At its professional event for promoting Windows 8, Microsoft screened an opening video produced by MASATAKA and ELECTROCUTICA (Treow) called “Through the Window”. The video, which ran during Windows Developer Days‘ second day keynote session (“A new ecosystem for the smart devices era, created using Windows 8 and the cloud”), features “8” and the character
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VOCALOID3 voice banks IA -ARIA ON THE PLANETES-, Aoki Lapis and Yuzuki Yukari are now eligible for the VOCALOID3 Release Commemoration Contest. Users of Aoki Lapis will be eligible for a chance to win the i-style Project prize, which is an Aoki Lapis silver ring and Cubase. Furthermore, a few more prizes have been added
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A new post on the PIAPRO blog points to an illustration contest they are holding with convenience store chain FamilyMart to celebrate 5 years of Hatsune Miku. This appears to be part of an ongoing collaboration between FamilyMart and Miku. The contest consists of two categories — A) an illustration depicting Miku’s birthday, and B)
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MASATAKA, creator of many MikuMikuDance PVs for VOCALOID songs, has
Re:VB, creator of MikuMikuDance-compatible real-time rendering software AniMiku, held a VOCALOID performance yesterday at Rochester Institute of Technology’s anime convention Tora-Con. Previously, this software was also used by Vocalekt Visions for their performances in California and the Miku-UK team plans on using this as well. Due to unexpectedly large turnout, the performance ran twice in
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According to a thread on Facebook, a documentary project about Hatsune Miku is looking to interview attendees of Mikunopolis, the VOCALOID concert at Anime Expo last year. People who only watched the stream on Nico Nico are welcome as well. The project, a documentary exploring various aspects of the “Hatsune Miku Experience”, is headed by
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At the bottom of the official page for NEXT HATSUNE MIKU Project DIVA (working title), there is also a link to a survey and raffle in celebration of the Project DIVA series having moved over 1 million units. A commemorative pin badge will be given to 390 winners randomly drawn from everyone who properly filled
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Masa, organiser behind the annual Mirai no Neiro panels at Anime Expo, has now announced two guests they will be bringing to Anime Expo this year — DeadballP (known for his borderline outrageous lyrics) and Dixie Flatline (famous for the Megurine Luka song Just Be Friends). For each year since 2009, the Mirai no Neiro
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Being right on time, SEGA has now updated their website for NEXT HATSUNE MIKU Project DIVA (working title) for the 1:00PM April 12 scheduled unveiling. The latest addition to the Project DIVA series will feature both a PlayStation Vita release projected for summer of 2012 and a PlayStation3 release projected for 2013. The Vita release
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HearJapan, a Japanese digital music distribution platform, is holding a contest to give sasakure.UK’s Miku song “The Trash-Heap Princess and Apostrophe” an official English translation. Translation entries, including the full name of the submitter and HearJapan account handle, are to be submitted via email by May 11th. While all entrants will receive 200 JPY in
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