- Below is the content from the press release--
For the test marketing of a service using "magic insect glasses", which when held over a book, conveys the contents of the text or picture book through sound.
(DNP) WILL LAUNCH A CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN ON MAKUAKE, A LEADING CROWDFUNDING VENDOR, FOR THE FULL-SCALE DEVELOPMENT OF "MAGIC INSECT GLASSES", WHICH USES AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) TO CONVEY THE "JOY OF KNOWING" TO CHILDREN AND NURTURE THEIR INTEREST IN THE WORLD.
MAGICAL INSECT GLASSES" IS A "MAGICAL" INFORMATION DEVICE THAT RECOGNIZES PRINTED TEXT, PICTURES, PHOTOS, ILLUSTRATIONS, ETC., WHEN THE USER HOLDS THE SPECIAL AI-EQUIPPED "INSECT GLASSES" OVER A BOOK OR OTHER OBJECT. THE CROWDFUNDING PROJECT, "OTRUPE", IS AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE FOR CHILDREN THAT USES THESE "MAGIC INSECT GLASSES" TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS
Features of "Otrupe", an educational service using "magic insect glasses".
- WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PICTURE BOOK WITH THE MUSHI MEGANE, IT RECOGNISES THE CHARACTERS AND THE SCENE AND PLAYS THE MOST APPROPRIATE READING AND BACKGROUND MUSIC.
- It recognises the objects you look at and plays the most appropriate sound effects and descriptions.
- CHILDREN'S PHOTOS OF ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS, AS WELL AS THE AI'S RECOGNITION OF THEM, CAN BE STORED AND REFERRED TO BY PARENTS VIA A SMARTPHONE APP.
- We analyse children's interests based on the data of their usage history.
Aims and outline of the crowdfunding project
DNP HAS POSITIONED DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION (DX) AS ONE OF THE MEGATRENDS, AND IS STRIVING TO BUILD NEW BUSINESS MODELS AND PROVIDE NEW VALUE BY UTILIZING AI AND CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS IN A VARIETY OF BUSINESS DOMAINS. IN ORDER TO RELEASE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THAT SOCIETY AND PEOPLE WANT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, OUR ENGINEERS THEMSELVES CREATE AND DELIVER VALUE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND IMPROVE THEM THROUGH FEEDBACK, THROUGH CONTINUOUS AGILE DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION EXPERIMENTS. THIS TIME, IN ORDER TO REFLECT THE OPINIONS OF MORE USERS MORE EFFECTIVELY AND QUICKLY IN THIS SERVICE, WE WILL CONDUCT TEST MARKETING THROUGH CROWDFUNDING.
Outline: Sei-katsu-sha who support the development and provision of the "Otrupe" educational service using the "magic insect glasses" can "support and purchase" the service.
- Implementation period: 16 December 2021 to 15 March 2022
- Price including tax: 12,800 yen for the Magical Insect Goggles and 3 months of the Otrupe cloud service
- Target amount : 3,000,000 yen
- URL of the relevant page on MAKUAKE: https: //www.makuake.com/project/dnp/
Future developments
DNP is committed to developing and providing products and services that will become "the norm of the future", as values that will always be close to people's hearts, by promoting the development of DX human resources and teams capable of realizing everything from product and service planning, design and design to actual development, provision and operation. These efforts have led to the creation of the "Magic Bug Glasses" and "Otorupe". DNP will continue to develop crowdfunding and demonstration experiments in order to develop products that meet the needs of society and people. DNP will continue to develop crowdfunding and demonstration experiments to accelerate the development of products and services that meet the needs of society and people. In addition, DNP will invite co-creation partners to create new services using the "magic insect glasses" and promote their commercialization.
*1 Development of a demonstration device for "Magical Insect Glasses" that uses AI to make sounds pop out of picture books:
Released on December 2, 2020 https://www.dnp.co.jp/news/detail/10158928_1587.html
2 Development of a prototype of "Magical Insect Glasses" that uses AI to make sounds pop out of picture books:
Released on June 24, 2021 https://www.dnp.co.jp/news/detail/10161014_1587.html
For more information about the Magic Bug Glasses, please visit: https://www.dnp.co.jp/biz/solution/products/detail/10161649_1567.html
The information contained in these topics is current at the time of publication. The information is subject to change without notice.
(DNP) is developing a device called "Magical Insect Glasses" which uses AI to recognise what you look at and play back a voice appropriate to the scene.
The device was well received at the BabyTech TOUCH in akachanponpo in June 2021 and at the partner exhibition of the BabyTech® Award Japan 2021 in December.
We have started to accept "supportive purchases" on the crowdfunding site MAKUAKE from people who support the development and provision of "Otrupe", an educational service for children using these "magic insect glasses".
has already received a great deal of attention, with the super-early bird discount already having finished its planned number. We feel that this is a product that will be supported by many people.
Let's have a look at the details from the press release.