Probably you know about Vocaloid, one of the most advanced voice synthesizers apps. Hatsune Miku, a huge successful Japanese virtual idol, was created using this software. What you may not know is the Vocaloid software itself, which is a Yamaha Corporation trademark, was developed in a joint research with the Pompeu Fabra University of Spain. Maybe… Continue reading Spain Joins Vocaloid Fever
Day: October 27, 2011
Final Fantasy To Hit Mobage, Teaser Site Opens
Square Enix, who has been publishing nation’s two most popular role-playing game series, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest on several console for more than decade, has launched a teaser site telling their flagship Final Fantasy will come on Japan’s large social gaming network Mobage. The launch date is just written “This winter”. The social Final… Continue reading Final Fantasy To Hit Mobage, Teaser Site Opens
Personal Assistant Siri Personified In Drawings As Well
iPhone’s new voice interface Siri is getting kind of artificial personality with human voice and many prepared witty answers. If so, such “virtual person in machine” is of course the Japanese anime/manga people’s favorite theme as seen on human voice synthesizer Hatsune Miku and her Vocaloid buddies are followed by a lot of illustrations, comics,… Continue reading Personal Assistant Siri Personified In Drawings As Well
Tokyo Architecture Navigator – Visit Tokyo’s 1000 Notable Buildings With iPhone
“Tokyo Kenchiku Navi/Tokyo Architecture Navigator” is a new English/Japanese bilingual iOS app by real-estate information website R-Store, which covers about 1,000 Tokyo buildings designed by architects like Tadao Ando, Arata Isozaki, Kazuyo Sejima, etc. The app contains around 3,000 photos of the buildings, information of each building such like the designer’s name, address, year established,… Continue reading Tokyo Architecture Navigator – Visit Tokyo’s 1000 Notable Buildings With iPhone