Dragon Ball scouter? Osaka Expo security guard's headset goes viral
Security guards in Osaka are going viral online for wearing headsets that look like the one in the manga Dragon Ball. PHOTO: THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
OSAKA - Security guards for dignitaries at the Osaka-Kansai Expo's Japan Pavilion are going viral on social media for the state-of-the-art head-mounted displays (HMD) worn over one eye, looking like a headset in the popular anime and manga Dragon Ball.
The HMD shows visual and textual information sent from the pavilion's disaster prevention centre. When on duty, security guards look at the display to check information such as who will arrive and when, in addition to the face photos of dignitaries they are to guard or anyone seeming suspicious.
Videos taken with a camera attached on guards' chests are sent to the disaster prevention centre in real-time.
Many social media users have been amazed, saying the HMD looks like a 'scouter', a gadget in Dragon Ball that measures an opponent's combat skills. Online, netizens hav e posted co mments such as 'It looks cool,' and 'I'm obsessed'.
The Japan Pavilion will host honoured guests from foreign countries and regions. Based in Tokyo, the company in charge of security, Teikei Co., developed the HMD to be first used at the Expo.
'We'll share information with the disaster prevention centre and work to prevent any issues in advance,' said a deputy director of the company's West Japan operations department. THE JAPAN NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
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