Shibuya Future Design to Host Participatory XR Art Event in Public Space! "SHIBUYA XR ART PARK - Millimeter Wave x AR Co-creation Demonstration Experiment in MIYASHITA PARK -"

General Incorporated Association Shibuya Future Design (Location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter Shibuya Future Design), in cooperation with KDDI Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter KDDI), will hold a participatory XR (Cross Reality) art event "SHIBUYA XR ART PARK - Millimeter Wave x AR Co-creation Demonstration Experiment in MIYASHITA PARK -" on July 15, 2026 (Wed) around the lawn plaza at the northern end of Miyashita Park (MIYASHITA PARK) in Shibuya Ward.

This event is held as an urban demonstration experiment to create and implement new urban experiences utilizing public spaces, under Shibuya Future Design's "Shibuya Playground" initiative. It is also positioned as a demonstration experiment site for creating use cases for 5G millimeter waves promoted by KDDI.

Shibuya Playground is a project that promotes the implementation of sports, diverse expressions, and communities while utilizing urban spaces across the board, based on the Shibuya Ward's basic concept of "15 sq km of sports fields" and the promotion of "universal sports." By connecting parks, streets, commercial facilities, public spaces, and even digital spaces, and by implementing cultures such as music, art, and dance along with sports, it fosters communities where people meet and interact. It aims to create open urban experiences that anyone can participate in, regardless of age, gender, or disability, and to improve the sustainable sports and culture formation unique to Shibuya and enhance the city's brand value.

As one of its initiatives, "SHIBUYA XR ART PARK," to be held this time, is an urban XR art project that overlays an AR (Augmented Reality) canvas onto Shibuya's public spaces, allowing artists, students, and visitors to co-create a single artwork. The arch at the lawn plaza at the northern end of MIYASHITA PARK will be used as a giant canvas in AR, and in addition to live painting by artist Manabu Morita and students from Tokyo Designplex Institute, visitors can also freely draw on the same AR canvas and participate in the creation of a single artwork.

In this event, AR content drawn by participants will be integrated in real-time on the cloud and fixed with high precision in the real space using VPS (Visual Positioning System). Furthermore, by utilizing 5G millimeter wave communication, the updated AR canvas will be delivered to smartphones within the venue with low latency, realizing a co-creative art experience where many participants can draw and view the same artwork in real-time.

5G millimeter wave is the high-frequency band of 5G that achieves high-speed, high-capacity, and low-latency communication by leveraging its wide bandwidth. While it has high affinity with services requiring large-capacity communication and real-time performance, such as high-definition video and XR content, opportunities to experience its value in daily life are still limited.

Through this event, Shibuya Future Design will collaborate with KDDI to verify the value that 5G millimeter waves bring to XR experiences, cultural activities, and the formation of co-creative communities in public spaces. Furthermore, it will transmit the possibilities of future urban experiences from Shibuya, utilizing communication infrastructure not merely as a "connecting technology" but as a foundation for connecting people to people, people to cities, and people to creativity.

[Event Overview]

Event Name: SHIBUYA XR ART PARK - Millimeter Wave x AR Co-creation Demonstration Experiment in MIYASHITA PARK

Date and Time: July 15, 2026 (Wed) 16:00 - 19:00

Location: Miyashita Park (MIYASHITA PARK), Shibuya Ward (6-20-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) North Lawn Plaza

Organizer: General Incorporated Association Shibuya Future Design

Co-organizers: KDDI Corporation, Miyashita Park Partners

Cooperation: Manabu Morita (Artist), Tokyo Designplex Institute

Participation Fee: Free

[Event Content]

When you hold up your smartphone to the arch in the lawn plaza of MIYASHITA PARK, a world of AR art that changes in real-time will unfold.

You can enjoy live painting by artist Manabu Morita and students from Tokyo Designplex Institute, and visitors can also freely draw on the same AR canvas and participate in the creation of a single artwork.

Please experience the real-time co-creative art experience for a large number of people, utilizing the features of 5G millimeter waves such as high speed, large capacity, and low latency, on-site.

[Timetable]

16:00 Event Start / General Reception & AR Experience Start

16:30 Live Painting by Artist Manabu Morita and Students from Tokyo Designplex Institute

& Co-creation Session

19:00 Event End (Scheduled)

* You can visit and participate freely at any time during the event hours from 16:00 to 19:00.

[Participation and Reception Method]

Please apply at the reception booth within the venue. After filling in your name, etc., you can participate immediately. Reception staff will guide you on how to experience it.

[Manabu Morita Profile]

A contemporary artist who continues to express himself through various methods such as paintings, sculptures, murals, and digital works, with the theme of "vitality." He was deeply influenced by graffiti art in his childhood and places the fighting spirit and energy unique to the streets at the core of his expression. In addition to Japanese culture and the light and tranquility of cities, he develops expressions where tranquility and movement coexist, influenced by the chaotic culture symbolized by Shibuya and the streets. He also engages in fusion with physical expression through collaborations with urban sports and cultures such as graffiti and breakin'. He is active both domestically and internationally, including exhibitions at Expo Osaka and corporate collaborations, and participation in the "Rolls-Royce BLACK BADGE" project.

[About Tokyo Designplex Institute]

Opened in 2012 as a "comprehensive educational institution for contemporary design originating from Tokyo" (over 10,000 students enrolled as of July 2026). It is a design school for adults (working adults, students, etc.) with an educational concept of "borderless thinking," "plus designing," "economic rationality," "digital environment adaptability," and "+ communication." Its cutting-edge educational programs and unique educational system have attracted significant attention from the design industry.

<Educational Fields> Graphic Design, Web Creative, Visual Design, Brand Design, Commercial Space Design Planning, Space Design, CAD/3DCG Perspective, UX/UI, UX Research, UX/UI Design Strategy, Digital Communication Design, Spatial Contemporary Design, Digital Graphics, UX Digital Product Design

https://www.tokyo-designplex.com/

[About KDDI Corporation]

KDDI provides a wide range of services both domestically and internationally under the "au," "UQ mobile," and "povo" multi-brands for individual customers and the "KDDI BUSINESS" brand for corporate customers, centered on its high-quality communication infrastructure.

KDDI aims to "evolve the 'Power to Connect' and create a society where everyone can realize their dreams" as its "KDDI VISION 2030." Under this VISION, it has formulated its medium-term management strategy (FY2026-FY2028) "Power-to-Connect 2028." In an "AI-first society" where AI is widely permeated as social infrastructure, we will move from the era of using AI to the era where it is taken for granted. Therefore, "Power-to-Connect 2028" emphasizes value creation based on the customer perspective. Specifically, it aims to be a frontrunner in social implementation by promoting businesses that support "AI labor force" (finance/energy/Ponta Pass/Lawson, etc.) that contributes to customer business growth, and "AI life force" (cybersecurity/connected/data centers, etc.) that transforms lives and experiences.

[About Miyashita Park Partners]

In addition to the skate park and bouldering wall, which have been popular as symbols of Shibuya's streets, a new multi-purpose sports facility has been established.

Furthermore, the approximately 1,000 sq m lawn plaza that spans Shibuya's sky will be adorned with a green arch over time, blending into the city as a place for free and relaxed enjoyment.

A multifunctional public space that fuses comfortable nature with exciting activities. That is MIYASHITA PARK.

[About General Incorporated Association Shibuya Future Design]

Shibuya Future Design is a public-private-academic-citizen collaboration organization that, based on diversity and inclusion, collects ideas and talents from a wide range of people who gather in Shibuya, such as those who live, work, study, and visit, across various domains, and designs solutions and possibilities for social issues through open innovation. By presenting new possibilities for urban life from Shibuya to the world, it aims to contribute to the sustainable development not only of Shibuya Ward but also of society as a whole.

HP: https://fds.or.jp/