View of the connection to Singapore (life-size screen at the back of the room) as seen from the glass-walled room where "tonari" is installed in COG in Tokyo.

GLOCALINK Inc.(Headquarters: Sumida-ku, Tokyo; President: Yoshinobu Osaka; hereinafter "Glocalink"),LIVERNESS Corporation(Head office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Group CEO: Yukihiro Maru), a social implementation base facility for research and development venture companies in Tokyo.center of a garage("COG") andLeave a Nest Singapore Pte.(Head office: BLOCK71, Singapore; Representative Director: Kihoko Tokue; hereinafter "LVNS SG"), one of the largest incubation facilities in Southeast Asia.BLOCK71a space-sharing system that connects two spaces via a life-size screen, to thetonariThe "tonari" system was introduced and began operation at the end of October, 2022. This is the world's first case of cross-border real-time connectivity using "tonari".

The "COG" has beenAerodyne, Inc.(Malaysia) andNDR Corporation(Singapore) and other Southeast Asian venture companies have chosen Glocalink as their Japan base. In addition, GLOKA LINK has long been a partner ofChalenagy S.A., ,Firmenstation, Inc.We have a long history of supporting the overseas expansion of COG tenant venture companies, such as In order to further deepen these connections between Japan and Southeast Asia, COG resident companiestonari corporation(headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Taj Campbell and Ryo Kawaguchi, representatives: Taj Campbell and Ryo Kawaguchi; hereinafter "tonari"), a communication tool that connects two spaces via a life-size screen, was used to connect COG, a leading incubation facility in Japan and Singapore, and BLOCK 71, two leading incubation facilities in Japan and Singapore, are connected in real time, creating a system that allows ventures, companies, accelerators, and others from both sides to communicate easily at any time without having to physically travel to the other side of the world.

View from COG in Tokyo (foreground) of BLOCK71's connection to the LVNS SG office (life-size screen, back)

View from the LVNS SG office in BLOCK71 (foreground) of the connection to the COG in Tokyo (life-size screen, background)

tonari is a startup company founded in 2018 that develops tonari, a communication tool that connects two spaces via a life-size screen. tonari began selling to corporate customers in 2020, and has so far been installed in 7 companies: JR East, ITOCHU Techno-Solutions, Okamura, Sompo Japan, Sompo Japan Insurance Japan, Frontier Consulting, Freee, and Singapore. tonari" is a life-size video system that seamlessly connects two remote locations without delay*. The system's natural eye line matching mechanism, clear audio, and low latency provide a sense of presence that allows people in separate rooms to spend time together as if they were in the same room.
The delay that humans can feel is said to be 150 milliseconds, and "tonari" achieves 120 milliseconds, which is less than that.

With the introduction of this system, it is expected that the system will be used not only for specification reviews and demonstration experiments in "manufacturing," which has been difficult with conventional online conferencing systems, but also for interactions that are unique to an incubation facility for R&D venture companies, such as incorporating users' ideas and technologies into this system. The system can also be used to incorporate users' ideas and technologies into the system.

COG, as a social implementation center for research and development venture companies, will continue to build an environment for the implementation of startup technology and collaboration between companies to create a place where technology that will be implemented in society can be born from COG.



◾︎Related Press Releases and Articles◾︎

Press Release from Liverness, Inc.
The world's first real communication between "BLOCK71", a leading incubation facility in Singapore and Japan, and "Center of Garage" transcending physical distance - Constant connection between the two countries through the space sharing system "tonari" - [Rivanes 20th anniversary project, Vol. 14

Press Release from tonari Corporation
tontari connects incubation facilities in Singapore and Tokyo, allowing users to meet instantly over a distance of 5,000 km. 〜˜To promote international business while reducing the frequency of overseas business trips.

Nihon Keizai Shimbun November 24, 2022 article
LIVERNESS, always connected to overseas offices with "life-size screen".

NNA Asia Nov 25, 2022 article
LIVERNESS, virtual connection to the Japanese office

Article from e27 (Nov. 30th 2022)
Is "teleporting" between workspaces truly possible?


◆tonari Corporation
Reps: Taj Campbell, Ryo Kawaguchi
Address: 3C, 4-5 Moto-Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
URL:https://tonari.no/

◆LIVERNESS Inc.
Reps: MARU Yukihiro, TAKAHASHI Shuichiro, INOUE Kiyoshi
Address: Iidabashi Miyuki Building, 1-4 Shimomiyaibicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
URL:https://lne.st/

Leave a Nest Singapore Pte.
Rep: TOKUE Kihoko
Address: 71 Ayer Rajah Crescent, #06-11/12, Singapore 139951
URL:https://global.lne.st/offices/sg/

◆Gloka Link Corporation
Rep: OSAKA Yoshinobu
Address: Center of Garage, 1-16-3 Yokogawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
URL:https://glocalink.com

＜For inquiries regarding this matter, please contact
Glocalink Corporation Contact: Takagi
Tel: 050-1746-2770 Mail: [email protected]