Crypton Future Media and Vocaloid Yamaha To Announce New Product Releases in Live Stream Event

 Posted by at 6:27 am  Events  No Responses »
Jul 212013
 


 
Crypton Future Media and VOCALOID YAMAHA have announced a live stream event for July 24th at 7:00 PM JST, where they plan to announce the release of new Vocaloid products. Due to timing and the companies involved, it is highly suspected that Hatsune Miku English (and/or V3) and V3 Meiko will be announced. This is currently speculation, however.

Event Link: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv145430587

The announcement will be hosted by Crypton’s CEO Hiroyuki Itoh and VOCALOID YAMAHA’s chief engineer Kenmochi Hideki, and will last for 1 hour.

If you can’t tune in live, you can timeshift the stream to watch it later. If you are having difficulties calculating the time difference, here’s a clock for tracking the current time in Japan:

Good Smile Company Releases More Parts For Your Nendoroids!

 Posted by at 12:36 pm  Figures, Merchandise  No Responses »
Jul 202013
 

GSC has announced new parts that can be added to your Miku Nendos!

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Set One Includes interchangeable horns, wings, a halo, gloves, and special props of relative themes. Each item has the ability to be swapped out on any full-sized Nendoroid of your choosing, allowing for plenty of fun poses, and the set also includes a larger base to allow room for displaying your new accessories.

As for the second set, we have black and white bunny ears, tails and gloves as well as a complete cat set and.. well, cats! The set comes with butterflies as well, including the specialized stand needed for your scenes to work.

Both sets can be preordered for 1,000 Yen ($10 USD) each from GSC’s online shop (Set 1, Set 2) until August 21st. The sets can also be found for a bit less from other vendors such as CDJapan (Set 1, Set 2) and Amiami (Set 1, Set 2). The expected shipment date for both sets is November 2013.

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Figma Hatsune Miku 2.0 Now Available For Preorder

 Posted by at 3:05 am  Figures, Hatsune Miku, Merchandise  2 Responses »
Jul 192013
 

In a sudden surprise announcement from the second part of Mikatan’s Figma review, it’s been revealed that Figma Hatsune Miku 2.0 is now available for preorder from Good Smile Company’s online shop!

On top of being the 200th Figma released by Max Factory and GSC, Figma Hatsune Miku 2.0 also brings in a few new changes and innovations over previous Figma models. The joints have been modified to allow greater flexibility, such as ball joints for the hair and wrists. The Figma is also slightly larger than previous models.

In the way of accessories, the Figma includes three different expressions, a set of angel wings, a guitar and microphone, and different sets of hands. Those who place their order from GSC’s online shop will also be rewarded with an exclusive checkered base unit. Check out the official GSC product listing here.

The Figma is priced at 3900 Yen, and is set to ship out in late October 2013. Lastly, here’s a few images of the Figma in different poses. It really shows off how flexible this new Figma is! Read Mikatan’s full review here.

Good Smile Company’s Mikatan Teases Photos of Figma Hatsune Miku 2.0

 Posted by at 4:46 am  Figures, Hatsune Miku, Merchandise  1 Response »
Jul 182013
 

Good Smile Company’s Mikatan posted an article earlier today showing off images of a prototype for the Hatsune Miku 2.0 Figma. She plans to continue her review tomorrow, so not much was revealed aside from a few images for comparison purposes. Those angel wings are absolutely beautiful! ミクさんマジ天使！

Read the full English review with additional images from here. But before you do, please be sure to load the Japanese page from here first. There is a bug with loading images on the English site unless you’ve viewed the Japanese page first.



Impressive Virtual Reality Demo Featuring Hatsune Miku and Oculus Rift + Razer Hydra Hardware

 Posted by at 5:33 pm  Hatsune Miku, Videogames  4 Responses »
Jul 172013
 

A Japanese game developer that goes by the name of “Nao_u” has released another virtual reality demo to add to the collection of demos viewable on his YouTube channel.

Each new demo release uses a different set of hardware, and this time the demo makes use of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, and Razer’s Hydra controller system.

Just like with his previous demos, Nao_u developed the program to allow the user to play as Hatsune Miku. The Razer Hydra control system allows individual finger movements, creating a variety of different ways to allow the player to interact with the environment. This could be simply touching or moving objects, or even firing off energy blasts.

Watch the demo below for yourself! The song playing through most of the video is the instrumental for “Tesu Tesu Broadcast.proj” by DaniwellP.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6bR4g21QCg]
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