HIKKY Builds Metaverse Future City Hitachi for 2035 Lifestyle Concept
HIKKY produced the metaverse space Future City Hitachi, released by Hitachi City and Hitachi, Ltd. on November 4, 2026.
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Why it matters
The project turns a written lifestyle concept into a space residents can walk through and criticize, which gives Hitachi City and Hitachi a way to collect reactions on the 2035 plan before it shapes actual infrastructure.
Key Facts
- HIKKY produced the metaverse Future City Hitachi, released by Hitachi City and Hitachi, Ltd. on November 4, 2026.
- Four areas are open to visitors: Coolness, Challenge, Interaction, and Housing Utilization.
- Visitors move through the space with an avatar and talk with characters during missions.
- Opinions submitted by participants will be used by Hitachi City and Hitachi in considering future town development and social infrastructure.
- Hitachi City and Hitachi formulated the 2035 lifestyle concept through workshops and surveys with citizens.
Visitors tour four areas (Coolness, Challenge, Interaction, Housing Utilization) with an avatar, talk with characters, and submit opinions on the 2035 lifestyle concept that Hitachi City and Hitachi formulated with citizens. Those opinions will inform future town development and social infrastructure planning.
HIKKY handled the space design, the participant experience design, production, and system development for the metaverse, while Hitachi City and Hitachi supplied the 2035 lifestyle concept built through workshops and surveys with citizens. Inside the space, a Coolness Map marks the share of shade so visitors can test a walking route for a hot day, and a Challenge area follows a young entrepreneur who met a local farmer through AI matching and uses imperfect apples in apple pie. The Interaction and Housing Utilization areas center on a food truck regular and an Everyone's Watch-Over House where generations drop by.
- Coolness Area: A Coolness Map showing the proportion of shade helps visitors find a route they can walk comfortably.
- Challenge Area: A young entrepreneur matched with a local farmer through AI uses imperfect apples in apple pie.
- Interaction Area: Conversations with a food truck regular show daily life gathering around food.
- Housing Utilization Area: An Everyone's Watch-Over House where people of all generations drop by.
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