What’s the story?
KDDI, STYLY, and XREAL have launched “DEN-NOH Vision,” an AR-enhanced experience at the “Ghost and the Shell” exhibition in Tokyo, utilizing XREAL Air 2 Ultra glasses.
Why it matters
The initiative addresses previous barriers to AR exhibitions, such as complex indoor positioning and limited scalability, by allowing hundreds of devices to operate at once.
The bigger picture
The collaboration positions AR as a core experiential and business model for the future of global exhibitions, galleries, and museums.
February 23, 2026 – Japanese telecommunications operator KDDI, augmented reality (AR) technology provider XREAL, and Tokyo-based spatial computing company STYLY, Inc., have recently launched an immersive AR experience at the “Ghost and the Shell” exhibition in Tokyo, Japan.
The exhibition is being held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Ghost in the Shell, a 1995 anime movie that explores cyberpunk elements and philosophical themes regarding the fusion of humans and technology.
Hosted at TOKYO NODE in Toranomon Hills, the initiative by the companies introduces “DEN-NOH Vision,” an AR-enhanced viewing experience designed to enrich how visitors engage with physical exhibits.
According to the companies, visitors at the exhibition can use ‘XREAL Air 2 Ultra’ AR glasses to view layered digital information and visual interfaces to enhance their experience of the original art displays. The experience includes a special scene inspired by the ‘Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045’ series, which blends physical space with virtual narrative elements.
By combining STYLY’s location-based entertainment (LBE) platform with KDDI and XREAL hardware, the partners have created an exhibition infrastructure capable of operating hundreds of AR devices simultaneously, with approximately 200 units of the Air 2 Ultra glasses available for visitors to use.
The new infrastructure is intended to enable the seamless integration of extended reality (XR) content with physical exhibitions and support scalable visitor operations beyond traditional pilot activations. The partners noted that the move positions AR as “a core experiential and business model for future exhibitions,” potentially enhancing engagement and repeat visitation for galleries and museums.
The Ghost and the Shell exhibition opened on January 30, 2026, and will be running until April 5, 2026, at TOKYO NODE GALLERY. For more information and for tickets, click here.
To learn more about XREAL and its AR glasses, click here. To learn more about STYLY and the company’s XR platform, click here. For more information on KDDI, click here.
Image / video credit: STYLY / Shirow Masamune/ Kodansha / Ghost and the Shell exhibition committee
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Sam is the Founder and Managing Editor of Auganix, where he has spent years immersed in the XR ecosystem, tracking its evolution from early prototypes to the technologies shaping the future of human experience. While primarily covering the latest AR and VR news, his interests extend to the wider world of human augmentation, from AI and robotics to haptics, wearables, and brain–computer interfaces.