New Experience of "Touching Images" with SoftMRF® - Details of Exhibit at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
2025/07/14
Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan is being held from April 2025. Kurimoto will participate in the "Future Society Showcase Projects" of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan as part of the "Future Life Experience ("FLE")" limited-period exhibitions at the Future Life Expo, where visitors can experience the life of the future.
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Under the theme of "a journey to the future to experience societal change," Kurimoto combines a glove-shaped device that uses SoftMRF® with a special display to provide a novel experience of "feeling" visual objects.
You can "see," "touch," and "feel" the evolution of humankind from hunter-gatherer to agricultural, industrial, informational, and super-smart society.
［What you can experience］
In primitive societies (hunting and farming societies)...
You can touch the fruits that have been eaten since that time.
In the industrial society that began with the Industrial Revolution...
You can touch the electricity that became widespread in this period (depicted as an electric ball).
In the coming super-smart society...
You can actually touch and feel the product when shopping online.
［What is SoftMRF®］
SoftMRF® is a special liquid whose hardness can be adjusted at will by applying a magnetic field. It creates a smooth and delicate texture and can be used as a haptics technology to present sensations in virtual spaces and VR, making it possible to approach a variety of fields.
SoftMRF® is a registered trademark of Kurimoto, Ltd.
| Title | 『Living in a future where virtual and real spaces are shared』 |
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| Period | 15 July, 2025 to 21 July, 2025 |
| Place | at Future Life Zone in the "Future Life Village" ※Map https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/expo-map-index/map/ |
Kurimoto, Ltd. is a participating partner in the Future Society Showcase Project, "Future Life Expo: Future Life Experience" at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
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