Continuous Provision of New Disaster Experience VR for Disaster Education in Hiroshima Prefecture - Hakushishi Proposes a New Standard for Local Government Disaster Education by Implementing Research Knowledge into Society
Hakushishi Inc. provided new disaster experience VR content to Hiroshima Prefecture following the previous year. Developed through joint research with universities, it aims for practical disaster education that leads to behavioral change.
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Hakushishi Inc. (Headquarters: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture; CEO: Yoshiyuki Haruna) has produced and provided new disaster experience VR content for disaster prevention education in Hiroshima Prefecture, following the previous year.
Based on the research knowledge cultivated through joint research and development with Okayama University x Okayama City Fire Bureau, Kyoto University Disaster Prevention Research Institute, University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science RC-77, and Ehime University, we are promoting the social implementation of disaster prevention education content that leads to understanding, a sense of crisis, judgment, and action, rather than just simple video production.
We propose a new standard for disaster prevention education rooted in the community to disaster prevention personnel in local governments, fire departments, educational institutions, and companies.
◼︎ Continuous Provision of New Disaster Prevention Education Content to Hiroshima Prefecture for the Past Two Years
Hakushishi has produced and provided "Natural Disaster VR" the year before last and new disaster experience VR content last year for disaster prevention education in Hiroshima Prefecture.
What we emphasize is that disaster prevention does not end with just "knowing."
We believe that disaster prevention education only takes root in a community when residents, students, local government officials, and community disaster prevention leaders understand the fear of disasters and the necessity of evacuation as their own problem, and can translate that into future preparation, judgment, and action.
That is exactly why Hakushishi has designed disaster prevention XR not as teaching materials that end as a one-off trending topic, but as educational assets that will be continuously utilized and nurtured within the community. The continuous provision to Hiroshima Prefecture demonstrates that this philosophy is accumulating as actual implementations.
[Image: A tsunami surges toward the Hacchobori intersection in Hiroshima City.]
[Image: A tsunami moving toward the prefectural office. Everything is reproduced in 3DCG.]
[Image: Hakushishi is also an official Meta quest distributor and provides end-to-end support from equipment introduction to management.]
◼︎ Hakushishi's Strength is Not "Collaboration with Research Institutions" but "Research Knowledge Utilized in Design"
At the core of Hakushishi's disaster prevention education content is not joint research just for the sake of a title.
The knowledge cultivated at each research site is...
Based on the research knowledge cultivated through joint research and development with Okayama University x Okayama City Fire Bureau, Kyoto University Disaster Prevention Research Institute, University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science RC-77, and Ehime University, we are promoting the social implementation of disaster prevention education content that leads to understanding, a sense of crisis, judgment, and action, rather than just simple video production.
We propose a new standard for disaster prevention education rooted in the community to disaster prevention personnel in local governments, fire departments, educational institutions, and companies.
◼︎ Continuous Provision of New Disaster Prevention Education Content to Hiroshima Prefecture for the Past Two Years
Hakushishi has produced and provided "Natural Disaster VR" the year before last and new disaster experience VR content last year for disaster prevention education in Hiroshima Prefecture.
What we emphasize is that disaster prevention does not end with just "knowing."
We believe that disaster prevention education only takes root in a community when residents, students, local government officials, and community disaster prevention leaders understand the fear of disasters and the necessity of evacuation as their own problem, and can translate that into future preparation, judgment, and action.
That is exactly why Hakushishi has designed disaster prevention XR not as teaching materials that end as a one-off trending topic, but as educational assets that will be continuously utilized and nurtured within the community. The continuous provision to Hiroshima Prefecture demonstrates that this philosophy is accumulating as actual implementations.
[Image: A tsunami surges toward the Hacchobori intersection in Hiroshima City.]
[Image: A tsunami moving toward the prefectural office. Everything is reproduced in 3DCG.]
[Image: Hakushishi is also an official Meta quest distributor and provides end-to-end support from equipment introduction to management.]
◼︎ Hakushishi's Strength is Not "Collaboration with Research Institutions" but "Research Knowledge Utilized in Design"
At the core of Hakushishi's disaster prevention education content is not joint research just for the sake of a title.
The knowledge cultivated at each research site is...