Virtual Market 2023 Real in Akiba
On the 10th Virtual Market and its 5th anniversary, Vket held its first real event, "Virtual Market 2023 Real in Akiba," which involved the entire town of Akihabara, centered on Bellesalle Akihabara. The event, which featured a variety of entertaining contents that allowed anyone to easily experience and enjoy metaverse, recorded 40,000 visitors over the two days. More than 8,000 real products were sold. The event created an event that transcended the boundaries between the real world and the metaverse, allowing people to connect with each other. Event period: July 29 and 30, 2023 (2 days)
Virtual Market 2023 Summer
The 10th annual Virtual Market was held in July 2023. This memorable 5th anniversary 10th Vket saw the largest number of visitors ever, with a total of more than 1.2 million visitors in total. The number of exhibitors and IPs at the web browser venue, which can also be accessed from smartphones, was also the largest ever. In addition, JVC KENWOOD Corporation, musician Kohmi Hirose, and dancer Taiga challenged the Guinness World Record™ and obtained the third Guinness World Record™ for the Vket as the "Most videos of avatars dancing choreographed dances posted on Twitter in one hour". Event period: July 15, 2023 - July 30, 2023 (16 days) Theme: CONNECT Company Exhibit Venues: Para Real Las Vegas / Para Real Fukuoka / Para Real Akihabara Number of exhibiting companies/IPs: approx. 75 Number of exhibiting circles: 700 circles
Virtual Market 2022 Winter
The 9th Virtual Market was held in December 2022. Virtual Nagoya Station," an elaborate reproduction of JR Nagoya Station, attracted attention by offering an advance ride on the Linear Central Shinkansen in metaverse, which cannot yet be ridden in the real world. BEAMS, Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store, Marie Quandt Cosmetics, and Yaizu City offered "metaverse customer service," in which actual employees and staff members enter VR stores and communicate with visitors. Event period: December 3, 2022 - December 18, 2022 (16 days) Theme: NEXT Journey Company Exhibit Venues: ParaReal Nagoya, ParaReal Paris, ParaReal Sapporo Number of exhibiting companies/IPs: approx. 70 Number of circles exhibiting: 540 circles
Virtual Market 2022 Summer
The 8th Virtual Market was held in August 2022. A number of "real x virtual interlocking projects" were held, linking the real Osaka Station with the Virtual Osaka Station, as well as "user-participation projects". The event was a big hit on SNS, trending on Twitter (now X) on the first day of the event. Event period: August 13, 2022 - August 28, 2022 (16 days) Theme: Origin Company Exhibit Venues: ParaReal Osaka / ParaReal New York Number of exhibiting companies/IPs: approx. 60 Number of circles exhibiting: 540 circles
Virtual Market 2021
The 7th annual Virtual Market was held in December 2021. Lawson, TV Asahi, SMBC Nikko Securities, and others exhibited for the first time, marking the largest number of corporate exhibitors ever. As the first phase of the "Para-real Project" to recreate real-life cities in a new form in metaverse, the market attracted attention with its recreation of the streets of Shibuya and Akihabara. The project proposed new PR methods in the metaverse, such as advertising jack-ups throughout the entire metaverse. Event period: December 4, 2022 - December 19, 2022 (16 days) Theme: Metaverse City Company Exhibit Venues: ParaReal Shibuya / ParaReal Akihabara Number of exhibiting companies/IPs: approx. 80 Number of exhibiting circles: 600 circles
Virtual Market 6
The 6th Virtual Market was held in August 2021. Under the theme of "World Festi-VR: Festivals of the World," many companies, including JR East, NTT Docomo, and Yamaha Motor, exhibited for the first time at the venue that represented festivals from Japan and countries around the world. A browser venue that can be accessed from smartphones, tablets, and other devices with only a URL click was also created using Vket Cloud technology, and was well received by those who had never touched VR before. From this year, the exhibiting system for general circles was changed to a lottery system. Event period: August 14 - 28, 2021 (15 days) Theme: Festivals of the World Number of exhibiting companies/IPs: approx. 60 Number of exhibiting circles: 465 circles
虚拟市场1
2018年8月举办的第1次虚拟市场,约80个小组在以活动会场为主题的VR空间参展。这次展会向世界展示了虚拟空间下的无限可能,激起了大家的热情。
虚拟市场2
2019年3月举办的第2次虚拟市场,这次参展的小组达400个,是第一次的5倍之多。另外,从这次展览开始,我们开始引入企业参展,711集团、AVEX等日本国内企业参展。
虚拟市场3
2019年9月举办的第3次虚拟市场,我们从1000多组申请当中,抽选了600组参展。参展企业当中,包括参加过第二次展览的711集团、松下、KDDI等,共有30家日本国内企业参展。
虚拟市场4
2020年4月举办的第4次虚拟市场,约有1000个小组申请,所有申请者都得到了参展机会。另有39家企业参展,包括迪士尼、711集团、软银、伊势丹等,创历史最高。 作为企业的会场,以东京地标设计的“Parareal Tokyo”(并行东京),也引起轰动。
虚拟市场5
2020年12月举办的第5次虚拟市场,约1000个小组、70多家企业参展,包括哥斯拉、NARUTO、迪士尼等众多知名企业,参展企业数创历史新高。 参观者达114万人,一同创下最高纪录。我司与MIYAVI共同举办的虚拟演唱会“MIYAVI VIRTUAL LIVE 360”也大获好评。