Investment in sales to non-entertainment industries and development of a new earnings base

「Inquiries about our visualization technology have increased in industry, particularly the automotive, civil engineering and construction sectors, for projects such as building simulation environments in virtual spaces using game engines. In addition to enhancing the website, implementing analytics-based initiatives and expanding the inside-sales organization, we are also focusing on initiatives to expand our customer base, including the full-scale launch of a physical AI simulation platform business.」

「In the development promotion and support business, inquiries for development support from our main customers in the entertainment industry have stalled. However, inquiries about our visualization technology have remained strong in industry, particularly the automotive, civil engineering and construction sectors, including projects to build simulation environments in virtual spaces using game engines. We are therefore also focusing on initiatives to expand our customer base, including exhibiting at trade fairs and enhancing website content.」

「We currently provide customers in the non-entertainment field with BENZaiTEN (ベンザイテン), a machine-learning solution using 3DCG technology, and DX support services using digital twins powered by game engines. We will also actively pursue new customers in industrial fields where demand for real-time 3D graphics is expected to grow, including manufacturing and heavy industry, automotive and mobility, civil engineering and construction, aerospace, space and defense, healthcare, and security and crime prevention. We will also focus on business development and research and development to expand our products and solutions.」

「In industry, particularly the automotive, civil engineering and construction sectors, inquiries have also increased for projects such as building simulation environments in virtual spaces using game engines and for our visualization technology. To increase these inquiries further, we are also focusing on initiatives to expand our customer base, including exhibiting at trade fairs and enhancing website content.」

「In industry, particularly the automotive, civil engineering and construction sectors, inquiries have also increased for projects such as building simulation environments in virtual spaces using game engines and for our visualization technology. To increase these inquiries further, we are also focusing on initiatives to expand our customer base, including exhibiting at trade fairs and enhancing website content.」

「In industry, particularly the automotive, civil engineering and construction sectors, inquiries about our visualization technology have also increased for projects such as building simulation environments in virtual spaces represented by digital twins. We are therefore also focusing on initiatives to expand our customer base, including actively exhibiting at trade fairs and enhancing website content.」

「In industry, particularly the automotive, civil engineering and construction sectors, inquiries about our visualization technology have also increased for projects such as building simulation environments in virtual spaces, represented by keywords such as the metaverse and digital twins. We are therefore also focusing on initiatives to expand our customer base, including actively exhibiting at trade fairs and enhancing website content.」

「In industry, particularly the automotive, civil engineering and construction sectors, inquiries about our visualization technology have also increased for projects such as building simulation environments in virtual spaces, represented by keywords such as the metaverse and digital twins. We are therefore also focusing on initiatives to expand our customer base, including actively exhibiting at trade fairs and enhancing website content.」

「In industry, particularly the automotive, civil engineering and construction sectors, inquiries about our visualization technology have also increased for projects such as building simulation environments in virtual spaces, represented by keywords such as the metaverse and digital twins. We are therefore also focusing on initiatives to expand our customer base, including exhibiting at trade fairs and enhancing website content.」

「Revenue from contract development for the nine months ended [the third quarter] increased, supported by higher orders from the entertainment industry, including support for building game development environments, as well as increased inquiries from industry. The latter included the machine-learning training-image generation solution BENZaiTEN and support for the utilization of point-cloud data, which consists of data collected by measuring objects and terrain with 3D laser scanners and other devices.」

「On the alliance front, we entered into a basic agreement with ARGO GRAPHICS Inc. regarding a capital and business alliance. We will discuss future collaboration in the industrial fields on which we are focusing, including manufacturing, civil engineering and construction, and automotive, covering training data for image recognition using machine learning, such as autonomous driving and product inspection, as well as xR (cross reality) in architecture and digital twins using game engines.」

「In the development promotion and support business, we strengthened sales activities targeting our main customers in the entertainment industry. At the same time, interest in using digital twins increased in non-entertainment fields, particularly the automotive, civil engineering and construction industries, and inquiries about our technology increased in various forms, including simulator development using game engines. We therefore also focused on initiatives to expand our customer base.」

「We currently provide customers in the non-entertainment field with solutions for machine learning using 3DCG technology, including BENZaiTEN (ベンザイテン), and services supporting point-cloud data utilization. We will also focus on business development and research and development to expand our products and solutions.」

「In February, we exhibited at the 3D & Virtual Reality Expo (IVR), held at Makuhari Messe, where we introduced our solutions and services, including CG-based generation of training images for machine learning, support for point-cloud data utilization, and a remote VR design review system, areas on which we are focusing.」

「We intend to continue focusing on expanding the non-entertainment field. We will improve our middleware and actively promote sales so that it can be combined more flexibly with various systems, focusing on fields in the non-entertainment sector where stable revenue is expected, including the automotive, real estate and security industries. We will also develop our surveying (point-cloud) data business by leveraging the technology of our group to meet demand for 3D conversion.」

「Revenue from contract development declined, partly because the company struggled to win orders in the non-entertainment field due to the cancellation of trade fair participation and other factors.」

「In the development promotion and support business, we worked to improve the functions of our computer-generated imagery production tool for training data used in machine learning and prepared to support our middleware on a new home video game console.」

「In the development promotion and support business, we steadily acquired projects for the entertainment industry, in which we have strengths, while actively pursuing sales in non-entertainment fields such as automotive and real estate, which offer substantial room for growth.」

「In the development promotion and support business during the fiscal year, we steadily acquired projects for the entertainment industry, in which we have strengths, and revenue from the automotive industry, which offers substantial room for growth, increased year on year. We also actively pursued sales in other non-entertainment fields, such as real estate.」

「During the nine months ended [the third quarter], revenue from the automotive business, a focus area, increased, while revenue from middleware license sales declined due to factors including a reaction to a large project in the previous fiscal year.」

「In the development promotion and support business during the six months ended [the second quarter], we continued steadily acquiring projects for the entertainment industry, in which we have strengths, while actively pursuing sales in non-entertainment fields such as automotive and real estate. The automotive-related business in particular remained firm.」

「Regarding the development of new business in the non-entertainment fields we have recently begun pursuing, particularly in the automotive business, we are leveraging our technological capabilities to contribute to autonomous-driving AI development, improving middleware to enable rendering with simpler operation, and actively pursuing sales expansion. Projects are being steadily won.」

「In the automotive field in particular, we have already progressed from preliminary development of embedded systems to design and are considering implementation. In data science, including the use of deep learning, we achieved a degree of success in predicting the future behavior of game users, and we will continue expanding both businesses.」

「In the development promotion and support business during the nine months ended [the third quarter], we steadily acquired projects for the entertainment industry, in which we have strengths, while actively pursuing sales in non-entertainment fields such as automotive and real estate, which offer substantial room for growth.」

「In the development promotion and support business during the six months ended [the second quarter], we steadily acquired projects for the entertainment industry, in which we have strengths, while actively pursuing sales in non-entertainment fields such as automotive and real estate, which offer substantial room for growth. Revenue from the automotive business, a focus area, exceeded plan and performed well.」

「In the development promotion and support business, we steadily acquired projects for the entertainment industry, in which we have strengths, while actively pursuing sales in non-entertainment fields such as the automotive and real estate industries, where inquiries have increased in recent years and there is substantial room for growth.」

「We intend to prioritize the non-entertainment fields we have recently begun pursuing during the current fiscal year. Leveraging our technological capabilities, we will focus on non-entertainment fields where stable earnings are expected, including the automotive, construction and security industries, improve our middleware so that it can be combined more flexibly with various systems, and actively pursue sales expansion.」

「During the nine months ended [the third quarter], recurring projects in non-entertainment fields, including the automotive, real estate and mobile-device industries, continued to perform well, and we continued strengthening our sales organization to expand into additional fields.」

「In the development promotion and support business during the six months ended [the second quarter], we continued actively pursuing sales for existing and new projects to acquire new customers and expand into non-entertainment fields. The business continued to expand, albeit on a small scale.」

「In the development promotion and support business during the first quarter, we began acquiring small-scale projects in the non-entertainment fields we have been pursuing since the previous fiscal year. We view this as an opportunity that will lead to growing demand and are strengthening our sales organization.」

「In the automotive field in particular, we have already progressed from the preliminary development of embedded systems to the design stage and are also considering implementation. In the data science field, including the use of deep learning, collaborative research and development has begun, and we are confident that both areas will contribute to future business expansion.」

「We are also actively pursuing sales activities in the non-entertainment industries, a market expected to expand and grow in the future, positioning the current fiscal year as the first year of investment, although it is taking time to turn opportunities into projects.」