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For the test marketing of a service utilizing "magic bug glasses," which, when held up to a book, conveys the contents of text and illustrated books with sound.
(DNP) will conduct a crowdfunding campaign on MAKUAKE, a leading crowdfunding vendor, for the full-scale development of "Magic Bug Glasses," which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to convey the "joy of knowing" to children and foster interest and curiosity.
The "Magic Bug Glasses" is a "magical" information device that recognizes printed text, pictures, photos, illustrations, etc., when the special AI-equipped "Bug Glasses" are held up to a book or other object, and the AI then sounds out the content of the printed text, picture, photo, illustration, etc. The "Magic Bug Glasses" are the subject of this crowdfunding campaign. The "Otorupe" crowdfunding project is an educational service for children that utilizes these "magical bug goggles" and mainly provides the following functions.
Features of "Otorupe," an educational service using "Magic Bug Glasses
- When you look into a picture book or other book with "Insect Glasses," the system recognizes the characters and scenes, and plays the most appropriate reading voice and background music.
- The system recognizes objects peeked at with "Insect Glasses" and plays the most appropriate sound effects and descriptions.
- Photos of illustrated books and other items that children have examined and AI recognition content can be saved and referred to by parents via a smartphone application.
- Analyze children's interests based on data from their usage history.
Aim and Outline of Crowdfunding Implementation
DNP positions digital transformation (DX) as one of the megatrends, and strives to build new business models and provide new value by utilizing AI, cloud environments, etc. in diverse business domains. In addition, in order to release products and services demanded by society and people as quickly as possible, we conduct continuous agile development and verification experiments in which engineers themselves create and provide value as quickly as possible, and make improvements based on feedback. 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 "Otorupe," an educational service utilizing "magic bug glasses," can "support and purchase" the service.
- Implementation period : December 16, 2021 to March 15, 2022
- Price including tax: "Magic Bug Glasses" and cloud service fee for the "Otorupe" intellectual education service
12,800 yen for 3 months - Target Amount : 3,000,000 yen
- URL of the corresponding page of MAKUAKE : https://www.makuake.com/project/dnp/
Future Development
DNP promotes 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, and is working to develop and provide products and services that will become "the norm of the future" as values that will always exist in people's daily lives. These efforts have resulted in the creation of "Magic Bug Glasses" and "Otorupe. DNP will continue to develop products and services that meet the needs of society and people through ongoing crowdfunding and demonstration experiments. DNP will continue to accelerate the development of products and services that meet the needs of society and people through ongoing crowdfunding and demonstration experiments. In addition, DNP will seek co-creation partners to create new services utilizing the "Magic Bug Glasses" and promote their commercialization.
1 Developed a demo unit of "Magical Insect Glasses," which uses AI to make sounds come out of a picture book:
Released on December 2, 2020 https://www.dnp.co.jp/news/detail/10158928_1587.html
2 Developed a prototype of "Magical Insect Glasses," which 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 on "Magic Bug Glasses," click here:https://www.dnp.co.jp/biz/solution/products/detail/10161649_1567.html
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(DNP) is developing "Magic Bug Glasses," a device that uses AI to recognize what it sees and play audio appropriate to the scene.
The device was well received at the BabyTech TOUCH in akachanponpo in June 2021 and at the BabyTech® Award Japan 2021 partner exhibition in December.
We have started "support purchases" on the crowdfunding site MAKUAKE from those who support the development and provision of "Otorupe," an educational service for children that utilizes these "magic bug glasses.
We have already received a great deal of attention, with the super-early bird discount having already finished its planned number. We feel that this is a product that many people will agree with.
Let's take a look at the details from the press release.