Japan's first demonstration experiment of virtual flight experience using 5G drone was conducted at "Bingo Fish Festival"

PRODRONE Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, President: Masakazu Kono, hereinafter PRODRONE) is located in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture (Mayor: Naoki Edahiro, hereinafter Fukuyama City), KDDI Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Makoto Takahashi, hereinafter KDDI), Nakao Laboratory, Graduate School of Information Studies, The University of Tokyo (location: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Professor: Akihiro Nakao, hereinafter the University of Tokyo), Samsung Electronics (Headquarters: Suwon, Republic of Korea, CEO: Kinam Kim), WONDER VISION TECHNO LABORATORY Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Yotsukasa Saito, hereafter WONDER) VISION) will conduct a demonstration experiment (hereinafter referred to as "this experiment") for the first time in Japan to transmit 4K video from a drone using the next-generation mobile communication system "5G" (hereinafter referred to as 5G) to a VR system and experience virtual flight at the "Bingo Fish Festival" (hereinafter referred to as this event) to be held on November 3, 2018 at the plaza in front of the Fukuyama Museum of Art (Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture). This experiment will be conducted as part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' 5G comprehensive demonstration experiment, and will be open to the public and available to visitors to this event.

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In this experiment, PRODRONE is responsible for the development and provision of the drone, as well as the flight and camera operation on the day of the experiment. For details, please see the KDDI announcement materials. https://news.kddi.com/kddi/corporate/newsrelease/2018/10/29/3445.html