TREE Digital Studio Launches "Pop Wall," Hands-on Digital Educational Content for Playing and Learning in a Ball Pool

Providing popular content that brings out children's creativity and ingenuity

- The following is content from the press release -

(HQ: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President: Shinichi Adachi), a company that plans, produces, shoots, and edits a variety of contents including video, CG, and xR, as well as operates a studio and rents equipment, has released "Pop The "Pop Wall" is a digital content that can be played in a ball pool set up in an indoor playground.

Pop Wall is a content that uses a ball pool and a digital wall. When a ball is thrown toward the projected image on the wall, the image on the wall changes in various ways. It is a "hands-on digital educational content" that allows children to not only have fun playing, but also to play cooperatively with others and answer questions that come up, incorporating a "learning" element that allows children to play and learn in a fun and engaging way.

The three new titles to be released are "Crystal Rush," in which children explore the world of the sea and aim for a high score; "Mermaids and Learning Plaza," in which children solve math problems with sea creatures; and "Wonder Trip House," in which children can paint their rooms any color they want.

PopWall Web page: https://www.tdsi.co.jp/tree-realize/popwall/

PopWall introductory video: https://youtu.be/5glwFR-OmCs

In September of this year, PopWall was installed at Kurundo, a community exchange facility operated by Nagai City in Yamagata Prefecture ( https://kurunto.jp/) This is a commercial version of the content that has been well received by local residents and can be enjoyed by a wider range of people.

By playing with the three types of contents, it is expected that children will naturally develop their "sense of cooperation," "ability to make decisions," and "imagination. In addition, each content has multiple patterns so that children can enjoy playing over and over again.

Crystal Rush

This is a back-scrolling* adventure content.

The aim of the game is to advance to the depths of the sea by hitting the ball together against crystals scattered in the beautiful sea and door crystals with gimmicks, aiming for a high score. This is a content that fosters cooperation and social skills, as players learn that they can clear difficult tasks alone by working together with others. Scores are stored and ranked each time.

*A stage specification that moves toward the back of the screen.

Mermaid and Learning Plaza

This quiz-type content is set in a school at the bottom of the sea, where students answer questions posed by a mermaid teacher.

The players find the answers to problems such as addition and subtraction and apply the ball to solve them. By using the body and mind to tackle the problems in a fun way, the game is expected to improve thinking and decision-making skills. A total of 20 questions are prepared, and they are presented at random. Questions can be replaced or added.

Wonder Tripping House

This content allows you to transform a child's room into various worlds by applying a ball to the room and painting it.

Through the gradual changes in the rooms, players can develop a free imagination by imagining the world beyond the rooms. There are a total of three variations available, which appear randomly.

All of them are customizable, and can be introduced as original content in accordance with the intended use and requirements, such as changing the questions or introducing original corporate characters.

(xR Contents Production Division), which planned and produced this product, is developing contents that allow children to learn through play, utilizing its expertise in digital contents production such as AR and VR. We will continue to provide content that allows children to develop various skills through fun trial and error.

REALIZE Div. Web site: https://www.tdsi.co.jp/tree-realize/

About TREE Digital Studio, Inc.

TREE Digital Studio, whose main business is the production of various contents including videos, has various divisions such as planning, shooting, editing, CG, and programming, and their professional human resources. We are able to provide the best proposals and high-quality content to meet our clients' needs.

In June 2023, a new team "TREE VFX" will be formed to provide a one-stop shop for all processes, including CG, photography, DIT, filming equipment, studio, and post-production. team "TREE VFX" will be formed to provide a one-stop shop for all processes including CG, filming, DIT, filming equipment, studio, and post-production in-house.