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It is the first permanent AR Zoo in Hokkaido and the second facility nationwide.","whyItMatters":"The hospital installation moves XR CHANNEL out of tourism and entertainment and into pediatric care, giving long-stay and outpatient children an animal encounter on the ward floor.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAsahikawa Medical University Hospital draws patients from across northern and eastern Hokkaido, and many children there spend long stretches in treatment. The AR Zoo install is permanent, not an event. Animals appear at the second-floor main entrance hall (giraffe), in front of the fourth-floor elevator hall (polar bear), and in the fourth-floor ward playroom (red panda). Operating hours are 8:30 to 17:00 daily, including weekends and holidays. Asahiyama Zoo supervised the ecology and movement of each animal shown.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"AR Zoo at Asahikawa Medical University Hospital uses XR CHANNEL anchors to three fixed spots, so the app knows which animal appears where. That fits a hospital better than open-ended AR.","twitterPost":"XR CHANNEL's location anchors pin each AR Zoo animal to a set spot at Asahikawa Medical University Hospital, so the app knows what to draw and where.","threadsPost":"AR Zoo at Asahikawa Medical University Hospital runs on XR CHANNEL, which ties each animal to a fixed location rather than letting it appear anywhere. With Asahiyama Zoo supervising the motion data, the app keeps life-sized animals in predictable spots across three areas.","newsletterBlurb":"SoVeC began running AR Zoo at Asahikawa Medical University Hospital on November 2, 2026, with animals shown on smartphones and tablets through its XR CHANNEL app. The content, developed with STARIUM, places a giraffe, polar bear, and red panda at three hospital locations. 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