Today, we visited Meta Heroes Inc. in Osaka, a company that has successfully expanded its business by making full use of metaverse technology.

President and CEO Matsuishi came to see the” Buddha and the Four Devas” that a Shiozawa created in Kyoto seven years ago and has met Shiozawa several times. By chance, through a completely different connection, Shiozawa visited the head office today and met Matsuishi again. This auspicious and serendipitous meeting gave us a sense of mysterious connection, perhaps in the very metaverse itself!

Currently, the top 10 dream jobs for elementary school students include athletes, doctors, YouTubers, game developers, etc. This company, Meta Heroes, is also focusing on helping children learn digital technology, which is of great interest to them.

The company’s facilities provide children, who are not attending school, with a desk and computer to use freely, and in partnership with the local government they have a system in place that allows them to receive school attendance credits simply by spending the whole day playing games and using digital devices.

The company has set education, disaster prevention, and regional revitalization as its development goals for the metaverse and has received national funding.

In the Osaka Castle metaverse game, an avatar can explore every nook and cranny of the real Osaka Castle and learn about its history, and it’s said that after spending certain amount of time in the metaverse space, players become more interested in the real castle.

The president and Shiozawa got excited talking about the future, saying that it might be possible to introduce the metaverse system to the arts as well, so that many people could enjoy a virtual space beforehand and then go see the actual art at the end.