A state-of-the-art, global globe that reveals the changing "clouds, rain, and temperature" on the earth when you hold your smartphone over it.
Hobonichi Earth Ball, an adult and children's globe that uses AR technology, will be on sale from 2017 with a major renewal of the globe and its dedicated app.
The world-wide globe, which has no borders or country names and has become "the earth as seen from space," is now more compact and palm-sized. When you hold your smartphone over it, you can see the "clouds", "rain", and "temperature" that change in real time, and you can see the "now" of the earth. The "Earth Ball of the Near Day", which has evolved into a more cutting-edge, global, and daily enjoyable globe, will be available from 11:00 am on Thursday, November 5, 2020, in addition to the official web store "Hobonichi Store", Amazon It will also be sold at lofts, Tokyu Hands, and Maruzen nationwide.
"Almost day earth ball" official page (in the almost day store): https://earthball.1101.com/
"Earth ball of the day" introduction movie: https://youtu.be/cMWxXzblBWU
The current "clouds, rain, and temperature" of the earth emerge in real time. State-of-the-art app content.
With this app renewal, you can see "the earth now" and "the earth for a week". When you hold your smartphone or tablet over the earth ball, the data of "clouds, rain, temperature" that changes every hour on the earth is updated and projected in real time every hour, and "clouds, rain," for one week. You can also trace back the changes in "temperature". By looking at the state of the earth from the occurrence to the disappearance of the typhoon, the state of the world when the temperature changes suddenly, etc. while rotating the earth 360 degrees, you can feel the living earth as if you were looking from space. It's a mysterious and amazing experience. (Data provided by: Custom Weather, Satellite Global Precipitation Map GSMaP (JAXA))
When you hold your smartphone or tablet over it, you can see the "clouds," "rain," and "temperature" of the earth today.
The globe, which has no borders or letters, is palm-sized and is universal.
The major change in the earth ball itself is the elimination of borders and country names from the globe. Since all the roles of information are given to the dedicated app, the app can express changes in the world at any time, and it has become a globe that can be used universally. Also, by eliminating the letters, we have made it a size of 15 cm in diameter that is easy for children to hold. Since there is no shaft or arm to fix the globe, you can roll it around with your palm or rotate it on the pedestal. It seems that there is a small earth in the house, and it is a design that makes you want to decorate it as an interior.
19 kinds of contents that pop out of the world are suitable for children's education and adults' enjoyment.
There are currently 19 types of dedicated app content (all free) that can be enjoyed by adults and children, from educational content to content that parents and children can play with. Various contents such as the flags of the world, ancient dinosaurs, breakfast of the world, and the earth at night stimulate curiosity.
From left: "Earth picture book" "Shogakukan picture book NEO [new edition] dinosaurs" "Earth at night"
From left: "Countries of the world" "Rough earth" "Good morning! Breakfast of the world"
"Almost Sun Earth Ball" (second model) Product Information
[Price] 3,960 yen (tax included) * With pedestal (polycarbonate) [Body size / weight] Diameter 15 cm, 145 g
[Body material] Non-phthalate PVC, polystyrene [Package size] Width 180 mm x Depth 160 mm x Height 160 mm
[Target age] 6 years old and over [Country of origin] China
[Planning and production] Hobonichi Co., Ltd. [Globe body manufacturing] Watanabe Kyogu Seisakusho Co., Ltd., Replogle Globes Partners, LLC.
[App development] Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., Koozyt, Inc.
[Sales location]
・ Hobonichi store "Earth ball of almost every day" official page ( https://earthball.1101.com/ )
・ Amazon, Lofts nationwide, Tokyu Hands, Maruzen * Also sold at stationery stores, bookstores, department stores, etc. nationwide.
| From November 5th, a free shipping campaign for "Hobonichi Store" will be held!
Earth ball release date From 11:00 am on November 5th to 11:00 am on December 1st, we will carry out a campaign where purchases in the store will be free shipping for 5,000 yen (tax included) or more. |
| From November 5th, "Experience Sales" will be held at Ginza Loft, Maruzen Lazona Kawasaki Store, and Hankyu Umeda Main Store!
From November 5th to November 8th, we will hold an "experience sales event" where you can actually experience and purchase earth balls at three stores in Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Osaka. A huge earth ball with a diameter of 90 cm will also appear in the store! ◆ Ginza Loft: 2-4-6 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Belvia Building 1st-6th floors (held on the 1st floor) |
About the app dedicated to "Almost Sun Earth Ball"
A dedicated app (free) is required to enjoy the content by holding your smartphone or tablet over the earth ball. The latest version (ver.3.0) of the app that can use the new contents of "Earth of the present" and "Earth of the week" will be released on November 2nd (Monday).
* Supported OS is iOS and Android. Please check the official page for details such as download method, operating environment and compatible models.
* If you have already downloaded the app, you can use the new content by updating to the latest version.
* The latest version can also be used with the first model Earth Ball itself.