~QuizKnock gives a sneak preview of the Virtual Expo app~
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The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition (hereinafter referred to as “the Association”) has created the ” Virtual EXPO 2025 JAPAN” app (hereinafter referred to as the “Virtual Expo App”) for the Virtual Expo, part of the Future Society Showcase at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan (hereinafter referred to as “the Expo”).
QuizKnock, a special supporter of the Expo, will experience the Virtual Expo in advance and release a video that explains the full scope of the Virtual Expo on their YouTube channel “GameKnack” on Thursday, 27 February, 2025.
The Virtual Expo App also features a virtual space that recreates QuizKnock’s recording room, allowing you to experience the atmosphere of filming and get your hands on special items featured in the video. The recreated recording room is scheduled to be made available once the Virtual Expo App is released in April 2025.
▽ Video release date and link
●Release date and time: 12:00 on Thursday, 27 February 2025
●Streaming channel: GameKnack [QuizKnock’s Game Channel]
●Title: We went to the Expo site! (virtually) [Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan]
●Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckHjv2rJI1c
●QuizKnock cast: Fukura P, IZAWA Takushi, SUGAI Shunki, HIGASHI Gon
▽ About the Pavilions being previewed
With the cooperation of the producers, exhibitors, and some sponsors, we will be offering an advance preview of 19 exteriors and 15 interiors of the Signature Pavilions and domestic pavilions (including some sponsored rooms
▽ QuizKnock’s recording room recreated -Special events during the Expo also planned
The room that appears in the video is a perfect reproduction of QuizKnock’s recording room. The members were excited, saying things like “It’s a great reproduction!” The recording room recreated in the virtual site will be open to the public during the Expo period, and anyone can enter. Special events in the recording room are also under consideration.
The real recording room
The recreated recording room in the virtual site
▽ Comment from QuizKnock
IZAWA Takushi
I felt that the Virtual Expo was “a presence that connects us to the Expo”. You can move around the one and only Expo world from inside your room, and there are also features that are unique to the virtual world. I felt like I got a taste of the excitement of the real venue. And to my surprise, the QuizKnock recording room was completely reproduced! Why? But I’m grateful!
(For reference)
▽ About QuizKnock
QuizKnock is a group that combines entertainment and knowledge. It is led by Tokyo University Quiz King IZAWA Takushi. With the concept of “learning starts with fun”, they publish articles and videos every day that provide an opportunity to learn something. Their YouTube channel has over 2.45 million subscribers (as of February 2025)
▽ “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.
▽ 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.
▽ 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