V Co., Ltd. held the 1st online seminar “Possibilities Expanded by Fusion of Real x Metaverse”. The theme is “Yokosuka City’s examples and the road to success” Image
URL: V Co., Ltd. Press release: November 8, 2024 V Co., Ltd. held the 1st online seminar “Possibilities Expanded through the Fusion of Real x Metaverse”. The theme is “Yokosuka City’s examples and the road to success” ～Held online via “Zoom” on Thursday, November 21, 2024～
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■Implementation background “The Metaverse was a failure.” While such voices are being heard, there are companies and organizations that are getting a solid response. V is a business that consistently supports the planning and production of worlds, avatars, and costume items on major metaverse platforms such as VRChat, Roblox, ZEPETO, and Fortnite, as well as sales promotion and sales using Japan’s largest community and our own media. We have been developing. In this seminar series, leading companies who have achieved profitability through appropriate platform selection and execution plans will share their practical knowledge. The first guest we invited was Mr. Oyamada, head of the Yokosuka City Culture, Sports and Tourism Department’s Tourism Division, who is working on the “Metaverse Yokosuka” project, which is the forefront of the tourism metaverse. We will talk about the possibilities of utilizing the Metaverse in local governments and tourism PR, which have been learned through the measures that have been developed. We will tell you the secret to success based on specific cases, as well as points on how to choose a Metaverse platform and strategic planning. ■Speaker information
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/49339/68/49339-68-da36db00903b7d8f9cc564bc053fe8fc-1054×1054.png Eriko Oyamada, Director, Tourism Division, Culture, Sports and Tourism Department Since 2013, he has been working at the Yokosuka City Tourism Division, and seeing the potential in game and anime culture, he has turned it into a business himself and is in charge of collaborations with various IPs. Mainly in charge of collaborations with Ingress, Pokemon GO, Shenmue, Azur Lane, and Monster Hunter. Also, due to his love for games, he planned to launch an e-Sports business. With the cooperation of PC manufacturers and others, we supported the establishment of an e-sports club at a high school in the city, and were involved in the establishment of the Yokosuka e-sports partner system and scholarship system. In 2023, he will be in charge of the “Metaverse Yokosuka” project, and in 2024 he will be involved in the development of tourism x AI, and is creating projects every day to solve municipal issues using new technology. Motto: “No effort beats passion!” Favorite title: VRChat/7dtd/VALORANT/DEATH STRANDING/BIOHAZARD/LITTLE NIGHTMARES
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/49339/68/49339-68-a3ba9e65a8411bb97654aabf4e005aa9-1000×1000.png V Co., Ltd. Business General Manager Reito Fukaya After working for 6 companies in the apparel industry for 11 years, including Mark Styler, he joined Bellface Co., Ltd. As an inside sales consultant, he provided digital strategy and DX support for over 400 companies. After that, he founded a startup that develops and operates SaaS specialized in apparel. Also serves as a lecturer at an apparel vocational school. ■“Metaverse Yokosuka” Overview A project by Yokosuka City that began operation in October 2020 and aims to communicate the city’s appeal and promote tourism by utilizing the Metaverse. Currently operating two worlds on the metaverse platform VRChat. As of October 2020, the cumulative number of visitors to the two worlds exceeded 160,000. In addition, we provide 3D data of local items such as skajan jackets on Booth, the official website, and ZEPETO, and have received feedback from many users. In particular, the 3D data of Skajan has achieved a cumulative download count of 50,000. Official website:
https://metaverse-yokosuka.com/ X (old Twitter):
https://twitter.com/metasuka_vr Booth: https://metasukavr.booth.pm VRChat： DOBUITA＆MIKASA WORLD SARUSHIMA WORLD ZEPETO：
https://web.zepeto.me/share/shop/creator?userId=66fa2d51857d0f9f90b01a0c ■Company profile Company name: V Co., Ltd. Address: 8th floor, Meguro Center Building, 3-2-1 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021 Representative: Representative Director and CEO Kota Fujiwara Business content: Business support and development in cutting-edge technology areas such as Metaverse/VR/XR, development and operation of in-house services URL: https://v-inc.jp/ ■Biography of Representative Kota Fujiwara Co-founded a startup that develops an AI recipe suggestion app. After that, he joined Bank Co., Ltd. After being in charge of launching the instant purchase app “CASH” and the deferred payment travel service “TRAVEL Now”, he became independent. After founding V Co., Ltd. in 2019, he launched and operated one of the largest communities in Japan on the major Metaverse platforms “VRChat” and “Roblox”. In August 2024, we raised funds from Nippon Venture Capital, Sony Group, Itochu Corporation, Square Enix Holdings, etc. We are currently expanding our focus on the Metaverse entry support business.