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Inter BEE Review 2016 Topics Guest Interview6202017: Year One of VRVR will create new value in entertainment and change business in all industriesVirtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), holograms and other advanced video technologies are attracting increasing attention. Against this background, a new project called INTER BEE IGNITION was held at Inter BEE 2016 to explore new media possibilities. The Advanced Imaging Society based in the United States also transferred an event it had previ-ously held on its own unchanged to Inter BEE.The Japan Committee of the Advanced Imaging Society held the ceremony for the Lumiere Japan Awards during this event. In addition, the Advanced Imaging University Seminar was given by Mr. Jim Chabin, Chairman of the Advanced Imaging Society; Mr. Guy Primus, who serves as the CEO in The Virtual Reality Company that was responsible for the VR production in The Martian movie by the director Ridley Scott; and Mr. Takashi Kawai, who is a professor in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University while also serving as the Japan Committee Chair of the Advanced Imaging Society.The men talked about the position of the VR business in the video industry and their vision for the future in addition to the latest situation for VR that is being tackled by the movie industry in the United States in this seminar. We spoke to these three men who took the podium at this seminar: What kind of impact will VR have on the video industry? What is indispensable for the development of the VR business?From left in the photograph:Mr. Jim ChabinChairman, Advanced Imaging SocietyMr. Guy PrimusThe Virtual Reality Company CEOMr. Takashi KawaiJapan Committee Chair, Advanced Imaging SocietyProfessor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University