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Traditional computer displays are designed to be invariant to illumination and viewing conditions. However, this is not what the real world behaves like. Real materials reflect the surrounding light in a characteristic way that depends on the angles of ...

Digital medical devices promise to transform the future of medicine because of their ability to produce exquisitely detailed individual physiological data. As ordinary people start to have access and control over their own physiological data, they can ...

An imaging system, in general, consists of a capturing system (i.e., a camera), a signal transmission process, and an output device (display and/or printing systems). When capturing a picture, colors are captured by an imaging sensor on a camera, whose ...

We have created a unique telepresence system for communications and entertainment whereby users can share visual and sound information and express their feelings and impressions more directly than when using conventional meeting systems. We mainly ...

Soft objects are widely used in our day-to-day lives, and provide both comfort and safety in contrast to hard objects. Also, soft objects are able to provide a natural and rich haptic sensation. In human-computer interaction, soft interfaces have been ...

In this study, we propose a method of displaying unaware-usage haptic sensation of navigation. People view a map when they visit an unfamiliar place, but when they are taken away their eyes from the map, their attention is diverted and margin of the ...

Multitouch interaction has some unique strengths, one of them being that direct touch on 2D screens makes it fast and easy. Unfortunately, because of stereo disparity and content occlusion, direct touch interaction becomes an issue as soon as 3D ...

A top is a simple toy, yet its behavior is unique when compared with the behaviors of other physical toys. Its attractive behavior is based on the gyroscopic effect acting within the top. We sense the force of the gyroscopic effect when touching or ...

What would it be like to have a mole live under your table and push around objects on the table surface? We have developed MoleBot, a robotic mole living in a coffee table that interacts with small items laid on the table surface. The MoleBot projects a ...

We propose a pregnancy experience system called "Mommy Tummy". Mommy Tummy simulates the physical burden of pregnancy including fetal movement and fetal weight. Through this experience the user can feel the joys and difficulties of pregnancy. In ...

In contrast to light-emitting displays like plasma display panels (PDPs) and liquid crystal displays (LCDs), color-forming displays like "E-Ink" which displays information by reflecting surrounding light are being actively researched as a technology ...

Today a tremendous amount of audio and visual information is stuffed onto the flat displays of smart phones. It is no doubt a very convenient age, but a little bit uniform. Our research focuses on interfaces with dynamic movements and interfaces that ...

We present Recompose, a new system for manipulation of an actuated surface. By collectively utilizing the body as a tool for direct manipulation alongside gestural input for functional manipulation, we show how a user is afforded unprecedented control ...

Surround Haptics is a new tactile technology that uses a low-resolution grid of inexpensive vibrating actuators to generate high-resolution, continuous, moving tactile strokes on human skin [1]. The user would not feel the discrete tactile pulses and ...

In this research, a new system of telecommunication called "Telenoid" is presented which focuses on the idea of transferring human's "presence". Telenoid was developed to appear and behave as a minimal design of human features. (Fig. 2(A)) A minimal ...

Most of us remember playing with colorful spinning tops when we were children. Here in our research, we made mechanical pixels with the spinning tops which introduces the mechanical display. This enables to enlarge the pixels without the direct ...

The Virtual Crepe Factory illustrates our novel approach for 6DoF haptic interaction with fluids. It showcases a 2-handed interactive haptic scenario: a recipe consisting in using different types of fluid in order to make a special pancake also known as ...

The Thermal Interactive Media (TIM) display represents an engaging new form of tangible user interface that enables users to control the interaction and blending of multiple video streams through the physical mixing of water at different temperatures.

In this paper we propose a new computer---human interface which uses the back of the hand for pointer control.

Realizing a true three-dimensional (3D) display environment has been an ultimate goal of visual computing communities. Burton Inc. in Japan and others built upon the modern laser-plasma technology to come up with 3D Aerial Display device in 2006, with ...

Public pathways, in areas such as stations and concert halls, can present pedestrian crowds with difficulties, for example, congestions and collisions (Figure 1-a). Although visual signs and audio cues are commonly used for smoother pedestrian flow, ...

We demonstrate a volumetric display providing high resolution, full color, real images with 10 addressable depth planes and correct focus and vergence cues for the viewer. The display is centered around a novel optical element; a large-aperture, rim-...