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VWind: Virtual Wind Sensation to the Ear by Cross-Modal Effects of Audio-Visual, Thermal, and Vibrotactile Stimuli
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All 19 presentations are accessible on-demand in the virtual platform from 6 December 2021 to 11 March 2022.
Out of which, 13 Emerging Technologies will have physical exhibits onsite in Hall E, Tokyo International Forum from 15 - 17 December 2021.
Live demonstrations and Q&As for the respective presentations will be taking place at the specified Date/Time below.
Description: We propose to present virtual wind sensation by cross-modal effects. We developed VWind, a wearable headphone-type device to give vibrotactile and thermal stimuli in addition to visual scenarios and binaural sounds. We prepared the demonstrations as if users were blown to the ear or exposed to freezing winds.
Presenter(s):
Juro Hosoi, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Yuki Ban, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Kenichi Ito, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Shin'ichi Warisawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Yuki Ban received the M.S. degree and the Ph.D. degree in Information Science and Technology from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 2013 and 2016, respectively. He was a researcher at Xcoo inc. research from 2016 to 2017. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Graduate School of Frontier Sciences at the University of Tokyo. His current research interests focus on modifying spatial perception using the visuo-haptic interaction.
Kenichi Ito received a Master of Environmental Studies degree from the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo in 2021. He is a doctoral student of the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo now. His research interest is improving presence and immersion of virtual reality by presenting the feelings of wind.
Prof. Warisawa is a professor of Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies at the University of Tokyo. From April of 1994 to March of 2000, he served as an Assistant Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology, from April of 2000 has been working at the University of Tokyo. He was a visiting researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2010 to 2011, and a visiting professor at Université Jean Monnet in 2016. His current research focuses on wearable/ambient human health monitoring. Research cores are nano/micro sensing devices fabrication and sensing information technology application for human well-being.
