SINCE JANUARY 2020, KADINJE CORPORATION HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF XR AND COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY FOR JAPAN'S TOURISM EXPERIENCE FOR ABOUT 3.5 YEARS SINCE IT WAS ADOPTED BY THE TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE PROMOTION AGENCY AS A "SUBSIDY PROJECT FOR NEXT GENERATION INNOVATION CREATION PROJECT 2020 IN 2048. WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE WILL START PROVIDING THE SOLUTIONS DEVELOPED UNDER THIS PROJECT TO A WIDE RANGE OF CUSTOMERS. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING INQUIRIES FROM INTERESTED MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES.

As a development of XR and communication infrastructure technology for Japan's tourism experience, we developed a mixed reality guide system and the necessary software for indoor tourist facilities (assuming museums and art museums). By wearing an MR head mounted display (Microsoft HoloLens 2, Magic Leap 2, or a smart phone), visitors to these tourist facilities can enjoy the explanations about the exhibits with their eyes and ears. Compared to the conventional system where you listen to the audio guide by pressing the QR code or the display number, this system automatically recognizes the position in the museum and the exhibits, and various contents will be automatically regenerated.

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The following components are required to implement the system.
1, Hardware
Hardware such as MR head-mounted displays and smartphones to be rented to customers. If the guide system is implemented as a publicly available smartphone application, the tourist facility will not need to prepare these hardware.

2, Software
We will provide a set of applications that run on MR head-mounted displays and smartphones. This software includes the following contents.

3, Contents
We create MR contents after designing where to place the contents in the museum and how the visitors can experience them. In addition to audio commentary, it is possible to use still pictures, videos, 3D models, etc. By providing multi-lingual support, we can also produce contents for inbound travelers.

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Reference case: Demonstration experiment at the Shigeru Shimizu Memorial Museum

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The first demonstration experiment using this system was conducted at the Shigeru Shimizu Memorial Museum (Sakaiminato City, Shizuoka Prefecture) in September, 2022. Please refer to this page for a report and video of the experiment.

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EXPERIMENTAL FEATURES: MR VR EXPERIENCE SHARING SYSTEM ALSO

AS AN EXPERIMENTAL FUNCTION, WE HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED AN MR-VR EXPERIENCE SHARING FUNCTION THAT ALLOWS VR USERS IN REMOTE LOCATIONS TO SHARE THEIR MR EXPERIENCES AT SIGHTSEEING SPOTS IN REAL TIME. TRAVEL EXPERIENCES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SHARE THROUGH PHOTOS AND VIDEOS. RECENTLY, MORE AND MORE TRAVELERS ARE USING SNS TO SHARE THEIR TRAVEL EXPERIENCES. IN ORDER TO TAKE THIS A STEP FURTHER, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A MECHANISM TO SHARE THE MR EXPERIENCE AT TOURIST FACILITIES WITH VR USERS WHO ARE NOT THERE. THE VR USER CAN SHARE THE EXPERIENCE WITH MR USERS IN THE VIRTUAL SPACE THROUGH REAL-TIME VOICE CALLS AND MOTION COMMUNICATION WITH AVATARS.

WE ARE AIMING TO CREATE EXAMPLES OF THE USE OF THE MR GUIDE SYSTEM IN JAPAN BY 2023-2024. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME FUNCTIONS THAT MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES NEED BUT THAT WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO IMPLEMENT. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM CUSTOMERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO CREATE NEW MUSEUM EXPERIENCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF SYSTEM VERIFICATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF FUNCTIONS.