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Gugenka's HoloModel Adds Support for Sony's 6-Inch ELF-MN1 Spatial Display
Gugenka Inc. confirmed on October 28 that its digital figure service HoloModel now supports the ELF-MN1, Sony's 6-inch spatial reality display.
Reporting from 2 sources: GAME Watch (Impress), PANORA.
Why it matters
The ELF-MN1 costs 53,900 yen against the 550,000 yen of Sony's existing 27-inch ELF-SR2, and Gugenka is positioning HoloModel compatibility around that price gap so anime digital figures can sit on a desk rather than in a studio.
Key Facts
- Gugenka Inc. announced on October 28 that its HoloModel digital figure service now supports Sony's ELF-MN1 spatial reality display.
- Sony's ELF-MN1 releases on December 11 at 53,900 yen including tax at Sony Store, with an open price elsewhere.
- The ELF-MN1 has a 6-inch, 1,080 by 2,160 micro-optical lens LCD panel rated at 403ppi.
- The ELF-MN1 connects to Windows PCs and to iOS and Android smartphones with a single USB-C cable.
- Sony's existing 27-inch ELF-SR2 spatial reality display is priced at 550,000 yen.
Characters already offered through HoloModel can be viewed as three-dimensional images on the device without special glasses or a headset, adding a desk-side viewing option to the service's existing smartphone operation and photography. Sony's display connects to a Windows PC or to iOS and Android phones with a single USB-C cable, so no complex setup precedes playback. The ELF-MN1 sits in Sony's XYN spatial content lineup and releases on December 11, priced at 53,900 yen including tax at Sony Store, with an open price elsewhere. It uses a 1,080 by 2,160 micro-optical lens LCD panel rated at 403ppi, and an eye-tracking sensor with an added IR element tracks pupil position in dark rooms to hold the naked-eye stereoscopic image.
- Masafumi Mikami is listed as Gugenka's Representative Director and CEO in the compatibility announcement.
- Gugenka describes itself as an XR creative studio that brings Japanese IP to the world through XR technology. Its digital goods marketplace, X Market, sells HoloModel figures, which are official digital figures of Japanese anime.
- Sony frames the ELF-MN1 under the concept "Bring the world of creation into the 'everyday' on your desk," aimed at content made by XR creators and spatial content creators.
- The 403ppi panel is described as the highest among Sony's spatial reality displays, using a two-viewpoint method with technology that suppresses image blur and double images, called crosstalk.
- The chassis is simple by design. An acrylic stand keeps the screen edge from standing out against the desk surface, so the device blends into the material of the installation surface.
- Gugenka says the collaboration is "a major step forward" toward its goal of "an everyday life where your favorite is by your side," and that it will keep creating a future that enriches the lives of character fans.
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