EXPO vol.17" is an event of virtual reality of the biggest in Japan.

I want to explain the exhibition contents in detail, but I can't it because I'm poor at English.
Substitute, I upload a lot of photo and videos. Please check it!


Motion capture







Drive simulator
You build a road and the town by oneself and can drive a car.









A house is a fire!


Big fire outbreak!!


Simulate a traffic jam.




I have not a driving license, so I ran over and killed a lot of people.(like a GTA）




A lot of AR











AR dinosaur







The dinosaur moves lively. You can taste the feeling of "Jurassic Park".



Range image sensor



You can operate a game by the movement of the body.
The future game will not need the controller.




You can overcome fear of heights in virtual reality.





But, it seems to be a really scary thing. There were a lot of people who raised big scream.


Industrial virtual reality EXPO
http://www.ivr.jp/english/