Blurring the line between VR and reality: SPINNS offers VR Fashion Magazine
With stylish yet affordable clothing available on almost every highstreet across the country, Japan and fashion go hand in hand. Leading the way in street…
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Pursue the virtual Japanese boyfriend of your dreams via smartphone with “VR Boyfriend”
On June 24th, Japanese mobile network company IVR officially released “VR Kareshi” (boyfriend), a virtual dating service app available for Android/iOS, as previously introduced in…
Interview with Violence Tomoko, creator of the manga “A Love Story in Virtual Reality”
Virtual reality technology, already a staple of science fiction literature, continues to be a popular theme in manga and anime. Works like Accel World or…
Meet the devil in you at the VR Devilman Exhibition – Devil’s Heart, Human Heart
It’s been almost half a century since Go Nagai’s ‘Devilman’ began to haunt the minds of readers and viewers across the world with impressions and…
Walk amongst the clouds with this VR video of Kyoto’s Edo era ‘Floating Tea House’
Located atop of Yawata’s Otokoyama, the ancient Iwashimizu Hachimangu shrine was built to overlook Kyoto and to provide the gods with a location from which…
Art Fair Tokyo 2021 promises unprecedented fusion of real and VR exhibits
The coronavirus pandemic dealt the world economy a massive blow in 2020. Its impact was also felt by the art market, with around 90 percent…
Japanese grandma is moved by her first VR experience
Virtual reality (VR) is a technology that allows you to experience a virtual space by wearing special goggles. As this technology is continuously improved upon,…
Elderly residents in Japan pass the time during the pandemic with washi art and VR trips
As in the rest of the world, COVID-19 is causing many residents in Japan to hunker down until the worst is over. During trying times,…
Japan’s first international VR film festival “Beyond The Frame Festival”
As VR devices become increasingly accessible to the general public, so have experimentations in film specialized for this emerging medium. If you’re interested in VR…
No Sushi, No Life Virtual Reality game – How much sushi can you eat?
If you’ve ever sat in a Japanese conveyor belt sushi restaurant, the chances are you’ve felt the impulse to overindulge on that never-ending merry-go-round of…
Visit a parallel Tokyo like “Alice in Borderland” in “Virtual Shibuya”: Play a game, watch Episode 1
The Japanese Netflix original mystery / suspense series Alice in Borderland has been the talk of the internet since it began airing on December 10th….
Discover the magic of the ‘Mickey Mouse Exhibition THE TRUE ORIGINAL & BEYOND’ through VR
Commemorate 90 + years of Mickey Mouse at the ‘Mickey Mouse Exhibition THE TRUE ORIGINAL & BEYOND’ being held at the Mori Arts Center Gallery…
Put your running shoes on, Yokohama Marathon has gone virtual!
Like many other events across the world, the “Yokohama Marathon 2020” had to slam the brakes on this year because of the outbreak of COVID-19….
With a growing elderly population, Japan turns to tech to provide care
As Yoshihide Suga settles in as the new Prime Minister of Japan, he is faced with some noteworthy issues. Not least of which is the…
“Virtual Tokyo Tower” lets you experience a highly futuristic version of the tower in VR
Completed in 1958, the Tokyo Tower represented the state of mind that Japan was holding on to at the time. The country was going through…