Tokyo, Hachioji City
VRC Inc. is a technology company providing personalized services focused on physical spaces and information. Addressing the apparel industry's challenge of “not being able to try on clothes online,” we offer a solution integrating our proprietary 3D body scanning, AI stylist, and virtual fitting technologies. This enhances the consumer shopping experience, helps brands reduce return rates, supports data-driven product planning, and aims to transform the industry.
To accelerate transformation in the apparel industry, we will develop an ICT platform enabling brands to rapidly and easily adopt our core technologies: 3D scanning, AI stylists, and virtual try-on. Key R&D elements include: - A system for securely managing sensitive 3D body data - An interface integrating product information from multiple brands - A personalization engine analyzing body shape and product correlations - A system for embedding these functions into brands' existing apps and platforms
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Yingdi XieXie Yingdi, originally from China. Arrived in Japan in 2003 and earned a Ph.D. in image processing from Waseda University in 2010. Subsequently served as a Research Scientist at MediaTek and a Researcher at Samsung Japan Research Institute. Driven by a desire to improve society through technology, he aimed to build his own service and founded VRC Inc. in 2016. He has invented dozens of international patents and is globally expanding his human body data platform business. |
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| Main Achievements | 2016 CEATEC JAPAN 2016 Digital Imaging Category Excellence Award 2018 J-TECH STARTUP Certified Excellent Company 2018 Selected for Toshiba Tec Accelerator Program 2019 Tama Blue & Green Award Excellence Award (Technology Category) 2020 Tama Blue & Green Award Grand Prize (Management Category) 2020 Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs Director's Award (Special Management Category) 2021 Selected by Taiwan Mobile (Overseas Telecom Carrier) 2022 Fukoku Life Insurance Promotion Enterprise Grand Prize (Sponsored by Tokyo Credit Union Association) 2023: Began collaboration with Shogakukan on 3D scanning business 2024: Successfully developed proprietary virtual fitting (image generation technology) 2025: Successfully developed 3D scanner with significantly improved cost performance 2025: Achieved 30 patents (rights secured) 2025: Participated in the ICT Startup League |
| Childhood Dream | My dream was to become a scientific researcher who helps people. |
| Influential People, Things, and Events | The person is “Kazuo Inamori” The thing is “Rachmaninoff's music” The event is “Zen meditation at Hyakujō Zen Temple” |
| Motivation, Goals, and Ideal World | The catalyst for starting my business was recognizing the apparel industry's serious problem of mass production and mass disposal amid increasing globalization. The reality that vast amounts of water are used for a single garment, while many are discarded, places enormous strain on the environment, business operations, and society. I felt a strong desire to contribute to solving this challenge. If we liken our lives to “mountain climbing,” achieving our goals requires knowing the destination, the path, and above all, an accurate understanding of our “current location.” My goal is to build a data platform that enables people to objectively understand their own “current location,” “physical condition,” and “individuality.” The body data collected through our apparel business is the first step. Ultimately, we envision this data foundation becoming a social infrastructure, enabling each individual to make optimal choices in every aspect of life based on their own “current location.” Our mission is to realize a society where people use their own data to chart their path to growth and lead richer lives. |
| Company Name | VRC Inc. |
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| Representative Name | Yingdi Xie |
| Address | MZ Building 301C, 2-26-9 Myojincho, Hachioji City, Tokyo |
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| Founding Date | May 13, 2016 |
