“Virtual Shibuya au 5G Halloween Festival 2022” (hereinafter referred to as “Virtual Halloween”) will be held from October 26th (Wednesday) to October 31st (Monday). Continuing from every year, we will prepare attraction content that will allow you to enjoy the Halloween mood at any time during the event.
URL: https://vcity.au5g.jp/shibuya/halloween2022
This year, which will be held for the third time, together with about 16 companies and partners, the theme will be "Culture Crossing -Shibuya and the world intersect-", and new entertainment that fuses Japanese pop culture and technology from Shibuya. send to the world.
During the event period, attraction content will appear in “Virtual Shibuya” where you can fully enjoy the Halloween mood. Bub MONSTE R BUBBLE's huge bathtub, the latest Toyota Corolla Sports will appear in the city for Halloween, and you can transform into Sadako's avatar and wander around the city, and you can experience crazy experiences from Japan such as Blackbeard Crisis. increase. In addition, you can enjoy Shibuya-like fashion content such as the limited-time opening of the fashion area by PAL, which has a large number of apparel brands nationwide.
And the cable car "Hibari-go", which operated over the city of Shibuya for only two years from 1951, will be reproduced in "Virtual Shibuya" for a limited time during Halloween. You can enjoy an experience that can only be done in a virtual space of a real city, such as actually riding a cable car and taking a walk in the air in "Virtual Shibuya", overlooking the streets of Shibuya designed for Halloween. In addition, for each ride, the 10 yen fare at the time of operation will be donated to the actual city of Shibuya.
In addition, Metajob!, which placed a total of 145 people as “official staff” in the virtual space last year, will be recruiting staff who can handle Japanese and English this year. We will support the participants so that they can enjoy the virtual space more by guiding them on how to operate, event information, and taking pictures. We will provide a new work style that overcomes various barriers such as location restrictions and face-to-face contact by working in the Metaverse.
In addition, at the same time, in real Shibuya, as part of the "Real Metaverse Project" project to expand cities around the world with XR, "BOSO SCRAMBLE" will be held to make space available for NFT trading. When you launch the STYLY app at the Shibuya Scramble Crossing, the XRed Shibuya Scramble Crossing will be displayed as a “slot”. A campaign to win luxurious prizes will be held at the same time when playing “BOSO SLOT”.
We are planning further events to excite “Virtual Shibuya au 5G Halloween Festival 2022”. Please keep an eye out for future announcements.
Attraction content overview
Take a walk in the air in "Virtual Shibuya"! Cable car "Hibari" operated in Shibuya in 1951
The cable car "Hibari", which operated over Shibuya (currently over the Hachiko area) for only two years from 1951, is reproduced in "Virtual Shibuya", which was born in Reiwa. You can actually ride in a retro and cute round gondola and look down on "Virtual Shibuya" from the sky. The fare at the time of operation of "Hibari" was 10 yen one way. This time, during the virtual Halloween period, we plan to donate 10 yen to Shibuya Ward for each number of passengers on the Hibari. At that time, the Hibari-go was an attraction for children only, but in Reiwa, anyone can ride the Hibari-go, so please enjoy a unique virtual city experience.
We are looking for a concierge who can attend to tourists from overseas and can handle both Japanese and English at the Metaverse!
"Metajob!" operated by Mitsui Group's Moon Creative Lab Inc. has "official staff" avatars in the venue. In last year's demonstration experiment, a total of 145 people were placed in the virtual space as "official staff" to support the participants so that they could enjoy themselves more. This year, we are recruiting Japanese-English staff from those who have registered for the job matching system that was launched last month. We will support visitors to enjoy the virtual space more by guiding them on how to operate and event information, as well as taking pictures. Through employment in the Metaverse, we will propose a new work style that allows you to work without contact and without showing your face, regardless of location.
MONSTER BUBBLE Meta Bath&Jet Splash
At the Halloween-themed “Virtual Shibuya” scramble crossing, a huge bathtub, one of the largest in the history of the Metaverse, has appeared. Visitors can soak in a huge bathtub and enjoy a fantastic virtual bathing time while enjoying the jet bubbles of carbonated water and the surface of the hot water that changes from green to blue to red. There is also an attraction where jet foam blows out in the bathtub in front of SHIBUYA 109 and you can shoot yourself into the sky! Furthermore, on October 26th (Wednesday), an event linked to "Virtual Shibuya" will be held in the real Shibuya town.
Sponsor: Kao Corporation
Corolla Series Halloween World
Corolla Series Halloween World opens in "Virtual Shibuya". You can enjoy an extraordinary space decorated with the latest Corolla Sports shining in orange mica metallic color. In addition, a Halloween wallpaper campaign is being held on Toyota's official Twitter to commemorate the release of the world. Select the character you want to become from the special site and tweet with "#Corolla series" and "#Halloween world" and you will receive a wallpaper with your icon transformed into a Halloween character!
Sponsor: Toyota Motor Corporation
Sadako DX MODI Area Jack
A spooky collaboration between the movie “Sadako DX” released on October 28th (Friday) and virtual Halloween has been realized. During the event period, Sadako will jack the MODI area in "Virtual Shibuya". When entering the MODI area, all user avatars will automatically transform into Sadako. Take pictures, wander around, and enjoy a slightly different Halloween with a Japanese feel in the slightly scary space filled with Sadako avatars.
Sponsor: KADOKAWA CORPORATION
Pal closet fashion exhibition
The fashion mail-order site “Pal Closet” will hold a fashion exhibition in Virtual Shibuya. This season's recommended coordination is lined up in the room. We will deliver an experience like a real store even in a virtual space. You can also check the coordination that you like on the mail order site. In addition, we will present a universal collaboration avatar exclusively for visitors!
* The event will be held from October 26th (Wednesday) to November 8th (Tuesday).
Sponsor: Pal Co., Ltd.
Metaverse Blackbeard Crisis
A special entrance to the new world "Metaverse Blackbeard Crisis Ippatsu", where you can play toys in a virtual space that opened in cluster on Thursday, September 15th, will appear in "Virtual Shibuya" for a limited time during the virtual Halloween period. . Pumpkins and other decorations are also displayed in the space of "Metaverse Blackbeard Crisis", and the dock area where pirates gather is transformed into a Halloween atmosphere. In addition to the excitement of Halloween, please enjoy the thrilling “Blackbeard Play”.
Sponsor: Takara Tomy Co., Ltd.
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For the first time in the world, a project that can expand urban space with XR and can be bought and sold with NFT has been launched. The first stage is the Shibuya scramble crossing! Campaign to win luxurious prizes
Psychic VR Lab is part of the "Real Metaverse Project," which utilizes the Real Metaverse Platform "STYLY" to expand urban spaces around the world with XR, and is the world's first* project "METADIMENSIONS," which makes spaces available for purchase and sale via NFT. was launched. The first installment is a digital layer "Shibuya Scramble Layer" that overlaps the Shibuya Scramble Crossing by teaming up with the NFT Metaverse project "BOSO TOKYO" and "MADWORLD HONG KONG LIMITED" drawn with the world view of motorcycle gang culture x cyber sci-fi. "BOSO SCRAMBLE" will be held for a limited time from October 15th (Sat) to November 13th (Sun) (*not held on October 31st only).
When you launch the STYLY app installed on your smartphone at the Shibuya Scramble Crossing, the Shibuya Scramble Crossing will become a slot! We will carry out a campaign to win luxurious prizes when playing slots. (Collaboration prizes with the NFT Art Project are planned.) In addition, hidden elements are also included, so please experience it at the site. (* NFT sales are scheduled for early November.) * According to general incorporated association Metaverse Japan
Details URL: https://metadimensions.zone/
*Scheduled to open on Saturday, October 15
Sponsor: Psychic VR Lab Inc.
ABOUT BOSO SCRAMBLE: https://www.bosotokyo.com/bososcramble/
*Scheduled to open on Thursday, October 13
Overview of “Virtual Shibuya au 5G Halloween Festival 2022”
Date: October 26 (Wednesday) to October 31 (Monday), 2022
Venue: Shibuya Ward official distribution platform “Virtual Shibuya”
Organizer: Virtual Shibuya Halloween Executive Committee
Production: KDDI Corporation, Future Design Shibuya, General Incorporated Foundation Shibuya Tourism Association
Sponsored by: Shibuya Ward
Official site: https://vcity.au5g.jp/shibuya/halloween2022
Official SNS: <Twitter> @ shibuya5g
<Instagram> @shibuya5g
<YouTube> Shibuya 5G Entertainment Project
Participation method: You can participate in Virtual Shibuya from a VR device, smartphone, or PC/Mac.
You need to install the cluster app for your device and create a free account.
<cluster app download> https://cluster.mu/downloads
<Creating a cluster account> https://cluster.mu/
List of partner companies
Asahi Breweries, Ltd., Asobisystem Co., Ltd., ASPR Co., Ltd., NHK WORLD JAPAN, Kao Corporation (Bubu MONSTER BUBBLE), KADOKAWA Co., Ltd. (Sadako DX), KAYAC Co., Ltd., Cluster Co., Ltd., Psychic VR Lab (STYLY) ), Smadori Co., Ltd., Takara Tomy Co., Ltd., Tokyu Co., Ltd., Toyoshima Co., Ltd., Toyota Motor Corporation, Pal Co., Ltd., Moon Creative Lab Inc. (Metajob!) (in alphabetical order)
