Hikky, a VR corporation, which hosts the world's largest VR event, Virtual Marma, is always struggling to create new content for more than one million visitors from all over the world.
This year, from August 14, 2021 to August 28, 2021, we are in the midst of production ahead of the "Virtual Market 6"."Development members" greatly support Hikky.
How did they go on the path of development in life?
How did you meet VR?What kind of future do you think about the development in Hikky?We spots everyday efforts and suffering and talked about it.
● Mr. Yusa Senoo (activity name: Yudai Senoo)
[Chief engineer]
Living in Osaka [Hobbies / Special skill] Programming, reading, visiting shrines, dolls
● Katsumi Kato (activity name: axle production office)
[Installation tool "VIORAMA" development / Unity C#engineer]
Living in Fukuoka [Hobbies / Special Skills] Games (mainly PlayStation, recently Steam)
I particularly like "Music is wonderful / good operability / scenario is the best /
Custom, such as character skills, free / achievement / Character is cute / cool "game
I like horror and expression
● Yoshoi Yamamoto (activity name: Emuwa)
[Web development / infrastructure]
Living in Tokyo [Hobbies / Special skill] Everyone is happy / Making / Analysis / Analyst / Anime /
Game indie game / Ori -chara / Supporting people who make something with their own will
(From left, Mr. Senoo, Kato, Yamamoto)
(From the left, Mr. Senoo, Kato, Yamamoto in the avatar)
[Senoo]:
I am a chief engineer developing system development for virtual events that run on the web browser.
【Kato】:
At an event such as a virtual market, we mainly develop a "placement tool" and tool use tools that support the submissions submitted by the exhibitors at the venue at the venue and use tools.increase.In addition, we will do various chores for events using Unity!It is an engineer that mainly deals around Unity, C#.
【Yamamoto】:
I do wide and shallow parts that are not involved in the appearance, such as the development of tools using server -side backends and unity.
[Senoo]:
The trigger was a manga I read during kindergarten.
Forty years ago, it was a time when there were not many personal computers, but parents bought a manga that introduced the program called "Hello Microcomputer" (author: Suga Mitsuru -sensei) and read it in kindergarten.I learned about programming.
The manga stated, "What is a programming language?"I thought I wanted to understand this someday.
Then, when I was in elementary school, I bought a computer and started writing a program.
【Kato】:
Kindergarten is too early and surprised (laughs).
Originally, I liked making something, and when I was in my third grade of elementary school, my parents bought VisualBasic6.0 for the first time.
Since then, I have learned VB, C, C ++, etc. from books on my own, with the desire to make my own games.I am out of the information -related vocational school, but I don't think there was a part of the lesson that exceeded the self -taught area.However, in terms of qualification, I think that classes were greatly useful.
【Yamamoto】:
I liked games and touched BASIC, C, and Maker when I was a kid, but there was no one to show anyone other than my brother because the locals were too rural.After the Internet became widespread, we have learned to share capture information in the online game community.
(Technical books are lined up on the bookshelf at home of Mr. Senoo)
[Senoo]:
It is an educational policy of my house, but in an environment where I can do what I like, I was not told anything if I was interested.
The computer that was written in the book at the time of kindergarten was 90,000 yen, but I want my parents to buy this because I understand that 90,000 yen is very expensive as a child.It wasn't.
After that, the hardware that could be easily programmed when connected to the NES appeared for about 10,000 yen, and at that time I finally bought it.
【Yamamoto】:
Family Basic, we have it!
If you are now children, you can do it with Switch.Recently, "Navi! Game programming for the first time that you can make it" has been released.Even if the times change, I think Nintendo is wonderful without blurring.
[Senoo]:
I was interested in VR from the early 1990s, but I didn't have any hardware that I could handle myself all the time.I have been developing VR apps since then.
【Kato】:
Originally, I was interested in VR and AR, and when I was a junior high school student, I played FFXI with a fairly large and heavy HMD called Dino Viser (I couldn't read the characters because the resolution was low).
After that, I used HMD, which is a type of HMD that is fixed to a single -eye glasses as a hobby, and bought it.
The turning point was a game that drove the car of the OculusRift DK1 car exhibited at the indie game event held in Kyoto in 2014!Immediately after returning home, I used my personal Android tablet and 3D printer to make something like my own VR goggles.I remember that this self -made goggles were brought in when they joined the company in their previous job.
(Mr. Kato working in VR)
【Yamamoto】:
The encounter with the current mechanism VR was around Oculus DK1/ 2.
I was interested in holograms and naked eye stereoscopic and three -dimensional views.
It was a lab that also performed holograms and three -dimensional displays at university.
[Senoo]:
Above all, it's immersive.I like the feeling of being in another world.
【Yamamoto】:
It's a subjective, but you can experience it that exceeds the basal reality.
【Kato】:
It is hard to change the appearance of being born, but if you know how to change yourself with VR, you can do it.Gender is also unquestioned, it does not need to be a human.In the real world, there is fashion in the expression of personality, but the personality of VR is infinite.Just as you feel good when you are wearing your favorite clothes, you can always feel the best if you are in your favorite figure.
[Senoo]:
Although it has settled down from the excitement of VR in the late 2010s, there is still a lot of possibility of VR, so I want to make something new.
[Senoo]:
Now, there are places where VR and AR are still divided.I think this will be integrated more and more.When something that can be used to some extent in AR glass appears and spreads, my life will change steadily.I want to make the service there.
[Senoo]:
yes.After all, I think that there is an image of VR to play, but I want you to be a tool that you will continue to use on a daily basis.It's like a smartphone or smartwatch, always wearing a real store, but there is a new store using VR/AR in front of you.
【Kato】:
Post smartphone!
【Yamamoto】:
It's a hassle to go out, and can you use VR!It's really nice to be at the level!
(Mr. Senoo under development)
【Kato】:
I love new things and techniques, so it's fun to be involved in a remarkable VR in both hard, software, and services.
The reason for the development work is simply because my skill set is matched, but I also like writing code.
Regarding the future of VR, I hope that many people will use it on a daily basis, like the movie "Lady Player 1", like Mr. Senoo.
【Yamamoto】:
This is because it is the most efficient way to make many people happy.
As the two have said, I think that it is ideal that "reality" and "VR" will eventually melt."Melting" means that you don't need to dive in VR, so it's convenient and natural.
I always think about what I can do for that for that goal.
For example, a server that does not feel much of communication time.
If it's a device, I think it's a VR device that has almost no feeling of wearing, a tactile device, and so on.After that, a user interface that properly inputs characters.(Currently, there is no such thing in VR)
There are also things that invent such things.
The more you think about what you can contribute to these, the infinite.
If you think about how to realize it, if you can realize even a small progress, people who are doing VR will have a high antenna for things, so you may be aware of the greatness.
I like the VR industry because "what happened" is more important than "who said".
[Senoo]:
You can work friendly with almost no up and down relationships, and you can get a lot of stimuli by gathering creators.
【Kato】:
I am currently living in Fukuoka and work completely at home.
I am very grateful for my current working condition because there is a panic disorder as a chronic disease and I am very good at crowded commuting.
"I can do work, but I can't get a job because of the non -essential part (such as moving to work, etc.)."
【Yamamoto】:
A completely remote place.It is OK even if what you did and professed in the world, but it is a place where you face WHAT instead of WHO.
There is a venture, but I immediately incorporate what I thought was good with a flexible and new proposal.What surprised me was that there was no tendency for the saying that the idea would take responsibility, and if I thought it was good, my friends could raise my hand and create a positive cooperation system.
(Some members of Hikky)
[Senoo]:
I'm excited when I'm meeting inside the company, imagining things that don't still exist in the world.It's frustrating that I can't say anything, but I want to make this kind of thing for services that don't exist in the world at this time!By thinking that, it seems that it can be realized, and it is fun to imagine that everyone will be surprised when it is completed.
【Kato】:
I like to write program code, so I like to think about how to solve the problem with the minimum number of troubles that need to be solved.
【Yamamoto】:
I usually develop while paying attention to security and cost, but I really like the development that pours wisdom and ingenuity on how convenient and fun.It's more fun to make a box than to make a safe!
(Hikky members who are meeting in an avatar in the VR office)
【Kato】:
You can see the whole.Other departments are online online, and you can read the minutes of all meetings.
The previous company was a small company, but if the department is different, it will feel like it is another field.But Hikky looks and talks about what you're doing, even if you go beyond the department.
[Senoo]:
I have had various experiences such as game companies, but what I thought compared to before was that "sales are strong."The ability to contract is the same, and the ratio of power in the company is great.If it was a game company, development is great.If the development is not in time for the schedule, if you want to postpone one or two weeks, it will pass.
But Hikky has a strong sales power.However, it was only because of the power of taking the job properly, so I was surprised that it was quite amazing.
【Yamamoto】:
Even if you are talking, the ground is good, the sales people.HIKKY's business feels like working properly with his head.If there is something that you can't understand in technical aspects, there are things like you'll find out and suggest.
[Senoo]:
I want to study and incorporate the AI field technology.
VR alone may not be enough.I want to incorporate new technologies in the sense of complementing it.Is it an AI robot that will do various support in VR space?I think that will appear.
【Kato】:
Currently, because of the platform I am dealing with, I often touch a slightly older game engine version, but I want to follow the latest versions and technology.
Recently, Unreal Engine has updated major, so I want to be able to use it.
【Yamamoto】:
The immediate goal is to automate and into tools that are personalized and create a system that turns around without a specific person.As a root, I don't want to work, or I want to live what I like by doing something that doesn't make money (laughs) I want to make a lot of my favorite content and live, but then live.I can't do it, so I'm making something for people (laughs)
("Virtual Market 6" will be implemented from August 14, 2021 (Sat) to 28 (Sat))
[Senoo]:
I am currently developing a system for virtual events that run on a web browser, so I have to pay attention to the fact that the drawing performance has been further improved for VKET6 compatible parts than Musicvketcloud or Gamevketcloud.I want.It's still a secret, but new features have been added, so please look forward to it.
【Kato】:
As a distribution tool development staff, I would like the general exhibitors to pay attention to the "arrangement of placement checks" which are updated at any time during the submission period.By saving labor in the venue by tools, it is now possible to update the confirmation world that was not possible before.
I wrote it as a statement that I am currently making!(smile)
There is always a desire to make exhibitions more convenient.
【Yamamoto】:
We are building a mechanism that is being reconstructed by reconstructing the account system, protecting personal information, and enabling services across the service.Virtual Market 6 is the first applicable case.There are still many, but it is frustrating to be able to show it (laughs)
It will be easier to use, so I would like you to look forward to it.