The feeling of Beyonce listening to Ricardo Villalobos? The future of entertainment that changes with 5G "WHITE NIGHT WEEK SHIBUYA" [Report ⑨]

WHITE NIGHT WEEK SHIBUYA

DAY 3 – SESSION 3 “Shibuya 5G Entertainment Tech Conference Vol.2”

Date and time: Thursday, November 7th, 21: 00-21: 45
Speaker:
Naohiro Ukawa (DOMMUNE)
Kohei Shigeta (KDDI CORPORATION)
Naohiro Yako (flapper3)
Kota Iguchi (CEKAI)

How will entertainment change in Shibuya with 5G?

Kunihiro on September 12th! Talk session by Mr. (Wild Bomb), Mr. Kenji Kohashi (Creative Director), Mr. Jungo Kanayama (Representative Director of Shibuya City Tourism Association), and Mr. Kazuhiko Nakama (KDDI CORPORATION) Shibuya 5G Entertainment Tech Conference The second edition was held.

At the beginning, Mr. Ukawa cuts out, "Can we go toward a future where Shibuya can shine? Before discussing this, I would like to talk about the memories of each Shibuya."

Mr. Shigeta from Saitama said, "It was a city I longed for. Shibuya-kei was in full swing during adolescence, and Detroit techno and acid jazz were beginning to become popular. The Internet was also in its infancy and there was not much information. If you keep searching, you will come across information that you know. It's scary to take a step, but when you open the door, you can meet "something". "

Next, Mr. Kota Iguchi of CEKAI said, "I was born in 1984. Street fashion was very popular due to the Ura-Harajuku boom, so that impression is strong." I will talk about the fact that it was a city as a memory.

On the other hand, Mr. YAKO, who says his parents' house is Shinjuku, said, "Impression of the neighboring town (laughs). I lived in Shinjuku, so Shibuya was a playground. Especially, the Maruyama-cho area was lively, so I played a lot." He says that the familiar place that was always there was Shibuya.

From here, for a while, Mr. Ukawa will be the only one. We will overwhelm the venue by talking about the past and present of Shibuya with the amount of heat that overflows, without giving the three speakers a chance to speak.

"Shibuya has its own nostalgia, but it's also evolving at an accelerating pace. Before we talk about 5G (5th generation), we have to look back on the 1st to 4th generations," (Mr. Ukawa).

From the 3C (color TV, cooler, automobile) era of high economic growth in the 1960s to the bubble era, while touching on Seiji Tsutsumi and Saison culture, he will enthusiastically talk about the changes in Shibuya from a unique perspective and narrative. ..

Mr. Shigeta adds about the transition of technology in response to the point that value recognition has changed from seeking material affluence to seeking spiritual affluence.

"1G became available for download on mobile phones in 1999. And ringtones and standby became popular. This is 2G. 3G enables high-speed, large-capacity communication, and video viewing on mobile phones has begun. However, it was still mainly used for photos and bulletin boards. 4G was the appearance of smartphones in the early 2000s. Mobile phones became Internet devices themselves. More people brought real things to the net. Instagram is a good example. That's right "(Mr. Shigeta)

After that, Mr. Ukawa's solo show again.

"Nico Nama became an Owakon because it couldn't support smartphones. Until then, home guards cursed Ria Mitsuru on the one hand and longed for it on the other hand. Now that it's 4G, everyone Now out in town with a smartphone. So what about Shibuya? Records have become files, clubs have been cracked down by the Fudosan Law. From material consumption and information consumption to content consumption, the real timeline The era of communication consumption, how to spend time, has arrived. "(Mr. Ukawa)

"Now, I'm finally going to get into the main subject (laughs). I really wanted to talk about 5G only here," said Mr. Ukawa, when half of the scheduled time for the program had already passed. Laughter leaks from the venue. "Then, what can we do in the 5G era?" Let's get into the main subject.

"What will change when it comes to 5G? There are three major features. One is high-capacity high-speed communication. 4K and 8K can be streamed at high speed. The second is that the number of simultaneous connections will increase dramatically. Finally, there is no latency (delay). In other words, there is no time lag. "(Mr. Shigeta)

Mr. Shigeta explained the features of 5G in an easy-to-understand manner. Then each mentions the possibilities in the 5G era.

“With 5G, we will be able to experience spatial information in real time. We can create images, but we can create“ experiences ”that do not end with just watching. I think this is the key to 5G. For example, skin sensation is a sensing device. By sharing it with, you will be able to perform remote surgery, and to put it in the extreme, you will be able to have an "experience" of touching sea turtles in Okinawa while you are in Tokyo.

"I'm interested in why I can experience the exhilaration that I could only experience at the venue, even if I wasn't there. When I was immersed in music, I used the synchronized images and laser light. Pleasure that doubles "(YAKO)

"In other words, it's a club experience in a biological sense. Beyonce can listen to Ricardo Villalobos and deliver in real time what kind of experience he had and what kind of dance he performed. 5G is the ultimate. Speaking of which, this is it. "(Mr. Ukawa)

Everyone "?"

"So, when Beyonce listens to Ricardo Villalobos and Richie Hawtin, others don't know what's different or what kind of excitement they have, but it's 5G that allows them to share their feelings and excitement. That's why, right? "(Mr. Ukawa)

"It is true that if we can establish a technology that conveys what we feel in our brain and what we feel in our body with sensing technology and body suits, that kind of thing will be possible (laughs)" (Mr. Shigeta).

"If you apply AR and VR in consideration of the number of simultaneous connections, you can experience the situation of the Halloween scrambled intersection in Shibuya all over the world" (YAKO)

"That's right. What we are thinking about is that you can feel Shibuya, but how do people in Shibuya feel? To the people of Shibuya who are experiencing Shibuya all over the world. Is it possible to visualize it? I want to be able to have an interactive experience in both directions. "(Mr. Shibuya)

The open opinions of the four people who are active on the front lines of creativity and technology are all exciting. The ideas are endless, but at the end, Mr. Ukawa summarizes this.

"Since Google Earth, there are no unexplored regions in the world. There is a" destination to go to in the world "announced by National Geographic, but the second place is Antarctica. The South Pole keeps nature. Where is the first place? It's Setouchi. Why? There is the ultimate unnaturalness (artificial object) in the wilderness in Setouchi. I think that is the value. Yayoi Kusama's pumpkin in the sea of Setouchi There is a feeling of "being there forever". That's why it can be art. AR and VR are repainted by technology. This is design. What is the unchanging value in the 5G era? Think about this. It must be. In other words, when Beyoncé and Missy Elliott listen to Ricardo Villa Lobos's minimal techno, how do they feel and what is the difference? A third party can understand this. I have to do it "(Mr. Ukawa)

It may be vague, but I think everyone who came to the event had a feeling that an exciting future would come.