Yahoo! Japan, the largest website in the country, who holds a lot of successful sub-services under its brand, announced today the termination of their Yahoo! Kururu, user-generated summary site. The service launched September 2011, is often called as “Yahoo!’s Naver Matome”, as the service seemed quite similar to the already-successful info-aggregation site Naver Matome. The… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan To Close Yahoo! Kukuru, Naver Matome Rip-off
Day: June 4, 2012
Perfume’s Open Dance Data Inspiring CG Creators
In April, we reported that Japanese girls techno unit Perfume opened the motion data of their dance on Github. Fans’ creatives seem to be arriving to the official site. Daihei Shibata lets the doll Perfume dance on his desktop. Pretty inpressive CG work. The official site shows other 4 great videos using the same motion… Continue reading Perfume’s Open Dance Data Inspiring CG Creators
2-channel Bans 5 Major Summary Sites From Reusing Its Posts
Some 2-channel(2ch.net) users noticed early morning on June 3 that an unpopular notification page on 2-channel was updated with the warning message against 5 notorious 2-channel watcher blogs. We ban the following URL from using copyrighted materials owned by 2ch, as it is detrimental that those people who damage to third parties and do not… Continue reading 2-channel Bans 5 Major Summary Sites From Reusing Its Posts
Augmented Reality Disaster Prevention App Released
CAD Center [J] has released the iOS AR (Augmented Reality) application “AR Hazard Scope Lite,” which displays disaster prevention information over the surrounding scenery for the 23 wards of Tokyo. Download is free. “AR Hazard Scope” is an application that displays disaster prevention information on screen, such as evacuation shelters and fire danger levels in… Continue reading Augmented Reality Disaster Prevention App Released