REALITY Newsletter January 2023

Hello everyone!
It’s really cold in Japan and I can’t let go of my phone! I’m SHARI, from the Community Team.🍣
Every year as soon as I start thinking about buying gloves, the winter is already over. ⛄
How is everyone fighting the cold this year? And I wonder about how users that live in summer countries are doing right now...

I feel like this is the time I finally realize that a new year has begun.
I’ll do my best to help everyone have a fun experience so that they feel “wow, time is going fast!” too!

With that being said,
Let’s get to it!✨
Welcome to REALITY Newsletter, 2023 January!

Big Notice!

■Finally, on February 18, REALITY Metaverse Live in Tokyo Dome World Broadcast!

Broadcast Date February 18, 2023, at 20:00 (JST)

The four singers who won the fiercely contested REALITY Metaverse Live in Tokyo Dome World event will perform live on the stage of REALITY Tokyo Dome World.
"I want to be on the big stage. I want my voice to be heard around the world." Tonight, we will present their dream scenery on a special stage.
Experience the largest virtual live performance in REALITY's history.

Update implementation and notice

■Sakura World x Aeon Cinema Collaboration!

A must-see for movie lovers!
We are now showing trailers of movies that are currently playing or scheduled to play at Aeon Cinema at the Kinema Pavilion in Sakura World 🎬.

<The trailers you can watch are...>
「Violent Night」
「The Fabelmans」
「Knock at the Cabin」
「M3GAN」
「Puss in Boots: The Last Wish」
「Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves」
「Transformers: Rise of the Beasts」
「Yo-Kai Watch♪」
※The trailers above are trailers from movies planned to be released in Japan by Aeon Cinema.

It's a great way to look for a movie you like while chatting with your friends.👀
Be sure to use the hashtags #REALITY #SakuraWorld #AEONCinema
This world will be open until February 15, 2023, at 14:00 JST!

▼Check the details here
https://reality.app/notice/page/9qpvci753ezv?lang=en

■We’re now able to set our VIEWING and Online status to [OFF].

This update was released based on our users' feedback!
The setting can be changed by clicking on the bottom right icon in your REALITY app ➤ clicking the "Settings" gear icon ➤"Privacy" ➤ "Viewing and Online Status".
※This feature will be available after updating to version 23.3.0.

▼Check the details here
https://reality.app/notice/page/DM3HnPnDdjng?lang=en

■Our new World,『SANRIO Virtual Festival in REALITY』is here!

This world was opened to commemorate the "SANRIO Virtual Festival 2023 in Sanrio Puroland," one of the largest virtual music festivals connecting fans from around the world.

※SANRIO Virtual Festival in REALITY ends January 31, 2023, at 14:00(JST)

Live performances by Sanrio characters, a parade, and cutting-edge particle live performances by VR creators, are all part of the "SANRIO Virtual Festival 2023" experience at REALITY!♪

Commemorative photo with adorable Sanrio characters✨

Hello Kitty and Pom Pom Pudding.

My Melody and Kuromi were there too!

We would love to see your photos taken at #SANRIOVfes #Sanriocharacters #REALITYWorlds

▼Check the details here
https://reality.app/notice/page/4qvic8mmfrha?lang=en

■The Music Fest World was improved!

Karaoke rooms, live music clubs, outdoor stages, and even concrete pipes!?Music Fest World powered up, perfect for singing streams!
We can also sit around various places in the World too!✨

We have street live music and

You can sing in a live house in front of a big crowd!

Karaoke rooms are available!

I also experienced an outdoor concert!🎤

Be sure to tweet us with the hashtag, #REALITYWorlds   #MusicFestWorld !
I'd love to see your pics! 👀

▼Check the details here
https://reality.app/notice/page/07uu9s0wqjfh?lang=en

■Avatar Sticker Vol.10

“Let’s hang!”, “Crying hard” and more!
8 new stickers got released!

I personally loved the glasses sticker!👓✨
Lately, we’ve seen a lot of users tweeting and posting their stickers, and I’m really happy with that! They’re getting really different to the older ones too, so be sure to use them a lot!

▼Check the details here
https://reality.app/notice/page/gVnfSwDf4efD?lang=en

■You can now change your gacha and avatar store notification settings!

From the Settings → Push Notifications → Gacha / Store menu you can change if you want to turn your gacha and store notifications ON or OFF now!
Not only popular gachas, but also notifications to the recently added avatar store will allow you to get the latest information as soon as possible!👍
※Available by updating to version 23.3.0.

Future Updates

In REALITY, we share within the company the opinions and requests that we receive from our users and accumulate them in an opinion and requests list, so let’s check out some of those opinions and requests that we have received regarding the events and features that are being implemented in the app!

■Opinions and requests received
・I would like to see the glitches in general fixed.
・I want some function that allows me to directly buy avatar items. 
➤The avatar item shop was released!
・Requests about the gacha
・Review or fix of already existing features
➤We received a lot of feedback about the Viewing Feature, so we reworked that feature!
・New Feature Requests

and many others.
The above is currently being considered for new features and content modifications.

Thank you very much for your comments and requests for REALITY.
We will continue reporting the opinions, requests, and improvements we have made in the "REALITY Newsletter"!

Message from the staff

Hello Metaverse!
I’m REALITY’s CEO, DJ RIO.🦊

Recently, REALITY has been promoting an initiative to communicate with REALITY users around the world, led by the Community Team. We take surveys, get time to interview people individually, do real-life events, and run programs. There are many ways to do this, but our goal is one thing: to listen more to our users and get closer to them.
Especially in recent years, when REALITY has spread around the world and the number of users with various cultures and values has increased, it has become difficult for us to think of features and management policies based on our own senses. We listen to and interact with each and every one of our users so that we can picture their faces and voices. By doing so, we believe we can create a more comfortable Metaverse for everyone.
We have some plans on the run so that I’ll be able to talk more with you guys this year too, so I’m really looking forward to it!

With that being said, see you guys soon in some shape or another...!

Hello everyone!
I’m Omaru, a staff in REALITY.

As a matter of fact, I’m writing this on a day when all the news are talking about severe cold weather, so my fingers are not working properly and I’m sorry for any typos.

Speaking of cold weather, has everyone prepared their warm winter clothes yet?
Of course, I'm talking about the clothes your avatars wear, but you'll catch a cold if you stream on such a cold day wearing only short sleeves!
Last December, REALITY released the Avatar Shop feature, which allows users to little by little buy the items they need to “be whoever they want to be”.
We've got long-sleeved tops, high-cut sneakers, and other items to match this time of year and keep you warm right away, so be sure to check them out!

They say that cold is the root of all illnesses, so please stay warm.
See you later!

Hello! Thomas here!

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m saying 2022 everywhere because my mind hasn’t properly moved to 2023 yet! I’d say it will take until mid-February…
Just a random fact before we move into serious business, some of you guys know I’m really into TTRPG and I’m always glad to see users doing projects about tabletop role-playing games in the REALITY Event Club, and it would be awesome to see a campaign going on for several months using the Event Club opportunity.

Moving to the more serious part, as you guys know, we’re planning to have our REALITY World Tour this year, and we have some countries in our plans for now.
Also, it’s still not decided but we’re trying our best to hold a REALITY Con in Tokyo too like last year. 
※We’re also planning to have a special virtual “Mini Stage” in which the performers in REALITY Con can actually be broadcasted online so that users who are not able to physically go to that place can enjoy that experience too.

As always guys, keep your voices being heard through your feedback in the inquiries and surveys, because they’re really important!