{"rewrite":{"id":"r_25d5dfdda24283bbad2b7cbe","clusterId":"c_cd71286c2693c89098b319fb","slug":"xr-live-house-1st-stage-opens-in-hachioji-with-permanent-transparent-led-panels","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"XR Live House '1st Stage' Opens in Hachioji With Permanent Transparent LED Panels","summary":"FreeStyle Co. opened the XR live house '1st Stage' in Hachioji, Tokyo on June 19, 2026. The venue is permanently equipped with transparent LED panels, a first for a domestic live house, and is designed for VTubers, virtual artists, idols, bands, and other performers. It includes a bar, dressing rooms, and a rehearsal room, with technical staff on site. Event use costs 110,000 yen.","whyItMatters":"The opening of a permanent XR live house with transparent LED panels lowers the barrier for VTubers and small teams to stage mixed-reality performances without building temporary setups.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eFreeStyle Co. opened the XR live house \u0026#39;1st Stage\u0026#39; in Hachioji, Tokyo on June 19, 2026. The venue is permanently installed with transparent LED panels, which the company says is the first such installation in a domestic live house. Characters are projected onto the panels, overlaying the real stage with virtual avatars to create the illusion of physical presence.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe facility is designed for VTubers, virtual artists, idols, bands, a cappella groups, and dancers. Technical staff are stationed on site to assist teams with little XR production experience. The venue also includes a bar counter with a dedicated bartender, dressing rooms with free beauty appliances, and a rehearsal room. Event use costs 110,000 yen, which includes the live studio and two technical staff members. XR production plan fees are quoted on inquiry.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"1st Stage is the first domestic live house with permanent transparent LED panels, lowering the barrier for VTubers to perform in physical venues without renting portable screens.","twitterPost":"1st Stage's permanent transparent LED panels remove a logistical barrier that kept VTuber live shows expensive and rare.","threadsPost":"1st Stage in Hachioji is the first Japanese live house with permanent transparent LED panels. That matters because VTuber concerts have relied on rented LED screens, which adds cost and limits availability. A fixed setup shifts the economics for virtual artists booking physical shows.","newsletterBlurb":"FreeStyle Co. opened '1st Stage,' a permanent XR live house in Hachioji, Tokyo, on June 19. The venue is equipped with transparent LED panels, a first for a domestic live house, allowing VTubers and virtual artists to perform with avatars overlaid on the real stage. Event use costs 110,000 yen, and technical staff are on site to assist with XR production.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"MoguLive\",\"url\":\"https://www.moguravr.com/xr-live-house-1st-stage-hachioji-open/\",\"title\":\"XR Live House '1st Stage' Opens in Hachioji, Permanently Installed with Transparent LED Panels\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4076,"outputTokens":673,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1782596673,"createdAt":"2026-06-27T21:38:59.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-27T21:40:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-27T21:40:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_cd71286c2693c89098b319fb","canonicalTitle":"八王子にXRライブハウス「1st Stage」が開業、透過LEDパネルを常設","representativeArticleId":"a_201fb1c3b6a95acc4844d55a","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"vtuber\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-25T10:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-25T10:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-27T21:40:25.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"MoguLive","url":"https://www.moguravr.com/xr-live-house-1st-stage-hachioji-open/","title":"八王子にXRライブハウス「1st Stage」が開業、透過LEDパネルを常設"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"vtuber","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["FreeStyle Co. opened the XR live house '1st Stage' in Hachioji, Tokyo on June 19, 2026.","The venue is permanently installed with transparent LED panels, the first such installation in a domestic live house.","Characters are projected onto the panels, overlaying the real stage with virtual avatars to create the illusion of physical presence.","Event use costs 110,000 yen, which includes the live studio and two technical staff members.","The venue includes a bar counter with a dedicated bartender, dressing rooms with free beauty appliances, and a rehearsal room."]}