Virtual Market Newsroom

Exhibitor Applications Open for Music Vket 4, a Celebration of Music Makers in the Metaverse

Applications are now open for general and corporate exhibitors for the virtual music expo starting June 18.

24 March 2022

HIKKY Concludes Its Series A Funding Round at 7 Billion Yen

TOKYO--HIKKY Co., Ltd., VR service provider and organizer of the world’s largest VR event*, Vket, has raised another 500 million Japanese yen through a third-party allotment to MEDIA DO Co., Ltd. to conclude their Series A funding round. The companies also signed a capi...

8 February 2022

Vket Announces the Companies Exhibiting at Vket 2021

Vket unveils the corporate sponsors who will be exhibiting at their upcoming Vket 2021 event, open from Dec. 4 to 19, 2021.

30 November 2021

Virtual Reality Startup HIKKY Raises 6.5 Billion Yen In Series A Funding Round

Funding will go towards developing the open metaverse and international business expansion

15 November 2021

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

The comic convention will be held in Virtual Akihabara -- the mecca of Japanese subculture reproduced in virtual reality -- from Nov. 6 to Nov. 14 (JST).

5 November 2021

Vket announces the venue and exhibitors for their upcoming music expo in VR, Music Vket 3

Music Vket 3 will be set in a cyberpunk-themed city, and users can easily visit the venue from their smartphone or PC browsers.

1 November 2021

Club Emission: HIKKY's Virtual Reality Club Open For Music Events

HIKKY expands their service lineup to include music concerts and events at their club in virtual reality (VR), Emission.

24 September 2021

VR firm HIKKY releases a proprietary VR development engine, Vket Cloud

In their goal to drive VR content that is more accessible, HIKKY is developing a VR engine that runs on web browsers and smartphones.

24 August 2021

Yamaha, TOYOTA MARINE, HP, and a historical samurai armory exhibit announced for Vket 6

There is only one day left until the doors open for Vket 6, and corporate sponsors including and Yamaha and HP will have exhibits at the VR event.

13 August 2021

DecaGear Booth Announced for Vket 6

DecaGear will have a dedicated booth at Vket 6’s Japanese festival “En-nichi” world, where you can check out and pick up 3D models of their highly anticipated VR headset — the DecaMove One.

29 July 2021