Hoot Hall · AI, apps and the web
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Hoot Hall is a technology studio at the frontier of AI, apps and the web, looking ahead to where technology and people are heading. For each project we bring a team together and deliver products that enrich the days you share with the people you care about.
The Hall · Products
Many rooms, one roof.
Apps, games, tools and stories. Under the Hoot Hall roof, each room gathers its own team to build and refine products for you.
Games New
Clash Yard
クラッシュヤード
A sports game that fuses American and flag football with an RPG. Build a team from a small island village and head for the First Yard. Pick a strategy and play, all with one finger. No gacha, no ads.
- iOS
- Android coming soon
hoothall.com/
clashyard 
Community
Minerva MEET
ミネルヴァ・ミート
A toolbox for the groups closest to you. Schedule meetups and run polls on the web, no sign-up needed. The mobile app keeps shared albums, events, a bulletin board, chat and more in one place.
- Web
- iOS
- Android
minervameet.com
Tools
Maat Scan
マートスキャン
That photo: AI? Over-filtered? Upload a portrait and get an objective naturalness score in seconds. Use it to check news photos or a dating-app match, or to see if your own photos are over-edited.
- Web
- iOS
- Android
maatscan.com
Stories
Anokoro Hou
あのころ年表
The past, revisited: half a century of Japanese pop culture in 14 categories, curated by Hou, an owl figurine on a Showa-era living-room shelf. The site is in Japanese.
- Web
- X
nenpyo.hoothall.com
Stories
GAFAM News
GAFAMニュース 光と闇
The present, decoded: GAFAM news posted daily on X, plus theme articles on note about the business and social impact rather than the technology, narrated by an owl. In Japanese.
- X
- note
note.com/
gafam_news 
Stories
AI in Dystopia
アイのあるミライ
The future, glimpsed: a four-panel comic set in a near-future Japan where AI and robots are everyday infrastructure, following the Mirai family. New episodes most Fridays, in Japanese.
- Web
- note
- X
ai.hoothall.com
Tools
Sports Clock Manager
Game clocks for referees, coaches and teams that follow each sport, from basketball, soccer and futsal to flag football, American football, handball and rugby.
- iOS
- Android
hoothall.com/
sportsclockmanager 
Tools
TurnClock
A turn timer for board and party games. Voice countdowns keep the pace, one tap passes the turn, and the display reads from one, two or four sides of the table.
- iOS
- Android
hoothall.com/
turnclock 
Games
Reversi Evo
A refined take on Othello (Reversi). Play three AI levels or a friend face to face on one device, try the “less to win” rule, and pick board sizes and colors. Offline, ad-free, no data collection.
- iOS
- Android
hoothall.com/
reversievo
Mission
AI will be everywhere. We build so people stay at the center.
At Hoot Hall, people and AI work as one team. AI takes on what it does well, and people make the final call. Day by day, that work has shown us three things worth holding onto.
New technology, made for everyday life
We get our hands on new technology early, test it ourselves, and build with it once it proves its worth. No AI just for show.
Connection, and days that mean something
The more ordinary AI becomes, the more precious our time with the people close to us. We want to bring people together and help make sense of the times, so each of us can find meaning in our own days.
Keeping watch as privacy changes
Trusting AI with personal data brings convenience, but makes that data harder to protect, and misuse is growing. Answers aren't clear yet. For now, we respect each person's choice, try not to ask for more than we need, and aim to be useful and enjoyable all the same.
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