Tokyo University of Science connected the Kagurazaka Campus in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo with the lounge at Oshamambe Campus in Oshamambe, Hokkaido through life-size screens, allowing students to jump over a space of about 800 kilometers and begin interacting.Screen is a communication tool developed by start-up tonari that can transmit not only images but also audio.Tokyo University of Science will actively use it for extracurricular activities in the future.
The screen is the size of an entire wall, and people are projected life-size. Installed in the lounges of the two campuses, they are always connected.It also has the advantage of being in the same space without the audio and video delays that are unique to online meetings.
On the Oshamambe Campus, all first-year students of the Department of International Design and Management, Faculty of Business Administration, have been studying while living in the dormitory since 1, but they are instructed by faculty members and senior students on the Kagurazaka Campus through a screen to talk casually in the student lounge. can receive
Professor Junichi Iijima of the Tokyo University of Science's Faculty of Business Administration commented, "I hope that the screen will connect Tokyo and Hokkaido and help develop innovation leaders who can face the complex times."
