Q5. There are several tools on the market that utilize VR for safety education. Please tell us about the advantages of RiMM over other companies’ products. (If there is no reality in the scenario, it will not be accepted, but if there is too much reality, there is a risk of becoming PTSD etc.)
A5. You can experience the number of disasters that have been reproduced in excess of 80 types (expanding at any time). In addition to experiencing occupational accidents, we can also support skill training by adding scenarios that will continue to be released in the future. The disaster database has been further standardized and can be used in various industries. In addition to industrial accidents, we can respond to fires, traffic, natural disasters, etc. It is possible to experience with 5 senses including the tactile sense and the sense of balance, which are important for the disaster experience, which directly guides scary and disgusting emotions and enhances sensitivity. In addition, vision has been developed since 2004 and has been effective, creating a state where it is easy to understand the situation of disaster occurrence, guiding the line of sight to risk factors and focusing on them, and at the same time, factors that pose a risk of PTSD. Is analyzed and it is completely eliminated. Furthermore, since the intensity of stimulation can be adjusted according to the level of the person who experiences it, it is possible to experience it according to each person, and it is a product that is also considered for mental safety.
Q6. Is the number of cases of introducing RiMM increasing? What kind of companies are often introduced? Accidents, disasters, etc. that are issues differ depending on the company, but are there scenarios prepared for each?
A6.RiMM is introduced in various fields, so far electricity, water, gas, construction, civil engineering, building maintenance, plants, steelmaking, metal production / processing, automobiles, railroads, aircraft, heavy machinery, petrochemicals, material processing. , Fabric, cement, papermaking, air conditioning, machinery, electronic parts manufacturing, information, food, logistics, equipment industry, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, government agencies, etc. Every time there is a request for introduction from a new field, we are expanding the disaster database by additionally developing a disaster database based on disaster cases tailored to the industry. Requests for responding to natural disasters, general disasters, and man-made disasters are increasing more than the users who have introduced them, and we will continue to expand the disaster database according to the requests.
Q7. Your company has a track record in processing and selling fastener parts and mounting materials. What is your aim in the VR business?
A7. From the 1990s, 3D-CAD began to be used for product design. After that, I didn’t use 3D data in the process, and at that time I was thinking about its effective use. I wanted to create an effective tool by utilizing VR as a means to effectively use the shape data created by the design in the subsequent process. Therefore, in 2001, the current company started VR development of 3D business.
Every time we meet the demand and develop a skill improvement simulator, the customer naturally demands the cost-effectiveness of the development cost. Developing new features is inevitably costly. As a result, it has gradually become clear that if it is possible to virtually experience and feel the dangerous state that is life-threatening, it will meet the demands of the market and be cost-effective. I think that is the social need that has been derived over the last 20 years. We are finding new value in contributing to society by creating and providing tools that protect people who specialize in safety in response to the rapidly changing needs of society.
Q8. How do you plan to develop RiMM in the future? Please tell us about your company’s VR business outlook and social contribution.
A8. In an era of overflowing goods and intensifying cost competition, it is attracting attention to create ideas and ideas. A high-value thing that does not exist in the world is a means of communication that directly touches the human heart. I think it is valuable to realize a means of communication that makes you feel emotions directly. Specifically, it influences human emotions such as “feeling what you present directly”, “feeling fun”, “changing feelings”, “want to do”, “want to avoid”, etc. I feel that it is necessary to establish a means that focuses on encouraging people to make decisions. Furthermore, we will concentrate on using this method as a means to increase safety and security.
We believe that the value of a company’s existence lies in its social contribution. In order to further increase the value, it is necessary to contribute to human society with services that do not exist in the world. Furthermore, I think it is to contribute to the earth on which people live. With this in mind, I think it is our nomination to concentrate on improving safety and on creating safety methods and ideas that do not yet exist in the world. In order for people to live safely, we share disaster information that people have experienced and use that information together. Furthermore, we must have highly conscious people who transcend the boundaries of the company and the country gather and work together to find a safety method. We will build that environment.
Q9. Finally, do you have a message for our readers (including potential customers)?
A9. I think Japan’s idea of safety is globally recognized. Therefore, I think that the people of the world understand our philosophy across cultural differences and countries, and agree with the safety philosophy we think of. The means of communication we create is a method that appeals directly to the sense organs, and it is possible to communicate more intuitively beyond the language barrier, which can appeal directly to the heart. The effect of this method cannot be understood without experiencing it, and it will take some time for everyone to recognize it, but once you experience it and confirm the effect, this method will permeate society as a common means of communication for all humankind. I think that. We will spread this method to the world and promote the business with the aim of making Japan the top in terms of safety.
Q10. Why is RIMM needed now and it is necessary to work on safety and security?
A10. Communication using the Internet has spread rapidly and globalization has progressed, and society has changed rapidly. In addition, the global environment is changing rapidly with changes in industry, and the environment surrounding people is also changing significantly. In order for people to live safely in that environment, they need to be able to respond appropriately to the obstacles caused by those changes. People are faced with the need to create new ways to stay safe. Through RiMM, we will leave a mechanism that allows us to experience disasters that we have already experienced as a database, share that information with people living on the earth, gather people with higher safety awareness, gather their wisdom, and think of a mechanism to improve safety. Prepare the environment to use. In the future, it is necessary to urgently build a system that allows humans to respond to unexpected disasters that occur due to rapid changes in the earth. That is our mission.