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Japanese Weird

TOYS & TOOLS

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Japanese WeirdTOYS & TOOLS

by subtle_3106

Historical craftsmanship

職人

subculture

by mame0312

萌え

Karakuri dolls

Photo public domain

17th century

Historical craftsmanship

<ROBOTS>

1951

Karakuri dolls

Photo public domain

Astro Boy Gundam

by jsteph

1979

animation

by Surgo

1951

Karakuri dolls

Photo public domain

Astro Boy Gundam

by jsteph

1979

animation

by Surgoby Stephen Poff

Inspiration for engineers

Karakuri dolls

Photo public domain by Surgo

Astro Boy Gundam

by jsteph

By hspam

1996

Asimo

technology

Historical craftsmanship

<Desktop music software>

Hatsune Miku

character

27% market share

Hatsune Miku

character

by Stephen Poff

Inspiration for creators

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1715919

“Super Cell” Album made with Hatsune Miku#2 of daily sales ranking

music

By makotok1BY momone

By kyuukyuu

※Crypton Future Media let the community create parodies

pictures

videos

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1929913

Software development“Miku Miku Dance(MMD)”

3D videos using“Miku Miku Dance”

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm4979127

“Miku Miku Dance Cup”User-led 3D video contest

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ASCII artへのへのもへじ

10 million registered users, 249 thousand paid users1/12 of Japan’s traffic is NicoNicoDouga

Data source: Net Ratings Japan

-Digital Community-Honorary Mention

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1642964

By Fumi By Fumi

By FumiBy 　 yuki.koga

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5480792

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm6055808

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm6222951

3$ display version

AR version

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5743829

Nintendo DS version

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm6256010

Wii remote version

Augmented Reality

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2300874

Photo public domain

<Augmented Reality (AR) >

Virtual realityAugmented realityMixed reality

AR toolkitDr. Hirokazu Kato, GNU General Public License

Photo public domain

Historical craftsmanship

<Augmented Reality (AR) >

Augmented reality http://www.hitl.washington.edu/artoolkit/

by cubistscarborough

1999

Photo public domain

<Augmented Reality (AR) >

Virtual realityAugmented realityMixed reality

by reinholdbehringer

Conference on Mixed RealityISMAR

“Coil a Circle of Children”animation

<Augmented Reality (AR) >

2007

“Coil a Circle of Children”animation

<Augmented Reality (AR) >

by Stephen Poff

Inspiration for engineers

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2300874

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm4052076

<Augmented Reality (AR) >

Cyber Star Rallyby Hacker’s Cafe

by yuiseki

Thank you!