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Award-winning item: Live streaming studio for smartphones [GO:LIVECAST]
Business Owner: Roland Corporation
Category: ICT equipment for the general public
Company: Roland Corporation (Japan)
Award Number: 20G090506
Outline of Good Design Award winners: Outline of Good Design Award winners 2020

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Outline: This is the "GO:LIVECAST" set consisting of an app and controller that allows a person to easily operate a live stream from their smartphone. In the costly marketplace for live streaming equipment, this set delivers a step up in live streaming at a price that's easily affordable for an individual.
Producer: Hidemasa Togai, RPG Product Design Dept. 2, Roland Corporation
Director: Masakazu Watanabe, RPG Product Design Dept. 2, Roland Corporation
Designer: Fumihiko Miura, Design Dept., Roland Corporation
More information: https://www.roland.com/jp/products/golivecast/
Already on the market: 2020/1/25

Evaluation

This is a control device for use during live streaming. Requiring no expensive equipment, unlike conventional systems, this device and its dedicated smartphone app are all you need to singlehandedly achieve effortlessly polished live streaming. With simple button operation, the user can add captions, sound effects, video, and still images, while linking a second smartphone to the device enables the user to switch between cameras. What is more, these functions are incorporated into the product in an elegant and compact manner. We greatly admired this item as a product that empowers individual ability and creativity, as we enter an age in which these qualities will be increasingly important.