CROSS Magazine Issue 06 | Page 52

C RO S S Conference DAY 2 3 Can you tell us more about the case of Hatsune Miku,the music composing softw ar e w hic h involve user s’ cocreation. What is the key element that makes this business model successful? Hatsune Miku is actually a vir tual character embedded in a music-composing software. The song and 3D modeling are created by the user s. When user s cr eate a song, it will be sung by Hatsune Miku. Many people get together to create the productions for Hatsune Miku’s performance, creating a big movement which attr acted the tr aditional business, like Toyota, to get involved. Lately in Taiwan, Hatsune Miku was having a concer t which was well-received by the Taiwanese audience. It is a unique case of innovation where a software, with its vir tual character, is linked to the music industry and finally the vir tual character itself became endorsers of the products from traditional industries. 52 52