Invited presentation by Kouta Minamizawa, Keio University, Japan:
Project Cybernetic being: Bridging Divides with Cybernetic Avatars
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Kouta MINAMIZAWA, Ph.D Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design Project Manager, Project Cybernetic being, JST Moonshot R&D Program After receiving his PhD. in Information Science and Technology from the University of Tokyo in 2010, he joined Keio University Graduate School of Media Design (KMD) and directs KMD Embodied Media Project, where conducts research and social deployment of embodied media that transfer, enhance, and create human experiences with digital technologies. His areas of research expertise include Haptics, Embodied Interaction, Virtual Reality and Telexistence. He also promotes activities on Haptic design, and Superhuman sports, also serves as a project manager of the Cybernetic being project under the Moonshot R&D program. |
This talk highlights the potential of Human Augmentation
technologies in promoting social inclusion and bridging societal
divides. In the Cybernetic being project under the Moonshot R&D
initiative in Japan, HCI researchers, social scientists,
neuroscientists, designers and start-ups are working together to
develop XR/Avatars/Haptics technologies and apply them to diverse
community to expand people’s physical and social abilities.