Expansion into new fields, including outside the 4D King amusement park and overseas

「During the fiscal year, we worked to advance MetaWalkersⓇ, MetaAnywhereⓇ and metaverse solutions for corporations and local governments. For MetaWalkersⓇ, projects to renovate existing facilities began to recover, and continued sales activities using hands-on demonstrations at the experience areas at the Tokyo office and the Fukuoka head office showroom led to an increase in various event projects.」

「Using hands-on demonstrations at the MetaWalkersⓇ experience areas at the Tokyo office and the Fukuoka head office showroom, we promoted expansion into the disaster preparedness, space, sports science and senior markets, pursued sales activities aimed at introducing the system in regional revitalization, and proposed corporate metaverse solutions to existing customers of the Secure Cloud Systems business. Sales were supported by the project to install a 360-degree theater at Akagane Museum and by projects to renovate existing MetaWalkersⓇ units, but were slightly below the previous year's corresponding period.」

「In the field of sports science, a training system based on MetaWalkersⓇ, developed through industry-academia joint research, progressed to the prototype stage.」

「In the Emotional Systems business, we promoted a strategy to expand sales of MetaWalkersⓇ, executing sales of MetaWalkersⓇ units to local governments and event operation projects using MetaWalkersⓇ. In addition, efforts to sell video systems for amusement park attractions, leveraging MetaWalkersⓇ expertise and sales channels, also contributed to revenue.」

「We continued to promote collaboration with major telecommunications operators involving MetaWalkersⓇ (formerly 4DOH), expanded the pool of prospective customers and executed multiple event projects. In response to the recovery in demand from domestic leisure facilities, museums and science centers, we sold new content for amusement parks.」

「We also worked to expand sales through projects driven by the recovery in domestic leisure demand after the pandemic, including projects to produce dedicated content for amusement parks and to relocate existing MetaWalkers units into national parks.」

「New event projects for MetaWalkers carried out in collaboration with major telecommunications operators are expanding beyond initial expectations. In the traditional amusement park and theme park market, demand from the leisure industry has also begun to increase as the market moves toward the post-pandemic period, and projects for amusement parks, including the production of dedicated content, are gradually recovering.」

「Business opportunities are expanding further for the Emotional Systems business, which is commercializing the construction of corporate metaverse environments and developing the manufacture and sale of MetaWalkers (formerly 4DOH), a device for displaying 360-degree 3D virtual spaces based on patented technology.」

「As of the end of September 2021, 4DOH had been installed at amusement parks and museums, while its use as a simulator for various applications, including disaster preparedness education and factory tours, was under consideration. Sales and installation sites were beginning to expand beyond amusement parks and museums.」

「In addition to deployment at conventional entertainment facilities using 3DCG, we will expand into simulation fields made possible by combining live-action 3D video and 3DCG, including disaster preparedness facilities, resident communication tools for infrastructure companies, science centers, museums, tourism facilities, factory tour routes in the manufacturing industry, sports facilities, educational facilities and medical and nursing care facilities, as well as overseas markets.」

「We will work to develop markets for 4D King's specialized 3D video as a VR medium in fields outside amusement parks, and to secure and develop specialized distributors responsible for expansion into science centers, museums, disaster preparedness facilities, tourism facilities, cinema complexes, factory tour routes in the manufacturing industry and overseas markets.」