You may wonder if OriHime can laugh or feel sad. Its face is blank with colorless eyes, but you can feel its emotions by looking at its face. Yoshifuji says, “The robot’s face resembles a noh mask. A noh mask itself does not show any expressions, but the audience perceives them by the movements of the head. In the same way, people can feel emotions from the face of OriHime, because it is an extension of the person who’s using it.”
　Thanks to online communication, we can now talk to people anywhere at any time. However, Yoshifuji points out that “sharing a physical place” is missing from modern technology. When you share a place, you don’t have to talk all the time. You can be quiet and think about things. You can do things together without talking. Most importantly, you share a sense of being together. OriHime is more than a robot. It’s a “vehicle” that can transport your heart anywhere you like and let you share a place with others.