Kadinche Co., Ltd. has been working on the development of XR and communication infrastructure technology for Japanese tourism experiences for about 3.5 years since it was selected by the Tokyo Small and Medium Business Promotion Corporation's “Reiwa 1st Year Next Generation Innovation Creation Project 2020 Grant Project” in January 2020. Since this grant project was completed in 2023/6, we will begin providing a wide range of solutions developed in this project. We look forward to receiving inquiries from interested museum and art museum officials.

As a development of XR and communication infrastructure technology for Japanese tourism experiences, we developed a mixed reality guide system for indoor tourist facilities (assuming museums and art galleries) and a group of software required for it. Visitors to these tourist facilities can enjoy explanations about the exhibits with their eyes and ears by wearing an MR head-mounted display (Microsoft HoloLens 2, Magic Leap 2, or smartphone, etc.) and touring the building. Compared to conventional systems where you press a QR code or display number to listen to an audio guide, the system automatically recognizes locations and exhibits in the building, and various contents are also automatically reproduced.

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The following components are required to implement the system.
1, hardware
　Hardware such as MR head-mounted displays and smartphones that are rented to customers. If the guide system is implemented as a smartphone application that is generally open to the public, there is no need for tourist facilities to prepare this hardware.

2, software
　We provide a complete set of applications that work with MR head-mounted displays and smartphones. This software includes the following content:

3, content
　MR content is created after designing what is placed where in the building and how customers can experience it. In addition to audio explanations, still images, videos, 3D models, etc. can also be used. By supporting multiple languages, it is also possible to create content for inbound travelers.

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Reference case: Demonstration experiment at the Mizuki Shigeru Memorial Museum

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An advance demonstration test using this system was conducted in September 2022 at the Mizuki Shigeru Memorial Hall (Sakaiminato City, Tottori Prefecture). Experiment reports and videosThis pageIt is described in, so please refer to it.

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Experimental features: MR VR experience sharing system too

Also, as an experimental function, we have developed an MR-VR experience sharing function that shares MR experiences at tourist sites with VR users in remote locations in real time. Travel experiences have always been something I wanted to share through photos and videos. Recently, there has been an increase in the number of travelers who use SNS etc. to disseminate their travel experiences from the local community. In order to take these one step further, we have developed a mechanism to share MR experiences at tourist facilities with VR users who are not there. On the VR user side, by using data from tourist facilities that have been 3D scanned in advance, it is possible to share experiences with local MR users through real-time voice calls and motion communication with avatars in a virtual space.

We aim to create examples of using MR guide systems in Japan from 2023 to 2024. There are needs in museums and art galleries, but I think there are features we haven't been able to implement yet. We look forward to hearing from customers who want to create a new museum/art gallery experience with the aim of verifying the system and enhancing its functionality.