Tangible Control of Miku and Others

This is an interesting piece of tech', whereby a sort of bendy figure made up of what look like the sides of Zelda's fighting cubes from Terrahawks allows direct control of Augmented Reality (AR) characters.

You'll see what I mean as soon as we get past the opening shots in the video, which depict a few examples from the wide range of Miku designs there are around now.

I cannot yet perceive a practical application for this, but usually when something like this appears it isn't long before someone does, and the rest of us (well I do) react with a "why didn't I think of that?" For now, it's a concept looking for a purpose, so the more people who watch this the more likely it will be via such crowdsourcing that something will spring to someone's mind.

In this regard, I don't consider the very last action in this video to be the right direction in which to aim one's thoughts...

LOL – Lots of Laughs

That's the title of this three-voice song. I don't know what they're on about, but it frankly doesn't matter all that much! This is one of those enjoyable items where it is actually probably better not to be distracted by the words anyway, and just enjoy the spectacle and sound 'texture'.

This is a very nice trio vocal, performed by three Lat models independently choreographed (though there are short sections where they act more-or-less together). I always appreciate when a video's creator has taken the trouble to make each character individual, rather than simply copying one motion to the others. I'm not certain about the singing, though, so it's best not to assume anything: I'm treating this simply as a visual with 'some kind of sound backing'.

Here we have the lovely CUL, for whom I have to confess I have a bit of a soft spot, plus pink-haired Aika and Kaishi Orahi who are UTAU, not vocaloids, and both new to me. Those two are edited versions of the Lat original models, which I hope the creators sought permission to do as Lat models aren't usually permitted to be changed. Anyway, they are nice jobs, so hopefully all is above board with them...

Love Coloured Ward

Now, Arkwright (from Open All Hours) might have had a thing for District Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, but if I ever had to make a late night emergency call for medical assistance, I think I might perk up immediately and permanently if this nurse were to turn up and look after me thereafter. I might become literally a 'love-coloured Ward' myself...

I Sing For You

Thus sings the spectacular Snow Miku from 2011, on this very chilly morning here in Britain, in the song Finder by kz of Livetune (actually, the remaining half of Livetune as the other member of the duo has now gone on to other things).

The song's title refers to a viewfinder, through which the world – or any part of it – can be observed. It'll all become clearer as you listen to this, set in a variation on a stage we have seen once before on this 'blog, though almost unrecognisable in this somewhat atmospheric interpretation...

Snow Miku 2014 Tram

Yes, they call it a 'train', but it is of course a tram (or 'streetcar' across the Pond). This is the new Magical Mirai style Snow Miku for the coming (in Japan) winter. We see how the vehicle is decorated – which, though simple enough in execution, requires precision planning, as one can readily appreciate from what is shown here.

I don't recognise the background song playing here; but in any event be prepared for yet another of those 'cuteness overloads' in which I seem to specialise these days...