Press Release

2024.09.19 Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan “VIRTUAL EXPO ~YUMESHIMA ISLANDS IN THE SKY ~” Teaser Site Released

              Also exhibited at TOKYO GAME SHOW Digital World 2024

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The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition (hereinafter referred to as “the Association”) has launched a teaser website for the virtual site, “VIRTUAL EXPO ~ YUMESHIMA ISLANDS IN THE SKY ~ ”, part of the Future Society Showcase Project for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan (hereinafter referred to as “the Expo”) on 19 September 2024. It will provide information on the Virtual Expo concept and initiatives, focusing on the story and other information that will enhance the appeal and excitement of the Virtual Expo.

In conjunction with this, the Virtual Expo will be exhibited at the virtual site of the TOKYO GAME SHOW Digital World 2024 (20 September to 6 October, organiser: COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT SUPPLIER’S ASSOCIATION), one of the world’s largest games exhibitions, to introduce the Virtual Expo’s initiatives and attractions to the world.

■ Teaser site release date and website URL
 ・ Time and date of release: 14:00, Thursday, 19 September 2024
 ・ URL:  https://www.expo2025.or.jp/future-index/virtual/virtual-site/

■ “VIRTUAL EXPO ~ YUMESHIMA ISLANDS IN THE SKY ~”
  “VIRTUAL EXPO ~ YUMESHIMA ISLANDS IN THE SKY ~” is a virtual site for the Expo, where people from all over the world can easily participate using smartphones and other devices.
  Visitors can enter the world of the Expo as avatars and enjoy the unique virtual exhibitions and events developed by exhibitors from all over the world while touring pavilions and event facilities where actual buildings are reproduced in 3DCG.

■ Concept of the Virtual Expo
  The concept of the virtual site is “Yumeshima Islands in The Sky”.
  The virtual site will be made up of an archipelago of islands, which is a reference to the island nation of Japan, which is ‘united in diversity’.
  You will be welcomed by the inhabitants of the islands and set off on an adventure around the vast world as a crew member at the helm of the Yumeshima Islands in the sky. Adventure awaits as you meet other crew members from all over the world, enjoy quests, learn, think, share your own ideas, and search for an inclusive future society.

■ About the Virtual Expo App. Scheduled for release in April 2025 (free to download)
・ Compatible platforms (planned):
  Smartphones (iOS/Android), PC (Windows/Mac), VR goggles (MetaQuest 2,3)
This project is made possible by the support of the NTT Group, led by NTT DOCOMO INC. and NTT CONOQ INC. as platinum partners of the “Expo Virtual Site” Future Society Showcase Project.

[TOKYO GAME SHOW Digital World 2024]
TOKYO GAME SHOW Digital World is a virtual site for TOKYO GAME SHOW, one of the largest game exhibitions in the world, held at Makuhari Messe, where visitors can explore the site as avatars, enjoying quests and scenery as they travel
.The commonality with the Virtual Expo is the exhibition experience through avatars. Visitors can experience some aspects of the Virtual Expo ahead of others through the TOKYO GAME SHOW Digital World experience.

■ Event overview
 ・Period: 10:00, Friday, 20 September to 00:00, Monday, 7 October
 ・Admission: free
 ・Organiser: COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT SUPPLIER’S ASSOCIATION(CESA)
 ・For more information, please visit the TOKYO GAME SHOW Digital World 2024 website.

■ TOKYO GAME SHOW Digital World 2024 Web site:
  https://tgs.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2024/en/display/digital-world/

(For Reference)
■ About the Future Society Showcase Project
The Future Society Showcase Project is a general term referring to a group of projects that provides experiences to a wide range of participants and visitors from Japan and abroad by utilising technologies and services that support the theme of the Expo, “Designing Future Society for Our Lives” for the development, operation, exhibition, and events of the Expo site, in the form of “demonstrations” that give a sense of the future beyond 2025, and “implementation” that is suitable for the Expo.

(Enquiries)
Global Communication Department, Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
Email: globalpr@expo2025.or.jp