Futur en Seine is a festival for innovative digital technology, organized by the industry cluster, Cap Digital, which has more than 500 digital technology-related companies in Paris Region. Futur en Seine is being held every two years since 2009. It was conducted at more than 40 locations in the whole Paris Region and 900 thousand people participated in the 2009 event. We will open "Japan Creative Cafe" in "Innovation Village," a keynote project in Futur en Seine which is for advanced digital technology-related participants from around the world.
We will exhibit next-generation content-related services from the businesses that are representative of Japan's content-related industry, including "VOCALOID," a singing voice synthesizing technology used for such virtual idols as "Hatsune Miku" widely supported by young people in Japan, i-phone applications where families can enjoy like a picture-story show by recording the character's voices in the story by each family member, and "BookLive!" an e-book store where the cloud computing technology is utilized A variety of cutting-edge technologies will also be exhibited, such as the world's first display that draws real 3D objects in a space using the laser plasma technology, and a finger tracking technology which makes it possible to deal with digital content interactively even on non-digital materials
On the stage at the Cafe, a dance performance by a humanoid robot will be conducted for the first time outside Japan. The robot did its debut performance last year at Digital Content Expo 2010 in Japan and the dance performance on video-sharing websites captured the world's attention. A dance performance that is realized by the combination of a humanoid robot HRP-4C "Miim," voice synthesizing systems such as "VOCALOID," and SAM, Japan's most renowned dance creator, has enormous appeal as an entertainment content using a robot technology. There will be many other attractive events than those above, including the performing arts "Gemotion Dance" created by one of the most famous CG artist in Japan, Yoichiro Kawaguchi, and presentation by Hideki Kenmochi, the developer of VOCALOID technology, called the Father of Vocaloid.
The complicated dancing of the robot has become possible by the most advanced robot action creating technology, Choreonoid, developed by AIST and the human-like singing has been made possible by the combination of three pieces of technology, “Vocaloid,” singing synthesizer technology developed by Yamaha Corporation; “Net VocaListener,” technology of emulating human singing, developed also by Yamaha utilizing an AIST’s system of imitating human singing; and “CV-4Cβ," singing voice data by Crypton Future Media, Inc. The robot did its debut performance last year at Digital Content Expo 2010 in Japan and the dance performance on video-sharing websites captured the world's attention. The dance performance will be actually seen at Futur en Seine 2011 for the first time outside Japan.
VOCALOID: Singing Synthesis Technology
Yamaha Corporation
Demonstrations of singing voice synthesizing technology will be performed.
It will be demonstrated on the site that songs can be composed and easily turned into music pieces with singing voice, on a PC installed with the software. Various songs in the archive which were produced utilizing Vocaloid will be also presented as video.
CREPOS
I-FREEK INC.
We are introducing one of the largest creator's networks in Japan, Crepos, which has more than 8,000 creators as members and some works by key members of the network will be also presented. We hope it will become an occasion for you to taste purely Japanese illustrations of different styles from those manga illustrations which are well known in France.
PICVO
I-FREEK INC.
An electronic picture book platform, Picvo, will be introduced which brings the joy of reading books loud to families, where each family member is assigned with a character in the story and record lines of dialog of the character, thus creating one and only story book of their own. The recorded voice can be heard in synchronization with the illustration and music and therefore, children would also feel as if they become voice actors. Picvo is receiving a high evaluation in Japan. A sample book in the French language made with Picvo will be exhibited at Japan Creative Cafe in Innovation Village of Futur en Seine and experienced by visitors there.
3DTracking 3DFeel“ Samourai Avatar”
LM3LABS Corporation
The cutting-edge image analyzing technology gives cameras the ability to measure distance in 3D space. By tracking the whole body of the user, he/she can enjoy or receive all the types of such participatory content as avatar games, edutainment, rehabilitation which use the whole body, whatever the display may be, 3D TV, projector, plasma or liquid crystal.
Mix Reality “Jeu de Go”
LM3LABS Corporation
This is a cutting-edge finger tracking technology which makes it possible to deal with digital content even on such a non-digital material as solid wood as a go board and it gives the natural feeling to the go players that is absolutely impossible for a synthetic touch panel.
This is a good example of the technology development philosophy of LM3LABS to pursuit the best user experience where users do not see the technology but just enjoy the benefit of it.
Face Tracking “Masque de No”
LM3LABS Corporation
The new machine-human interface of applying digital content technology on human faces is attracting attention. "Masque de Noh" is an example of the interface and it places a Noh mask on a human face on the screen display and the mask stays at the same location of the face wherever the face might move, making the Noh mask look as a real mask worn on the face. This AR (Augmented Reality) technology would bring about the joy of digital content widely to commercial or public facilities.
Body Tracking Catchyoo “Pond de Carpes”
LM3LABS Corporation
Catchyoo is being used globally as a stage producing tool and advertising media and solution equipped with more than 20 patterns of functions for special effects, content creation and statistics compilation. Please experience the digital world of utmost reality which has the complicated layers of carps, flowers and water.
SRV: Super Real Vision
Aerial 3D Display Project
The Aerial 3D Display is the world's first display that draws real 3D objects in a space where only air exists, creating luminous dots using the laser plasma technology. We will exhibit a Super Real Vision (SRV) display, an aerial 3D display of reduced size and higher resolution, drawing 3D objects in a closed space.
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Choreonoid
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Choreonoid is a software which gives various actions to a humanoid robot, instantly adjusting the key poses entered by an average user into those which are mechanically and dynamically suitable for the robot, making it possible for those who have no expertise in robotics to give various actions to humanoid robots as if they are giving motions to CG characters. The dancing of Miim on the stage has been choreographed by this Choreonoid software.
Courtesy of KAWADA and AIST
Humanoid Robot HRP-4
KAWADA INDUSTRIES, INC.
A HRP-4 robot will be exhibited, a result of our research and development of humanoid robots, having a light and slim life-size body and yet meeting the basic requirements of co-existing with human, helping them do various work or taking over it.
Genre scenes in Kyoto, Funaki version
Editorial supervision: Tokyo National Museum
Production: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
The digital work, Genre Scenes in Kyoto, Funaki version, was first shown in TNM & Toppan Museum Theater which was opened in January, 2011 in Tokyo National Museum (TNM). It is an outcome from the co-project between TNM and Toppan to develop new measures for public presentation of cultural assets using VR technology, started in 2007.
The digital work uses the ultra-high density archive of a photographed and color-measured image of the original, a Japan's important cultural property and TNM collection, with approximately 2.21 pixels that makes life-size printing and replica creation possible and viewers of the digital work can enjoy watching the details of the property fully which cannot be seen from the viewing of the original.
e-book store "BookLive!"
BookLive Co., Ltd.
"BookLive!" is an e-book store where the cloud computing technology is utilized.
It provides readers with the new experience of reading by PC or smart phone instantly when they feel like reading.
"My Bookshelf" function which makes readers possible to enjoy the content they bought on three terminals and at home, office or on the road and "BookLive! Reader" which can read content of all the major e-book formats will be introduced.
Please try terminals and have a "BookLive!" experience!
©Yoichiro Kawaguchi
Gemotion CG Kimono
Yoichiro Kawaguchi Lab., Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
Kimonos and fans printed with Kawaguchi's CG designs using special ink will be exhibited.
Earth Graph
IMAGICA DIGITALSCAPE Co.,Ltd
"Earth Graph" is a platform to visualize data using the whole earth as the canvas. It shows massive data as a phenomenon of a global scale, powerfully helping us find new findings and solutions from those daily accumulating data and conduct creative activities, instead of leaving us to be drowned in the data.
Dance Performance with Humanoid Robot
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Cybernetic Human HRP-4C, Miim, is a humanoid robot that Japan is proud of. It has an appearance and shape similar to human and can walk and move in a way very similar to those of human. She will provide a dance performance on the stage.
NETDUETTO LIVE
Yamaha Corporation
Netduetto is a technology to transmit and receive high-quality audio data via the Internet with minimal delay. It enables musical sessions and duets between two different locations. Live performances will be performed by French artists, Scrub Flower.
©Yoichiro Kawaguchi
Gemotion Dance
Yoichiro Kawaguchi Lab., Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
The performing art of "Gemotion Dance (*)" created by Japan's most renowned artist, Yoichiro Kawaguchi, will be presented on the stage at Japan Creative Caf? with the dance performance by Yukoh Fujima. The CG pattern created by the artist transforms as a living organism in response to the motion of the Japanese dance dancer.
(*) "Gemotion": This word came from Gene, Growth and Emotion.
©CFM
WHTAT'S HATSUNE MIKU?
CRYPTON FUTURE MEDIA, INC.
A promotional video of "Hatsune Miku," a virtual idol created by Vocaloid technology will be screened.
©SOBI YAMAMOTO
WORKS BY THE WINNERS OF DIGITAL CREATORS COMPETITION
DIGITAL CONTENT EXPO 2010 DOCEMENTARY DVD
Digital Content Association of Japan
- Selected animation works created by the award winners of the competition in last few years will be screened. Those winners are regarded to be leading the next generation in the industry in Japan.
- The DVD which recorded Digital Content Expo (DC EXPO) 2010 will be screen.
DC EXPO 2011 which will be held from October 20 to 22, 2011 in Tokyo will be promoted at Futur en Seine.
