A three-dimensional space built with real-time graphics.It depicts a day in the life of the people living in the Kojimachi district during the Edo period (1615-1868). In this virtual reality world, the same scene never repeats itself and the people move as if they had their own will. We combined the analog techniques of Japanese traditional painting, with the digital techniques of real-time rendering and video game artificial intelligence engine to create a delicate background and character composition. 日本画のように再現された江戸時代の麹町の街並みは、実は3D空間を持つリアルタイムグラフィックスで構築されている。人々は意志を持つかのように動き2度と同じシーンを繰り返すことはない。

The viewer him/herself enters this virtual world where they can explore and play. Hakoniwa, a pun combining the words for “box” and “garden”, is indeed the perfect environment for the playful creativity that the piece inspires. After your face is 3D scanned, you fall through the sky as a character of the world where you quickly adopt the funny exercises of the other citizens such as dancing around and occasionally dropping your face on the ground. Simple controls allow for interaction with other characters and their environment as the cycle of life creation and destruction keep the world in a state of constant change. 顔を3D スキャンすることにより自身がアバターとなり、その場で仮想空間に入り込むことができる。 クラシックなゲームコントローラを使って自分を観察したりいたずらすることにより、鑑賞者は現実 世界とは違う体験をする。