{"id":11908,"date":"2022-04-25T16:24:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T07:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=11908"},"modified":"2022-04-25T16:25:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T07:25:27","slug":"20220425-11908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220425-11908\/","title":{"rendered":"The Edo-Tokyo Museum has recreated Edo for players to explore on their mobile devices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>The Edo-Tokyo Museum has released <em><strong>Hyper Edohaku<\/strong><\/em> to the Apple App Store in Japan. The app contains a 3D recreation of Ryogoku-Hirokoji, Edo\u2019s entertainment district, complete with the crowds of people and items to collect from before the city became known as Tokyo. An Android version is also planned to release in June of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300c\u30cf\u30a4\u30d1\u30fc\u6c5f\u6238\u535a\u300d\u7d39\u4ecb\u52d5\u753b Hyper Edohaku\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K8-boxrBQnQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever wanted to walk through the hustle and bustle of Edo-era (1603-1868) Japan? Well, the Edo-Tokyo Museum may just have you covered with their new app. <em>Hyper Edohaku<\/em> is a 3D recreation of Ryogoku-Hirokoji, Edo\u2019s entertainment district, based on the museum\u2019s own model of the area. The museum also boasts the app having 100 items from their collection to find within <em>Hyper Edohaku<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four areas made available to players are Nagaya, the Ryogokubashi Bridge, the Ekoin Temple, and the Sumida River. Within these areas are numerous events, items, and characters to discover and learn about. You can see a crowd of spectators gathered at a sumo tournament, learn about how fires were extinguished in the city, and even meet ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai, known for prints such as \u201cThe Great Wave off Kanagawa\u201d at his home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Hyper Edohaku<\/em> was developed in a collaboration between the Edo-Tokyo Museum and Rhino Studios, who have also worked on real-time computer graphics for PlayStation titles such as <em>Bloodborne <\/em>and <em>Knack<\/em>. The app was developed using the Unity engine, and looks to not only teach history, but gamify it to be more fun for users. The Edo-Tokyo Museum also says that this is the first time a museum in Japan has provided a virtual tour app using a game engine to its full extent, and that we can expect expansions into both VR and the Metaverse in the future.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"840\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-003.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-003-600x394.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-003-380x249.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-003-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-003-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-003-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-003-696x457.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-003-1068x701.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-003-640x420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220425-11908-003-741x486.jpg 741w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Hyper Edohaku<\/em> can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/jp\/app\/id1613323495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> on the Apple App Store and it supports both English and Japanese language options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edo-Tokyo Museum has released Hyper Edohaku to the Apple App Store in Japan. 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