Bui Nade! Lets Fans Pat VTubers on Screen With Hand Tracking
The attraction addresses a gap in fan events where interaction is typically one-way, offering a contactless way to create a sense of closeness with digital characters, which could change how VTuber and character events are staged.
Key Facts
- Bui Nade! is an interactive attraction from Ohtani Design Laboratory that uses hand-tracking sensors to let users pat VTubers and anime or game characters on a screen.
- The system supports two-way communication with VTubers, allowing streamers to see where users are patting and respond in real time.
- Existing Live2D and 3D models, 2D illustrations, and voice materials can be used without dedicated app development or new artwork.
- The one-time purchase plan costs 1.48 million yen, with a campaign price of 1.08 million yen.
- Setup requires only a monitor or projector, a small PC, and a sensor, and the system is designed for small spaces like pop-up stores and event booths.
Reporting from 4 sources: GameBusiness.jp, MoguLive, Inside, PANORA.
Ohtani Design Laboratory has begun full-scale provision of Bui Nade!, an interactive attraction that lets users pat VTubers and anime or game characters on a screen using hand-tracking sensors. The system is part of the company's Teno-Verse interactive event content line. Users hold a hand over a sensor, and the on-screen character reacts in real time, with expressions, limited voices, and motions changing in response. For VTubers, the system supports two-way communication, allowing the streamer to see where the user is patting and respond with dialogue like "I can see you patting my head!" The attraction requires no controllers, gloves, or touch panels. Existing Live2D and 3D models, 2D illustrations, and voice materials can be used as-is, eliminating the need for dedicated app development or new artwork. Setup requires only a monitor or projector, a small PC, and the sensor. The one-time purchase plan costs 1.48 million yen, with a campaign price of 1.08 million yen. Rental and subscription plans are available by individual quote. The company also offers casting and collaboration consultations for businesses without their own VTubers or characters.
- Planner Taiki Kashiwagi said the idea came from fans who want to "directly touch my favorite oshi on the other side of the screen," and that the goal is to create memories beyond watching videos or buying goods.
- The company frames the attraction as a fix for the "one-way communication" of traditional exhibitions and novelty distribution, where fans mostly watch or buy.
- Hearts appear on screen when a user pats a character, and characters can show surprise or smiles in response.
- VTuber dialogue examples include "Thanks for patting me!" alongside the "I can see you patting my head!" line.
- The company suggests uses beyond fan events: collaboration cafes can offer patting as a "special experience privilege" for merchandise purchasers, and commercial facilities, theme parks, and roadside stations can use it as a digital attraction to draw families.
- Ohtani Design Laboratory is based in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, was established April 14, 1971, and handles projection mapping planning and production, video content production, and event direction.
- The play screen image in the announcement uses a model named Obake Nano.
- MoguLive reports the launch date as July 30, 2026, and says the company conceived the plan from the fan desire to "touch the oshi on the other side of the screen."
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 4 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.