SoVeC And STARIUM Bring AR Zoo To Asahikawa Medical University Hospital
SoVeC Corporation began operating AR Zoo at Asahikawa Medical University Hospital on November 2, 2026, using its location-based AR app XR CHANNEL. The XR content was jointly developed with STARIUM.
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Why it matters
The hospital installation moves XR CHANNEL out of tourism and entertainment and into pediatric care, giving long-stay and outpatient children an animal encounter on the ward floor.
Key Facts
- SoVeC began operating AR Zoo at Asahikawa Medical University Hospital on November 2, 2026.
- The AR Zoo content was jointly developed by SoVeC and STARIUM.
- Visitors use SoVeC's location-based AR app XR CHANNEL on smartphones and tablets.
- Asahiyama Zoo supervised the ecology and movements of the animals.
- Operating hours are 8:30 to 17:00 every day, including weekends and holidays.
Children at the hospital can see life-sized animals through smartphones and tablets in three locations. Asahiyama Zoo supervised the animals' ecology and movements. It is the first permanent AR Zoo in Hokkaido and the second facility nationwide.
Asahikawa Medical University Hospital draws patients from across northern and eastern Hokkaido, and many children there spend long stretches in treatment. The AR Zoo install is permanent, not an event. Animals appear at the second-floor main entrance hall (giraffe), in front of the fourth-floor elevator hall (polar bear), and in the fourth-floor ward playroom (red panda). Operating hours are 8:30 to 17:00 daily, including weekends and holidays. Asahiyama Zoo supervised the ecology and movement of each animal shown.
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