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On March 5 2020, Fujitsu Limited and NTT DoCoMo Inc announced that they had used 5G network and VR technology to experience virtual disasters at the DoCoMo Chugoku Branch.

In this virtual disaster experience, 360-degree video viewing experience of changes in towns in the event of a disaster can be achieved by superimposing computer graphics (CG) assuming a heavy rainfall disaster on 360-degree live images.

While watching the video, they will learn the disaster prevention and evacuation methods shown in sentences on the screen at the same time to raise the disaster prevention awareness of viewers.

This time, 360-degree video was delivered from 8K 360-degree cameras installed in Nishi-Tenchi Public Square in Hiroshima City through 5G lines, and 10 Fujitsu Limited and DoCoMo employees experienced 360-degree video viewing using this application.

Incidentally, this virtual disaster experience is part of “Hiroshima Sandbox PITCH TRIAL” by Hiroshima Prefecture and DoCoMo.

Fujitsu Limited is anticipating the use of technologies utilized in this project in tourism and disaster prevention to solve regional issues, and is evolving into a complex real-world technology that closely fuses the real world and the virtual world, and is planning to realize services through Fujitsu Limited’s edge servers and 5G.

DoCoMo also says it will continue to develop services and solutions that use 5G and other technologies to resolve regional issues.

Original Text: https://ampmedia.jp/2020/03/05/fujitsu-8/