Digital Design Tournament

The name of the event is Cut & Paste and its a competition open for entries in 2D, 3D, and Motion Design. This year in Japan its being held Tokyo, December 11th 2010. Japan is just one country the competition tours. You can see streaming live feeds of each countries competition on justin.tv . Each contestant has 15 minute rounds to design a concept against a competitor. Here is one such design from a contestant in Tokyo. More on Cut&Paste here and here .

Tokyo's Virtual Billboards

What was once science fiction is now a reality. You may remember this scene in the Miniority report. Well here in Japan billboard's can now determine your age, gender and recommend a soft drink based on your profile.

Earlier in another development, Hitachi came out with a "Minority Report" like tablet interface.

Stay up to date with movements in Digital Signage at the next Digital Signage expo in Japan in 2011.

Videos of the 18th 3D & Virtual Reality Expo

In the process of uploading the videos of the event. The first is up. Others will follow over the course of the week. 3D was bigger then usual this year as you might expect. 3D glasses were all the rage. further comments will follow shortly.

17th Industrial Virtual Reality Expo

This year I received a free invite to attend the World's largest trade show focusing on the virtual reality industry. The 17th IVR Expo was held this year between June 24th and 26th, 2009 at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan. There was a lot to cram into the time I had allocated but worth the trip. See you there again next year !