Laputa found in a real sky!"XR City OSAKA-UMEDA" is being held where you can take pictures

An event where you can experience the topic XR is being held!

The event "XR City OSAKA-UMEDA" (hereinafter referred to as XR City) will be held in the Osaka Umeda area until January 10, 2022 (Monday) in the Osaka Umeda area where a virtual character appears to be in the actual space. It has been. XR is a general term for the technology that fuses the real world and the virtual world on the Internet, called VR (virtual reality / virtual reality), AR (extension), and MR (complex reality). Using devices such as smartphone apps and smart glasses, you can make virtual characters in the actual space and display various information. For example, it is known for its use in Mario Kart's attractions that appeared in the smartphone game "Pokemon GO" and the USJ Super Nintendo World, which opened the other day, but the application is further expanded. This event is that you can experience XR in various places using a smartphone app called "XR City" developed by DOCOMO. It is collaborating with the "Animage and Ghibli Exhibition" held at the Hankyu Umeda Main Store (hereinafter referred to as the Ghibli exhibition), and you can enjoy various XR content at four experience spots.

The inside of the screen is another world

When you hold the smartphone, a virtual content appears in the real space!Discover Laputa floating in the sky!

Experience method is easy. After launching the app, hold the camera over the building in the experience spot, the XR camera will start. After that, while moving inside the spot, you can use the app to see and shoot from various angles. Experience spots can be searched from the app. For example, in the festival square on the 9th floor of the Hankyu Umeda Main Store, when the app is held over the square, the scenery is snowy in Christmas illuminations, and posters appear in the air. The poster is tapped to display the information of the event, and you can use the functions in the app to make it a virtual space, take photos and videos, and share it on SNS. There are various other content for each spot. You can check the cover of the animage, find the castle in the sky floating in the sky, find an animation where the characters dance, so you can get coupons depending on the spot.

You can also shoot beautiful digital art

Let's take a commemorative photo with the flapping feathers slowly!

Among them, the recommended digital art with wings as a motif, not only watching the beautiful blades as a work, but also standing in a place where the work is located, taking pictures of the feathers and movies.I can do it.The latest smartphones have AR compatible functions by default, and various apps and services are increasing.Events that use XR, which can be used in open places, will not seem to be getting closer in the future.Please take this opportunity to experience the latest content.Official website: https://xr.docomo.ne.jp/xrcity-osaka_umeda/

Yuko Nonoshita