Metaverse has good visibility, the future seen by the glasses-type HMD "Megane X": Behind the scenes of innovative products seen by Nobuyoshi Kodera (20) (1/5 page)

Held every year in Las Vegas, USA, at the beginning of the year, "CES" was once regarded as the world's largest consumer electronics trade fair, but nowadays it has become a place to talk about startups and future products. [Corrected]

Meanwhile, Takuma Iwasa, who once led Cerevo, has been attracting attention from all over the world as a startup every year. A company known for its live distribution device "Live Shell" series, but there is also a module "XON SNOW-1" that collects ski and snowboard riding data, and a gun "DOMINATOR" that appears in the play of the animation "PSYCHO-PASS". In short, he led the world startup scene with products that seem to do only what Mr. Iwasa likes, such as smart toys that faithfully reproduce.

In 2018, he launched another company, "Shiftall," in the form of handing over Cerevo to the next generation, and it is a new memory to have done a feat of returning to Panasonic in the old nest.

Also, in this "CES 2022", the appearance of wearing Metaverse gear all over the body was the top of the CES report article of the US Time newspaper, and the appearance of running at the top of innovation was noticed.

Shiftall, led by Mr. Iwasa, announced at CES 2022 the "MeganeX" head-mounted display (HMD) for the Metaverse. Traditionally, when you think of an HMD, you think of a box type that connects the left and right sides, but the style that separates the left and right sides, just like glasses, was greeted by many people with surprise.

In addition to this Megane X, we also unveiled the Metaverse-compatible microphone with sound leakage prevention function "mutalk" and the wearable cold / hot device "Pebble Feel". As Shiftall, it was an expression of intention to enter the more full-scale Metaverse business.

[Correction] In Photo Etoki, "Megane X" was said to have won the "CES 2022" innovation award, but the winner was the body tracking device "Haritora X". The article text has been revised.

So, this time, we asked Mr. Takuma Iwasa, CEO of Shiftall, about the development process of MeganeX and the future of the Metaverse area that can be seen from there.