Vket unveils the venue and exhibitors in their upcoming VR comic convention, Comic Vket 2

Comic Vket 2 will take place in an upgraded version of Vket’s Virtual Akihabara from Comic Vket 1, one where visitors join the venue at a virtual version of Akihabara Station. The virtual station was designed by Japanese train company JR East and accurately reproduced using 3D model data provided by Zenrin Co., Ltd.

Virtual Akihabara features several exhibiting companies, popular trademarks, and general exhibitors with booths set up at the venue. There will even be stores from the real-life Akihabara, linking the virtual venue to the in-person one even more.

The general exhibitor booths include manga with sample pages that you can read in VR, complete with purchase links to buy the full versions on-site. Visitors can also communicate with others at the venue, walking around the different booths and stores just like in real life.

This Vket event will be super user-friendly, as visitors don’t need a VR headset, gaming computer, or even an app to attend. With the simple click of a URL, visitors can explore the venue and communicate with others in-game.

For those who visit Comic Vket 2 from the web browser version, visitors can choose from 5 avatars, including popular Japanese mascot Chiitan.

Comic Vket 2 will feature 296 general exhibitors, 27 corporate and brand exhibitors, along with shopping and other entertainment at the VR venue.

Come check out the official merch for Comic Vket 2 and Music Vket 3 at the Meet My Goods booth! This special booth welcomes visitors at the entrance to the venue, and Meet My Goods will be collaborating with creators to sell goods for characters newly designed.

Also, posters and panels for popular voice actress Sora Tokui’s stream titled “Ore-kana” will be on display at the booth. You may even meet an actual staffperson at the booth during their open hours for an extra cherry on top of the virtual experience!

A newcomer to Comic Vket 2 is Marvelous Inc., who will be displaying dynamic posters and videos for their popular mobile game, Shinobi Master Senran Kagura: New Link. The two popular characters from the game, Yumi and Asuka, will be dressed in alluring waitress costumes and ready to serve customers visiting the booth. Avatars for these characters will be on sale for a limited time only.

Degeki Bunko’s booth will feature huge panels for popular game titles such as Sword Art Online and The Irregular At Magic High School. There will also be entertaining posters of games highly recommended by Dengeki Bunko such as Rust-Eater Bisco and The Devil Is a Part-Timer — be sure to drop by the booth and check them out!

Chiitan, an otter fairy who’s canonically from Akihabara herself, will have her own booth at Virtual Akihabara! Her adorable booth will feature experiences only possible in VR. In the browser version of Comic Vket 2, you can even adapt her avatar and be Chiitan yourself!

Azuki Yashiro, a famous webcomic writer, will be exhibiting at Comic Vket for the first time! You can enjoy his comics at his dedicated booth and enjoy an area of the venue designed in his art style. Furthermore, Azuki and his mother will be present as avatars displayed at the booth.

Drop by and visit the Mokuri booth, which is warm and fuzzy just like the Mokuri themselves! At the Mokuri booth, you can watch the first animated episode of Mokuri and also download the background music for free. Come check it out!

HIKKY Shanghai will also be exhibiting at Comic Vket at a booth that looks like an authentic Chinese restaurant. Come to the booth and take some photos with the Shanghai Crabs, the recommended menu item! The booth is also decorated with posters of popular Chinese Vtubers, creators, and VR artists.

In addition to the above, actual stores in Akihabara will also be present at the venue thanks to a number of companies, trademarks, and the Akihabara Area Tourism Organization.

Other exhibitors at Comic Vket 2 include: Azuki Yashiro, MelonBooks Inc., Zenrin Co., Ltd., HP Japan Inc., SEGA Corp., Arc System Works Inc., Tokyo Marui Co., Ltd., Clyclo G.K., Don Quijote Co., Ltd., Dospara, AKIHABARA Gamers, Meidreaming, Onoden Co., Ltd., TSUKUMO, Akihabara Area Tourism Organization Ltd., Takarashimasha Inc., WEPLAYEXPO, and Vket 2021.

Comic Vket is a dojinshi (fan comic) exhibition in VR that sees over 100,000 visitors from all over the world. Especially in the context of the post-pandemic age, Comic Vket aims to provide an opportunity for independent artists to share and promote their work.

The event will be a whole new kind of comic convention: the excitement of traditional music exhibitions with the possibility of uncovering new graphic novels, combined with all the conveniences and freedoms possible with VR, including being open 24/7 and accessible from anywhere in the world.

By bringing together the strengths of offline events with the strengths of events held in virtual reality, Vket will contribute to the prosperity and globalization of the musical space with this Comic Vket 2 event and continuing in future events.

Open: Nov. 6 (Sat) 2021 - Nov. 14 (Sun) 2021 JST

Access via: VRChat, Oculus Quest, web browsers via Vket Cloud

Website: https://comic.vket.com/

Music Vket 3, Vket's virtual music expo, will be held at the same time as Comic Vket 2. For more information, check out the official website here: https://music.vket.com/

Founded in 2018, HIKKY is a VR company that organizes, produces, and promotes large-scale VR/AR events and contents. Its founding members include top-level creatives who lead the entertainment VR scene and are collectively committed to shedding light on talents that comprise the virtual communities.

HIKKY’s proprietary VR event, Vket, has been held bi-annually since 2018 and has won several awards including grand prizes at the internationally acclaimed VR Awards and Japan-based XR Creative Awards.

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