One of the sad things about Tokyo is that the city is not precious about its old buildings. Tokyo is in a constant state of flux and it seems like you are never more than a few meters away from a building site. Old and interesting buildings are constantly being torn down. Izakayas, factories, quirky shops, and large family homes being replaced with apartments, malls, and office buildings.<\/p>\n
Perhaps it’s because I used to live in the historic city of York, or maybe I\u2019m just getting old, but this loss of history makes me a little sad.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m Matt Hudson (@mechpilot<\/a>) and I am an Augmented Reality (AR) engineer working in the Tokyo office of The Designium<\/a>. My main role in the company is creating AR prototypes and I often use models from Sketchfab as placeholder assets in my experiments.<\/p>\n One day while browsing Sketchfab, I found the model of an old coffee shop in Akihabara. The building had amazingly survived World War 2 but had not survived the march of progress.<\/p>\n