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While we are talking about scale models...

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January 26, 2020, 01:18 PM
tacfoley
While we are talking about scale models...
take a look at what this Japanese gentleman is up to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...Hk&feature=emb_title
January 26, 2020, 01:40 PM
kkina
Those aren't models. Japanese apartments actually are that small. Big Grin



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"Pen & Sword as one."
January 26, 2020, 01:42 PM
PHPaul
Wow! Freakin' amazing.

And chock-a-block full of ideas.

The house on my diorama isn't glued down. I could do an interior...




Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
January 26, 2020, 02:05 PM
PHPaul
quote:
Originally posted by kkina:
Those aren't models. Japanese apartments actually are that small. Big Grin


Having lived in Japan, I can say with some assurance that there's more truth in that than you may realize...




Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
January 27, 2020, 07:19 AM
tacfoley
quote:
Originally posted by PHPaul:
quote:
Originally posted by kkina:
Those aren't models. Japanese apartments actually are that small. Big Grin


Having lived in Japan, I can say with some assurance that there's more truth in that than you may realize...


Yup. One of the apartments I lived in for a while had a bed that folded up into the wall and the underneath unfolded out to become the table.
January 27, 2020, 08:07 AM
dewhorse
Very cool
January 27, 2020, 08:21 AM
V-Tail
quote:
Originally posted by kkina:

Those aren't models. Japanese apartments actually are that small. Big Grin
I have never been in a private residence in Japan, but I did spend a week and a half in a Hilton in the Tokyo area.

I could stand in the middle of my hotel room and stretch my arms out to the side and come fairly close to touching both walls.



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January 27, 2020, 08:55 AM
Rinehart
We had friends in Japan from years of travel and learned quite a bit about their austerity and use of space. But technology can be unforgiving.

When Microsoft released the Xbox Kinect camera system, many folks in not only Japan but Asia/Europe in general couldn’t use their cameras.
Their rooms were just too small. The Kinects were designed to have around 6’-10’ of space in front of the camera and their modest living space didn’t allow this. Same for games like “Just/Let's Dance” and active games on the wii that required four people to be able to move and swing the remotes. Evidently whoever designed the system figured everyone had a living room that you could land a Cessna in.

So people had to use workarounds...
March 06, 2020, 03:01 PM
Ryanp225
Saw this today. Made me think of this thread.