Prof. Uchiyama gave an oral presentation at the HCG Symposium 2023, which was held from December 11th to 13th, 2023, on our former intern, Mr. Pereira's effort for an international competition on indoor localization, the xDR Challenge 2023. In our approach, we designed three techniques: Inertial Odometry, BLE-based Fingerprinting, and IMU-based Pedestrian Dead Reckoning (PDR). Matthieu Pereira, Huakun Liu, Yutaro Hirao, Monica Perusquía-Hernández, Hideaki Uchiyama, and Read more
We took a lab trip to Kotohira and Kurashiki on November 4th and 5th, 2023. 21 members enjoyed the travel very much! Read more
Ms. Nakata (M2), Mr. Shinohara (M2), and Mr. Ohashi (M1) gave oral presentations at a workshop of the Technical Group on Media Experience and Virtual Environment (MVE), the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), which was held from October 26th to 27th, 2023. Mr. Ohashi talked about his previous study which received a SIG-CS Award in 2022. In addition, Mr. Yamaoka (M2) received a Read more
We had a trimonthly birthday party. Those who have a birthday between July and September were celebrated. Read more
We had three presentations at the top conference on AR/MR/VR, ISMAR 2023 which was held from October 16 to 20, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. Our alumnus, Dr. Nakano, gave an oral presentation of a full paper. Mr. Ohashi gave a poster presentation. Ms. Hu had a poster presentation as the second author. (Conference Paper) Kizashi Nakano, Monica Perusquia-Hernandez, Naoya Isoyama, Hideaki Uchiyama, and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, "Effects Read more
Prof. Kiyokawa gave a keynote entitled "Toward Smart Smart Glasses" at ACM SUI 2023 (ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction) which was held from October 13th to 14th, 2023, in Sydney, Australia. Read more
The graduation ceremony was held, and three master's students, Liu Huakun, Wei Xin, and Xia Wei completed their studies. All of them will proceed to the doctoral course. Congratulations to all of you! We wish you further success in the doctoral course! Read more
Mr. Ota (M2), Mr. Otsubo (M1), Ms. Kimura (M1), and Mr. Maeda (M1) have presented their studies at the 28th Annual Conference of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan which was held from September 12th to 14th, 2023. Mr. Ota also demonstrated his system. Hiroki Ota, Yutaro Hirao, Monica Perusquía-Hernández, Hideaki Uchiyama, and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa "A Scroll-type Haptic Device Using a Single Motor" (pdf) https://conference.vrsj.org/ac2023/program/doc/3A2-04.pdf Hiromu Otsubo, Read more
Prof. Perusquía and Ms. Matsuda (D1) gave the following oral presentations at ACII 2023 (the annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Affective Computing) which was held from September 10th to 13th, 2023, in Cambridge, USA. Prof. Perusquía presented our effort for the Emotion Physiology and Experience Collaboration (EPiC) Competition on behalf of the team. The EPiC Competition was held as one of the Read more
Our alumnus, Ms. Sasaki has presented the following work at RO-MAN 2023 which was held from August 28th to 31st, 2023. In this research, we propose a haptic device that can present a wide range of softness-hardness by using a two-layered structure consisting of a pneumatic balloon and a mechanical piston. Takuya Sasaki, Daiki Hagimori, Monica Perusquía-Hernández, Naoya Isoyama, Hideaki Uchiyama, Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, and Yoshihiro Kuroda, Read more
Mr. Liu (M2)'s paper has been published on IEEE TIM (Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement). In this study, we present a deep data-driven inertial measurement unit (IMU) online calibration (DUET) method that can compensate for the run-time errors of the accelerometer and gyroscope to improve inertial-based odometry. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10225410 Huakun Liu, Xin Wei, Monica Perusquía-Hernández, Naoya Isoyama, Hideaki Uchiyama, and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa "DUET: Improving Inertial-Based Odometry via Read more
Our alumnus, Ms. Matsuo has presented the following work at APMAR 2023 (the 15th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Mixed and Augmented Reality) which was held from August 18th to 19th, 2023. In this research, we propose a method to operate a remote vehicle without causing any apparent delay even when communication delays are large. Shota Matsuo, Monica Perusquía-Hernández, Naoya Isoyama, Hideaki Uchiyama, and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, "Vehicle Telepresence Read more
We exhibited a demo at ACM SIGGRAPH 2023 which was held from August 6th to 10th, 2023, in Los Angeles, USA. This year is the 50th anniversary of SIGGRAPH and some of the best interactive works shown at SIGGRAPH over the last 50 years were invited to the exhibition event called "Blasts From the Past". Our demonstration, "Occlusion-capable Optical See-through Head-mounted Displays," was originally exhibited in Read more
Ms. Mayuka Kono (D2) has presented a following work at the IEICE Ultrasonic (US) Workshop which was held from July 27th to 28th, 2023. In this study, we propose a method to precisely estimate various underwater materials by analyzing ultrasonic sound reflection. Mayuka Kono, Yutaro Hirao, Monica Perusquía-Hernández, Naoya Isoyama, Hideaki Uchiyama, Nobuchika Sakata, Jun Takamatsu, and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, "Underwater Object Material Classification by Ultrasonics" Read more
Ms. Wei (M2) gave a following poster presentation at EMBC 2023 (45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society) which was held from July 24 to 27, 2023 in Sydey, Australia. This study proposed a method to estimate the refractive power of a crystalline lens from electrooculography with high accuracy. Xin Wei, Huakun Liu, Monica Perusquia-Hernandez, Katsutoshi Masai, Naoya Isoyama, Hideaki Uchiyama, Read more
Mr. Schirm (D3)'s paper has been published on MDPI Sensors Journal. This research is an endeavor to utilize content-independent eye metrics, such as pupil size and blinks, for identifying mental load in VR users. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/15/6667 (The paper PDF is open access) Johannes Schirm, Andrés Roberto Gómez-Vargas, Monica Perusquía-Hernández, Richard T. Skarbez, Naoya Isoyama, Hideaki Uchiyama, and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa "Identification of Language-Induced Mental Load from Eye Behaviors Read more
We had a trimonthly birthday party. Those who have a birthday between April and June (and early July) were celebrated. Read more
Mr. Arisumi (M2) and Mr. Xia (M2) gave following oral presentations at a workshop of the Technical Group on Media Experience and Virtual Environment (MVE), the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), which was held on May 31st and June 1st, 2023. Yuito Arisumi, Yutaro Hirao, Monica Perusquia-Hernandez, Naoya Isoyama, Hideaki Uchiyama, and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa "AR Environmental Sound Display of Onomatopoeia for the Hearing Read more
We held a welcome party for newcomers. 12 new M1 students were tentatively assigned to NAIST. Dr. Anatole Lécuyer from INRIA Rennes, France, with whom we are collaborating, visited NAIST, gave an invited lecture, experienced demonstrations, and participated in the lab welcome party. Read more
Yutaro Hirao has joined our laboratory as Assistant Professor as of April 1st, 2023. Read more
We gave five presentations at IEEE VR 2023 conference, which was held both in-person in Shanghai and online from March 25 to March 29. IEEE VR is the top conference in the field of virtual reality and only the top 10.0% of submitted papers are published in the top journal, IEEE TVCG, with an overall acceptance rate of 21.4%, including papers published in the conference proceedings. Read more
The graduation ceremony was held, and two doctoral students and 14 master's students completed their studies. They are leaving for national and oversea universities, major electronics manufacturers, major automobile manufacturers, a fintech, and so on. Congratulations to all of you! We wish you all the best in your future endeavors! Read more
Mr. Miyawaki (M2), Mr. Ota (M1) and Mr. Yamaoka gave following oral presentations at a workshop of the Technical Group on Media Experience and Virtual Environment (MVE), the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), which was held from March 15th to 17th, 2023. Ryosuke Miyawaki, Monica Perusquia-Hernandez, Naoya Isoyama, Hideaki Uchiyama, and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa "A Data Collection Tool and Analysis for Avatar Animation" Hiroki Read more
Mr. Oshimi (M2) and Mr. Yokoro (M2) gave following oral presentations at Augmented Humans 2023, which was held from March 12 to 14, 2023, at the Mazumdar-Shaw Advanced Research Centre (ARC, University of Glasgow). Hiroto Oshimi, Monica Perusquía-Hernández, Naoya Isoyama, Hideaki Uchiyama, and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa "LocatAR: An AR Object Search Assistance System for a Shared Space" Kaito Yokoro, Monica Perusquia-Hernandez, Naoya Isoyama, Hideaki Uchiyama, and Kiyoshi Read more
We had Open Campus on February 25, 2023, and introduced our laboratory and demonstrated our research to so many visitors either in-person or online. Thank you very much for coming! Read more
Mr. Yokoro and Mr. Oshimi (M2) will give the following two oral presentations at Augmented Humans 2023, a conference on human augmentation to be held in Glasgow, Scotland from March 12 to 14. (Conference Paper) "DecluttAR: An Interactive Visual Clutter Dimming System to Help Focus on Work", Kaito Yokoro, Monica Perusquía-Hernández, Naoya Isoyama, Hideaki Uchiyama, and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa (An AR system that enhances work concentration by Read more
Three M1 students, Mr. Arisumi, Ms. Nakata, and Mr. Yamaoka, exhibited their research results at Innovation Stream KANSAI 6.0 from February 20 to 21, 2023. We received useful feedback from many visitors, and it was a very valuable opportunity for us to advance our research. "Development of a low-stress light stimulation device for routine Alzheimer's disease treatment" （Yamaoka） This is a study on goggles that promise Read more
Mr. Matsuo (M2) and Mr. Fujisawa (M2) gave following oral presentations at a workshop of the Technical Group on Media Experience and Virtual Environment (MVE), the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), which was held on January 26th and 27th, 2023. Shota Matsuo, Monica Perusquia-Hernandez, Naoya Isoyama, Hideaki Uchiyama, and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa "Vehicle Telepresence Maneuvering with Live Video and 3D Point Cloud without Perceptible Read more
Spring Seminar will be held from Feb 27 to Mar 1. The contents are as follows. If you are interested, please apply below. http://isw3.naist.jp/IS/PubWG/Spring2023/index-ja.html Development of AR Apps using AR Foundation and a smartphone AR Try-on App Speech Transcription App AR Object Placement App AR Furniture Arrangement App AR Drum-set App Development of motion recognition apps etc. using M5Stack Gray's 9-axis sensors and display Type recognition Read more
As one of the projects of the JAPAN TECH Pavilion in which NAIST is participating, an AR system that can visualize the distribution of indoor CO2 concentration, the research result of Ms. Otsuka (M2), was exhibited at CES 2023 held from January 5 (Thursday) to January 8 (Sunday), 2023, at the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas, USA, etc., and many people experienced it. Read more