Seminars: JIZAI Body (Masahiko Inam) - Cross-modal Interfaces for Multi-sensorial VR and Human Augmentation (Takuji Narumi)

Venerdì, 1 Giugno, 2018 - 16:00

Two seminars: Jun 1 - h. 16:00-18:00  - Room 101

1)

Title:
JIZAI Body  
Abstract:
If we regard the information revolution as establishment of a virtual society against the real society, it is necessary to design a new view of body "JIZAI body (freedomated body)", which can adapt freely to the change of social structure, and establish a new view of the body. In this talk, we discuss how we understand of basic knowledge about the body-schema-editing for construction of JIZAI body based on VR, AR and Robotics.
Bio:
Masahiko (Masa) Inami is a Professor in the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He is also directing the Inami JIZAI Body Project, JST ERATO.
He proposed and organized the Superhuman Sports Society. https://star.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/projects/

2)

Title:
Cross-modal Interfaces for Multi-sensorial VR and Human Augmentation
Abstract:
In the field of virtual reality (VR) research, the technologies for multi-sensorial feedbacks achieve a major breakthrough by utilizing cross-modal interactions. By changing sensory stimuli through only one modality with these technologies, retaining the impression from our experience can be modified significantly. These novel technologies have a great potential to change not only our perception, but also our behavior and cognition. In this talk, we discuss such novel techniques for enhancing human capabilities with multimodal VR techniques.
Bio:
Takuji Narumi is a lecturer at the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo. He is also directing the Ghost Engineering Project, JST PREST. His research interests broadly include perceptual modification and human augmentation with virtual reality and augmented reality technologies.
http://www.cyber.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/