"Karaoke Manekineko Akihabara Denkigai Exit Store" is offering a one-month trial of a karaoke service where you can become a virtual character!

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~NTT ConoQ and Koshidaka Co., Ltd., which operates Karaoke Manekineko, begin collaboration to develop the virtual character market~

NTT QONOQ Corporation and Koshidaka Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Hiroshi Koshidaka; hereinafter referred to as Koshidaka) will collaborate to develop the virtual character market from Tuesday, October 3, 2023. It was started.

As part of the collaboration, for one month from November 1st (Wednesday) to November 30th (Thursday), 2023, a “karaoke service where you can become a virtual character'' will be offered at “Karaoke Manekineko Akihabara Denkigaiguchi store'' operated by Koshidaka. We will start the trial service of “ONEREC VK” (hereinafter referred to as “this service”). With this service, you can sing over 10,000 songs registered in "ONEREC*" with a virtual character.

*ONEREC is a room specializing in Manekineko's video shooting that anyone can easily shoot and record with professional quality equipment.

https://www.karaokemanekineko.jp/campaign/onerec/

1. Background to the collaboration

In recent years, entertainment that utilizes virtual characters (avatars) such as the Metaverse and Vtubers has been attracting attention not only in Japan but also around the world, and we believe this is an area with great potential for further growth in the future.

ConoQ and Koshidaka are collaborating to create a new XR experience and develop the virtual character market by combining ConoQ's knowledge of the XR field and Koshidaka's karaoke services, which are both areas of expertise. I'm coming.

2. Collaboration details

In this collaboration, we will develop and provide a new karaoke experience based on an "offline virtual character experience."

A book that can be experienced at Karaoke Manekineko's video shooting specialized room "ONEREC", which is one of the PER (Private Entertainment Room) services of "Karaoke Manekineko" provided by Koshidaka, where you can shoot and record with professional quality equipment. The service was developed by ConoQ. This time, from Wednesday, November 1, 2023 to Thursday, November 30, 2023, we will start a trial service in one room of "Karaoke Manekineko Akihabara Denkigaiguchi store" operated by Koshidaka.

ONEREC Room (Shibuya Main Store)

■ Overview of “ONEREC VK,” a karaoke service where you can become a virtual character

This is a service that allows you to take a picture of yourself singing with a camera connected to your PC and record it as a virtual character. You can use not only several preset virtual characters, but also self-made avatars registered in VRoid hub*. With this service, you can sing over 10,000 songs registered in "ONEREC" with a virtual character.

*VRoid hub is a service operated by pixiv Co., Ltd.

https://hub.vroid.com/

■How to experience the trial service

How to participate: Visit Karaoke Manekineko Akihabara Denkigai Exit store. No reservation required

Number of people who can participate in the experience: 1 person (about 4 people can enter the room)

Price: Regular karaoke room price

3. Roles of both companies

ConoQ: Planning and development of this service

Koshidaka: Provision of planning and implementation location for this service

4. Future developments

ConoQ and Koshidaka are collaborating with the aim of creating a new entertainment experience that is not limited by existing karaoke by creating "entertainment experience value that transcends the constraints of location and space" by using DX solutions and fusing the real and digital. We will proceed.

■Company overview

[NTT ConoQ Corporation]

Representative Director and President: Seiji Maruyama

Address: 7th floor, Sanno Park Tower, 2-11-1 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

HP: https://www.nttqonoq.com/

ConoQ started business as a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTT Docomo, Inc. on October 1, 2022. For individual customers and corporate customers, we use XR such as VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality), and MR (mixed reality), based on the three business pillars of metaverse, digital twin, and XR devices. We provide a variety of services and solutions.

[Koshidaka Co., Ltd.]

Representative Director and President: Hiroshi Koshidaka

Tokyo Head Office: 10th floor, Dogenzaka-dori, 2-25-12 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Established: September 1, 2008

Capital: 5 million yen

Business details: Karaoke business/hot bath business

HP: https://www.koshidaka.co.jp