Virtual Market 2023 Real in Akiba" to experience the latest virtual technology! Event Report

The "Virtual Market 2023 Real in Akiba," a real event where visitors can experience the latest virtual technologies, was held at Bellesalle Akihabara in Tokyo on July 29 (Sat.) and 30 (Sun.), 2023.

Virtual Market 2023 Real in Akiba" is a VR world festival " Virtual Market 2023 Summer" where various products such as 3D data including avatars can be bought and sold in the metaverse . This is its real event.

Various companies and exhibitors introduced various services using VR-related technologies at the "Virtual Market 2023 Real in Akiba," which was held at Bellesalle Akihabara in Tokyo over two days on July 29 and 30, 2023.

A real avatar of Vket-chan 1 also made an appearance!

A mystery-solving game linked the real Akihabara town with the metaverse space. The stage was set in Akihabara!

A stamp rally was also held. Participants received an original drink.

TV Asahi's official metaverse idol "Metashippu" also had a booth!

At the venue, visitors could enjoy "Avatar Meets," where they could interact with avatars without devices, and communicate with avatars through virtual avatar robots that strolled around the venue.

At the "VR Shot Bar Seaside," visitors could visually enjoy virtual food and drinks served by virtual bartenders on a three-dimensional monitor.

Incidentally, a Sony-developed "smell presentation device" that can "create various smells" was set above the audience's heads. The food could also be enjoyed through the sense of smell.

Stationery manufacturer Pilot offered a VR shooting game in which visitors fought using the company's pens as vehicles.

Toyo Kensetsu, an offshore construction company, offered visitors the opportunity to experience its facilities built in a metaverse space and to enjoy a company tour through an avatar.

JR Kyushu reproduced the Hakata Station area and train interior in VR, and Yaizu City in Shizuoka Prefecture offered visitors the opportunity to shop for local specialties in a metaverse space, indicating the next-generation tourism style of experiencing rural areas in VR.

JRA exhibited an ultra-realistic horse racing robot. It was even possible to actually ride it. The way the robot's muscles move and its tail wags is ultra-realistic! In addition, visitors could experience the "Virtual Nakayama Racecourse" through a VR device.

At the TCL RayNeo booth, visitors were able to experience the company's smart glasses, "TCL NXTWEAR S." Everyone was amazed by the 200-inch-plus video experience!


The "Parareal Creator Area," featuring next-generation creators active in both real and virtual worlds, featured 10 circles per day. The chaotic mix of various genres is truly Akihabara!

The "Yuusha Technology Laboratory" exhibited a robot that can transform into a car and drive itself!

Doujin circle "Mokanchi" distributed guidebooks to cafes in the Metaverse Space. Their point of view is amazing!

The "Tsukuttemita Doukai, Now and Then" distributes videos of accessories and paper art making.

Paper crafts of Vket-chan No. 1 are also distributed!

The okonomiyaki chain "DODONTEI," which operates mainly in the Kyushu region, also exhibited. They were giving away glittering stickers of box people.


The "Virtual Market 2023 Real in Akiba," where the latest virtual and real gadgets gather and where cutting-edge technologies and subcultures crossover, is an event where anything goes, and where "this is Akihabara! The event was an all-encompassing affair that could be described as "this is Akihabara! The venue was a lively place from start to finish, especially during the summer vacation season.