RideVision and H.I.S. Co., Ltd. Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Strategic Partnership

RideVision Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hiroki Okaiya) and H.I.S. Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President: Shuta Sawada, hereinafter 'HIS') have signed a memorandum of understanding for a strategic partnership aimed at 'creating new tourism value' that fuses reality and virtuality using the latest XR technology overseas. Through this partnership, the two companies will combine their strengths to accelerate the co-creation and global expansion of innovative tourism entertainment experiences. RideVision develops a mobility entertainment platform that transforms daily travel time into immersive XR (VR/AR) theme park attractions by simply retrofitting equipment onto existing vehicles such as buses and boats. Its proprietary technology, which highly accurately synchronizes actual vehicle movement (acceleration/deceleration and vibration) with XR imagery in real-time, provides a natural immersive experience that minimizes motion sickness and VR sickness unique to moving vehicles. By strategically partnering with HIS, which has a powerful global network, the company aims to expand the foundation that allows 'anyone, anywhere, to provide an entertainment theme park experience as long as there is a vehicle and space,' and to create new tourism experiences. Under this memorandum, the two companies will jointly promote the commercialization of tourism XR tours with the following division of roles. HIS will lead the operation, management, reservation management, distribution, and PR activities of XR tours using 'RideVision®' overseas, utilizing its global network. RideVision will provide the mobility XR platform 'RideVision®' and take full responsibility for technical support in content production and operation. As strategic partners, both companies are already proceeding with overseas expansion. In 2025, they will launch 'XploreRide Hawaii,' the first overseas expansion, and are planning to start providing a new service as the second overseas expansion this summer. Looking ahead, RideVision aims to function as a 'Global IP Hub' that makes it possible to experience the worldviews of Japan's powerful IPs (anime, games, etc.) in any place or vehicle, and to deliver 'unprecedented exciting experiences' to the world.