{"rewrite":{"id":"r_8caae5c98ec2e742a057deb4","clusterId":"c_ee420f323d6f46a9d39fd03b","slug":"bandai-namco-and-sony-partners-detail-the-xr-tech-behind-chihaya-kisaragi-s-budokan-show","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Bandai Namco and Sony Partners Detail the XR Tech Behind Chihaya Kisaragi's Budokan Show","summary":"At a Tokyo Game Show 2026 session, staff from Bandai Namco Entertainment, REZ\u0026, Sony Group, and Sony PCL described how the January 24 and 25 Chihaya Kisaragi solo show at Nippon Budokan, \"OathONE,\" was staged. The talk covered center-stage screens, Unreal Engine rendering, motion capture, and Sony's moving LED display groovots, including a large type used to walk the virtual character down a hanamichi.","whyItMatters":"The panel is the first detailed public accounting of how the four companies split the work on a center-stage XR concert, which is the format Bandai Namco intends to keep using for The Idolmaster.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe session ran on September 18 under the title \u0026#34;Conditions for Making Virtual Real,\u0026#34; part of the Tokyo Game Show forum program. Speakers were Yoshimoto Gyoki of Bandai Namco Entertainment, Kazoe Nobuaki of REZ\u0026amp;, Nakano Akira of Sony Group, and Kozuki Takahiro of Sony PCL. The case study was \u0026#34;OathONE,\u0026#34; the Chihaya Kisaragi solo concert held at Nippon Budokan on January 24 and 25.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKazoe said the center-stage layout was a first for him as a director, and that the team met with Bandai Namco roughly every week to work out staging. Sony PCL\u0026#39;s groovots, a self-driving LED display developed inside Sony Group, was supplied in two sizes; the large one carried the hanamichi walk.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The groovots moving LED panels let Chihaya Kisaragi walk a hanamichi that does not exist as a physical set. The January 24 and 25 Nippon Budokan staging solved presence with hardware, not rendering alone.","twitterPost":"Chihaya Kisaragi's Budokan walk down a hanamichi came from groovots moving LED panels, not a physical set. The stage presence is hardware.","threadsPost":"The hanamichi Chihaya Kisaragi walks at Nippon Budokan is a moving LED panel. Staff from Bandai Namco Entertainment, REZ\u0026, Sony Group, and Sony PCL described the groovots at Tokyo Game Show 2026, alongside Unreal Engine rendering and motion capture for the January 24 and 25 show.","newsletterBlurb":"A Tokyo Game Show 2026 session walked through how Chihaya Kisaragi's Budokan solo show \"OathONE\" was staged, with Bandai Namco Entertainment, REZ\u0026, Sony Group, and Sony PCL each explaining their part. The talk covered the center-stage layout, Unreal Engine and motion capture work, and Sony's groovots moving LED displays, including a large type used for the hanamichi walk.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Inside\",\"url\":\"https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2026/09/28/188387.html\",\"title\":\"『アイマス』如月千早はどのようにステージに立ったのか-XRライブを実現する技術と演出の裏側【TGS2026】\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6245,"outputTokens":709,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791229933,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T19:49:54.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T19:51:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T19:51:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ee420f323d6f46a9d39fd03b","canonicalTitle":"『アイマス』如月千早はどのようにステージに立ったのか―XRライブを実現する技術と演出の裏側【TGS2026】","representativeArticleId":"a_2e8c4f4365e241cabdfca041","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"The Idolmaster\"],\"studios\":[\"Bandai Namco Entertainment\",\"REZ\\u0026\",\"Sony Group\",\"Sony PCL\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"music\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-28T07:10:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-28T07:10:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T19:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Inside","url":"https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2026/09/28/188387.html","title":"『アイマス』如月千早はどのようにステージに立ったのか―XRライブを実現する技術と演出の裏側【TGS2026】"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["The Idolmaster"],"studios":["Bandai Namco Entertainment","REZ\u0026","Sony Group","Sony PCL"],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"music","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}