3rd Virtual Space Design Contest 2024:

Contest Regulations
Version 1.0
Event Date: July 25, 2024
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Contest Overview/Purpose

Let's produce space!
The Meta-Space Studio at Sojo University‘s IoT/AI Center is a rectangular roomwith a width of 11.1m, a depth of 6.2m, and a height of 6m, equipped with a
special projector that can seamlessly project images onto the entire wall surface
in four directions. This studio is designed to give visitors the feeling of being
thrown into a virtual space, and is a great place to try your hand at directing thespace itself.

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What is a meta-space studio?
A room equipped with a large projector
capable of seamless projection on allwalls.

Room size

11,183W x 6,260D x 5,984H [mm].
*Height is the height of the projection surface wall

*Currently cannot project on the ceiling andfloor.

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Contest Overview/Purpose
Flow of presenting works

Projecting video content with added narration,
sound effects, and background music on thewalls of the studio

keep it under 2 minutes

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Contest Overview/Purpose
Contest theme:“World”“Extra-ordinary”“Life” (i.e. conception, birth, life span, aging, etc.)...Choose one from three themes.
Evaluation Points① Storyline② Graphic Quality③ Music Matching*Each team chooses where to focus its
efforts based on its own strategy.

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Scenes from last year's event[video]J:COM Jimoto Topics "Virtual Space Design Contest," edition of2023/07/27 [2:02].
https://youtu.be/xYLnSqvdhQI[Newspaper]Kumamoto Daily Newspaper Morning Edition, "Virtual Space 'Four
Seasons'" 2023/7/28 edition.
https://www.cis.sojo-u.ac.jp/index.php/topix-of-iot-ai-center/207-vsdc2023kumanichi.html

A scene from the staging at another event
Opening Ceremony of eSports Studio on JCOM WEEKLY Topics [3:00].
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP5BpO9WQSE

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Event Guidelines■Outlines
Event Title: 3rd Virtual Space Design Contest 2024
Event Date and Time: July 25, 2024 (Thursday), 10:40 AM to 12:10 PM(Simultaneous streaming via Zoom for participants from overseas)
Venue: Sojo University IoT・AI Center
Hosted by: Sojo University IoT・AI Center
Awards: Top 8 teams will receive awards (certificates):Sojo University President’sAward/Kumamoto City Kita Ward Mayor’s Award/Higo Bank President's
Award/J:COM Kyushu Kumamoto Branch Director’s Award/Kumamoto Daily
Newspaper President’s Award/DX from KUMAMOTO Award/IoT・AI Center
President’s Award/Judges' Special Award■Major Schedule
Entry deadline: Thursday, July 4
Video contents submission deadline: Thursday, July 11
Announcement of nomination results: Thursday, July 18
Contest Thursday: Thursday, July 25 10:40~12:10
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Event Guidelines■Divisions
This contest will be held in the following four categories.
Judging and awards will be given in each category.
(1) Freshers' Division▪ This category is for students who have attended Special Lecture I on Computer andInformation Sciences.
▪ Seven teams will be selected in the preliminary round, and four prize-winning works
will be selected in the final round.
(2) Challengers Division▪ This division is for students from other faculties of the University or students in theirsecond year or above in the Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences.
▪ There are no restrictions on how teams can be formed, such as mixed faculties, buteach team must have no more than 9 members.
▪ Duplicate registrations for more than one team are not permitted.
▪ Four teams will be selected in the preliminary round, and two winning entries will beselected in the finals.
8Event Guidelines■Divisions(3) High School Students Division▪
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This is a division for high school students.
No more than 9 members per team.
Duplicate registrations for more than one team will not be accepted.
Three teams will be selected in the preliminary round, and one winning entry will
be selected in the finals.

(4) Overseas University Student Division▪
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This category is for university students from overseas universities.
Each team must have no more than 9 members.
Duplicate registrations for more than one team will not be accepted.
Three teams will be selected in the preliminary round, and one winning entry will
be selected in the finals.
9Event Guidelines■Entry Method
Please enter the required information at the URL below.
The deadline for applications is Thursday, July 4.
https://forms.office.com/r/p9cacsnH6W▪ Team Name
▪ Names of all members▪ Representative's contact information, etc.

Please note that we may close the application process
if there are too many entries.
Please understand this in advance.
10Event Guidelines■Submittion of your video content
Only one MP4-formatted video content entry per team will be accepted.
▪ The maximum duration of one work is 2 minutes.
▪ Submission instructions will be communicated via e-mail at a later date.
▪ All materials used must comply with copyright laws and other related laws andregulations.
(* Any material that violates these laws may not be broadcast on TV or the Internet.)▪

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Event Guidelines
Additional information about the video
Please prepare a 5988 x 1027 pixel video of all images projected on the fourwalls of the room. The format is available on the contest website.
5988 pixel
Connected
to the rightside of theD-sideABCD

1920×1027 pixel

1074×1027 pixel

1920×1027 pixel

1074×1027 pixel(11,183mm×5,984mm)(6,960mm×5,984mm)(11,183mm×5,984mm)(6,960mm×5,984mm)

Connected tothe left
side ofthe Aside

C:NorthRoom Size

B:West11,183W×6,260D×5,984H[mm]

D:East※ Height is the height of theprojection surface wall

A:South

Left Edge / Right Edge of Video

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Future schedule (planned)
Publication of Guidelines

Wed. June 5

Production activities of each team

Entry deadline
Local test projection (if desired)Thu. July 4
Thu. July 4 (Planned)

Modified based on test results
Submission of a video content file

Thu. July 11

Qualification
Announcement of Preliminary(Nomination) Results

Thu. July 18

Contest day

Thu. July 25
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Other Production Tips
Free usage and ideas▪ Use it as a "square room" as it is - no need to force it to be trick art▪ No need to be concerned about projecting on the entire wall
▪ Connect all 4 sides together / Connect only 2 sides together / Use all 4sides individually▪ Use the wall for a different purpose from the other walls.How to switch

images - advance scenes in a picture-story style - animate in a flip-bookstyle14

Other Production Tips
About the air conditioning duct on the east wall
For the convenience of the facility, there are intake/exhaust grills for air
conditioning ducts.
- Place the image so that the grille does not stand out.
- Use the grille as part of the material...etc.

intake/exhaust grills

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3rd Virtual Space Design Contest 2024
Event Date and Time: July 25, 2024 (Thursday), 10:40 AM to 12:10 PM(Simultaneous streaming via Zoom for participants from overseas)
Venue: Sojo University IoT ・ AI Center[Contact] Yutaka Naito
Sojo University IoT & AI Center(Assistant Professor, Faculty of Computer andInformation Sciences)
TEL: +81-90-9602-2967 EMAIL: naito@cis.sojo-u.ac.jp
Contest Website16