Docomo sees the metaverse as an important part of its diversification strategy. It’s aiming at non-telecom services accounting for half of revenue in three years.
- Japan: NTT Docomo mobile major preps ‘post-smartphone era’ move into ‘industrial metaverse’, seeing a future in remote, team-based AR work environments
- Japan: An intro to Motion Lib, working to bring fine-detail haptic feedback to robotic activities, potentially for use to feel patient organs during remote surgeries
- Japan: Gov’t to establish cabinet post responsible for coordinating startup-related policies across ministries and agencies, aiming for tenfold increase in startups in 5 years
- Japan/Singapore: Oasys gaming blockchain builder raises $20M via private token sale, with sights on eventual move to becoming a DAO, decentralized autonomous organization
- South Korea’s shared Swing micromobility startup launches in Japan with 500 e-scooters, with sights on over 6K e-scooters in 3 cities by year-end
- Japan: Gov’t to provide $680M to Kioxia Holdings and Western Digital to boost production, in bid ensure stable supply of advanced chips and semiconductors
- Japan: An overview of the Deep Tech Valley KANSAI initiative, aiming to build a world-class startup ecosystem with universities, research institutions, business and government agencies
GSMA: Digital Societies in Asia-Pacific – progressing towards digital nations
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