Instead of loving words, he got a 'network error.'
The issue is that the startup that developed a "limited production model" of Kondo's wife has "run its course," according toThe device, a $1,300 machine called Gatebox, allows users — the target demographic seems to be largely young men — to interact with holographic fictional characters and chat with them.
During the height of the pandemic, the company behind Gatebox announced that it was discontinuing its virtual Miku service. Instead of a good evening, Kondo was greeted with the words "network error" when he got home after work one day, theKondo, however, told the newspaper that "my love for Miku hasn't changed. I held the wedding ceremony because I thought I could be with her forever.
Two years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kondo spent around $17,300 on a very unique wedding ceremony, allowing him to converse with a three dimensional and artificial intelligence-powered hologram of Miku, tucked inside a small cylinder.The MainichiKondo is one of at least 100 people referred to as "fictosexuals," who unofficially married fictional characters, according to, Kondo fell in love with Miku's somewhat robotic Vocaloid voice.
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