It is not already unusual that the job fair is held in virtual world. But is there a company holding a serious job fair in the “cute” 2D virtual world? CyberAgent utilized their virtual world “Ameba Pigg” for their job fair. Recently, CyberAgent strengthens overseas development, and push forward the employment of the Android application… Continue reading 1000 Students Gather At A Job Fair In Ameba Pigg
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Idol Event In Ameba Pigg Gathers 15,000 Users Online
An idol unit “Team Pigg Mint” held a gig in Japanese virtual world “Ameba Pigg” [J] on November 3rd. Team Pigg Mint is an unit selected from members of popular girls group “AKB48” [J], who has been running long-term promotion in Ameba Pigg. The above are virtual goods to reproduce the same fashion with their… Continue reading Idol Event In Ameba Pigg Gathers 15,000 Users Online
Mochi Media “Scores” Hit Virtual World Ameba Pico From Japan’s CyberAgent
Virtual world Ameba Pico (Ameba Pigu in Japan) is a success story. The service was launched by Tokyo-based web powerhouse CyberAgent in February 2009 and went on attracting four million members [PDF] in Japan. CyberAgent announced an English version in November 2009, which went online in March 2010. And if The Nikkei, Japan’s biggest business daily,… Continue reading Mochi Media “Scores” Hit Virtual World Ameba Pico From Japan’s CyberAgent
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)
Japanese SNS/virtual world/game platform “meromero park” goes Taiwan
MicroAd, a subsidiary of online advertising giant CyberAgent ($880 million market cap) yesterday announced they released a localized version of meromero park for the Taiwanese market. meromero park is an ultra-cute mix between a social network, a virtual world and a pet-rearing game. Although the service was only available in Japanese until yesterday, 20% of… Continue reading Japanese SNS/virtual world/game platform “meromero park” goes Taiwan
Japanese company rebuilds old Tokyo in Second Life
I have not seen a lot of crowd pleasers at the Virtual World Expo [ja] I attended last week but Second Coa‘s booth was actually a heavily frequented one. The company did a great job in reconstructing Edo in Second Life. Edo is the old name for Tokyo. I suggest you just have a look… Continue reading Japanese company rebuilds old Tokyo in Second Life
Tokyo2point0 event: Recruit API and Marketing in virtual worlds
This Tuesday, the 9th Tokyo2point0 event in Harajuku/Tokyo was held. As always, the venue was totally crowded. More info can be found on the Tokyo2point0 site, the Facebook group or on Mixi. This month the event featured two presentations which left more time for networking. I had the feeling that the event was more fun… Continue reading Tokyo2point0 event: Recruit API and Marketing in virtual worlds