Digital Content Expo 2009: AR & VR Applications Come Together (2/2)

Continued from the previous blog post on Digital Content Expo 2009. Pull-Navi (The head mount device to navigate a holder by pulling his ears) (Developed by Kajimoto Laboratory, the University of Electro-Communications) That motion reminds us of a rider controlling a horse by pulling a lead rope on his back. When a controller moves a… Continue reading Digital Content Expo 2009: AR & VR Applications Come Together (2/2)

Digital Content Expo 2009: AR & VR Applications Come Together (1/2)

Last week, there was an annual event called Digital Content Expo 2009 at Miraikan, Japan’s national museum of emerging science and innovation located in the Tokyo waterfront area, which introduced approximately 50 artistic elements and R&D results of newly developed digital content technologies. Let’s see some of items which were exhibited at the event with… Continue reading Digital Content Expo 2009: AR & VR Applications Come Together (1/2)

Hokuriku Unconference

Hokuriku Unconference, probably the first unconference style geek event in Hokuriku area, north-central part of Japan, will be held at Ishikawa National College of Technology, Tsubata, Ishikawa prefecture near Kanazawa-city on this Sunday November 1st. I am travelling to attend it. The conference is all in Japanese. Application form [J].

Good Ideas Salon Tokyo: Explore Perspectives On Pure Living With Japanese Tech

On Tuesday, NYC’s SOHO-headquartered blog network on researching global trends and insights PSFK hosted the first Good Ideas Salon conference in Tokyo.   More than 90 people came together to hear the panel discussions with innovation experts and pure living evangelists from Tokyo and the world. Peter Rojas (founder of gdgt, Engadget and Gizmodo), Marc Alt… Continue reading Good Ideas Salon Tokyo: Explore Perspectives On Pure Living With Japanese Tech

YAPC::Asia 2009 A Massive Perl Community Event

Following to the LLTV(annual Lightweight Language Conference in Tokyo) and PHP Conference Japan 2009 (Asiajin’s cover), another sub-1000 attendees class web developer conference YAPC::Asia 2009 is being held at Tokyo Institute of Technology. In 2008, LL(Lightweight Languages, which mean scripting languages for web development such like Perl/PHP/Python/Ruby), Ruby, PHP, Perl events were held monthly pace… Continue reading YAPC::Asia 2009 A Massive Perl Community Event

Live Event: PHP Conference 2009 Is Now Underway In Tokyo

We have a bunch of tech conferences and events in Tokyo from the end of last month to the middle of this month.    It is very hard to cover all in a limited time. Japan PHP User Group[J] is now holding PHP Conference 2009 in Tokyo, an annual tech-oriented conference for Japanese PHP programmers and community.… Continue reading Live Event: PHP Conference 2009 Is Now Underway In Tokyo

Microsoft Innovation Award 2009: Five Tech Start-ups Nominated As Finalists

Microsoft announced the finalists of Microsoft Innovation Award 2009 last week, and there were a judging committee for the award at the company’s annual conference for system engineers in Yokohama, Tech-ED Japan 2009[J]. Microsoft assists the finalists in marketing, engineering and international business development.   In 2007, tech start-up known as web browser developer Lunascape won… Continue reading Microsoft Innovation Award 2009: Five Tech Start-ups Nominated As Finalists

CJIC2009: Internet-Enabled Home Appliances Come Together To Foresee Our Future

Today at Roppongi Hills, a skyscraper located in the heart of Tokyo, CNET Japan[J] held an annual tech conference called CJIC 2009 (CNET Japan Innovation Conference) where two tech-startups, Panasonic and Sony presented their new services and products to more than 350 attendees. As the first presenter of the conference, Atsuki Ishida[J], CEO of FreeBit,… Continue reading CJIC2009: Internet-Enabled Home Appliances Come Together To Foresee Our Future

Event Wrap-up: 400+ Geeks Applaud Web Innovators At WISH2009

More than 400 Internet users joined the event on Friday evening in Tokyo.   Tokyo-based blog marketing agency Agile Media Network (AMN)[J] held Japan’s first conference having a number of tech start-ups in comprehensive perspective, titled WISH2009 (Web Innovation SHare)[J].   More than a dozen of innovators had opportunities to present their works, and Japanese tech media… Continue reading Event Wrap-up: 400+ Geeks Applaud Web Innovators At WISH2009