Masahiro FURUKAWA

as Post Doctor (Kajimoto Laboratory, at Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, Department of Informatics, The University of Electro-Communications)

Apr. 2009, Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(DC2) as Doctoral Student (Inami Group, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University)

Membership of Academic Societies

ACM / IEEE / Virtual Reality Society of Japan / Robotics Society of Japan / Human Interface Society

Reviewer

IEICE / IEEE VR / World Haptics / 3DUI / VRSJ / RSJ / HIS

Research Interest

Telexistence / Human Perception / Haptic Interface / Vection

Flying TELUBee (2014-)

TEST FLIGHT SHOWREEL.

2014/4/21 added

Hiyoshi Jump (2014-) Collaborated with Unity

Available from Oculus VR Share (March 15, 2014~)

2014/4/21 added

Haptic Tele-existence System TELESAR V (2011-)

Latest News about TELESAR V is here (Google Search in News Category)

2012/12/04 added

Vection Field (2010-)

2011/05/05 16:45 added

Tactile Proximity Sensation Induced by Other’s Finger Movement above One’s Palm (2010)

It is widely known that tickle sensation is not only induced by direct contact but also induced by the gesture near the body surface. This phenomenon can be utilized for the remote communication as a way to present pseudo haptic sensation with visual cue. In this paper, this pseudo haptic sensation was combined with vibration and tickle sensation was evaluated. The result revealed that combination of vibration and the visual cue presenting the gesture near the body surface induces as strong tickle sensation as the real tickle.

see also [Project Page] 2011/05/13 13:30 added

Pedestrian Collision Prevention System (2010-)

2011/03/11 16:50 added

Fur Display (2009)

Wearable computing technology is one of the methods that can augment the information processing ability of humans. However, in this area, a soft surface is often necessary to maximize the comfort and practicality of such wearable devices. Thus in this paper, we propose a soft surface material, with an organic bristling effect achieved through mechanical vibration, as a new user interface. We have used fur in order to exhibit the visually rich transformation induced by the bristling effect while also achieving the full tactile experience and benefits of soft materials. Our method needs only a layer of fur and simple vibration motors. The hairs of fur instantly bristle with only horizontal mechanical vibration. The vibration is provided by a simple vibration motor embedded below the fur material. This technology has significant potential as garment textiles or to be utilized as a general soft user interface.

Sensitivity of Human Hairy Skin with Vibrotactile Stimulation through Body Hair (2007)

This paper reports the detection threshold of human hairy skin with the use of a direct vibrotactile stimulus to the hair on human hairy skin. We designed an experimental method to quantify the psychological effect and developed a stimulation instrument to directly stimulate the hair. This vibrotactile stimulation was provided from the tip of tweezers which traveled horizontally or vertically against the human skin. The stimulation point was the approximate middle region of the hair on the middle finger and forearm. A psychological experiment was conducted based on the hypothesis that a frequency characteristic exists on hairy skin with direct stimulus to the hair. As a result, a significant difference depends on frequency was obtained with ANOVA. It was described that the vibrotactile stimulus was conducted to Pacinian by the body hair on the middle finger which has so small section area. This is conflicting finding concerning the size of the contactor which can conduct the stimulus into the lower layer of skin. However, this thresholdcurve and also the introspection reports of participants support this novel finding.

Awards

Tadatoshi Kurogi, Masano Nakayama, Katsunari Sato, Sho Kamuro, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Masahiro Furukawa, Kouta Minamizawa, Susumu Tachi:Haptic Transmission System to Recognize Differences in Surface Textures of Objects for Telexistence, Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality 2013, PO-042, Orlando, Florida, pp.137-138 (2013.3) [Best Poster Award]
Charith Lasantha Fernando, Masahiro Furukawa, Tadatoshi Kurogi,
Sho Kamuro, Katsunari Sato, Kouta Minamizawa, Susumu Tachi:
Design of TELESAR V for Transferring Bodily Consciousness in Telexistence,
in Proc. of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
(IROS2012), Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal (2012.10) [web] [ICROS Best Application Paper Award Finalist]
Masahiro Furukawa, Hiromi Yoshikawa, Taku Hachisu, Shogo Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, “Vection Field” for Pedestrian Traffic Control, Augmented Human international conference, 2011 (Tokyo, March 12-14 2011) [web][web] [Best Paper Award] (Refereed, Oral Presentation)
Erika SAWADA, Tatsuhito AWAJI, Keisuke MORISHITA, Masahiro FURUKAWA, Tomohisa ARUGA, Ryuta TAKEICHI, Tomoko FUJII, Hidetoshi KIMURA, Noriyoshi SHIMIZU, Shinya IDA, Takuji TOKIWA, Maki SUGIMOTO, Masahiko INAMI, BYU-BYU-View: A Wind Communication Interface，Laval Virtual 2008，Laval France，April 9-13.2008. (Refereed Exhibition) [web] [Interfaces et Materiels Award]

Journal (International only)

Hua, Junjie and Furukawa, Masahiro and Maeda, Taro, "Extrapolation of Thermal Sensation: Warm-cold Stimulus Pair Elicits a Sense of Warmth Outside the Stimulus," in IEEE Access, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3392276
Aoyama, Kazuma and Miyamoto, Nobuhisa and Sakurai, Satoru and Iizuka, Hiroyuki and Mizukami, Makoto and Furukawa, Masahiro and Maeda, Taro and Ando, Hideyuki, "Electrical Generation of Intranasal Irritating Chemosensation," in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 106714-106724, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3100851
Alex Ming Hui Wong, Masahiro Furukawa, Taro Maeda, Robustness of Rhythmic-Based Dynamic Hand Gesture with Surface Electromyography (sEMG) for Authentication, MDPI, Electronics 2020, 9(12), 2143; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9122143
Ming Chang , Hiroyuki Iizuka, Hideki Kashioka, Yasushi Naruse, Masahiro Furukawa, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, Unconscious improvement in foreign language learning using mismatch negativity neurofeedback: A preliminary study, PlosOne, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178694
Mashiro Furukawa, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Susumu Tachi, SHARED PALM FOR REMOTE TICKLING, Vol 3, No 2 (2013): IJACSci, Vol. 3, No. 2, February, 2013 [web]

Conference Paper (International only)

Claudio Feliciani*, Sakurako Tanida, Masahiro Furukawa, Hisashi Murakami, Xiaolu Jia, Dražen Brščić and Katsuhiro Nishinari.,Nudging” crowds: When it works, when it doesn't and why., in proc of Traffic & Granular Flow 2022, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-7976-9_2, https://tgf.iitd.ac.in/09-10-2022-Intro%20for%20Abstracts%20Booklet(Final).pdf
Junjie Hua, Masahiro Furukawa, Taro Maeda, The central Mechanism Underlying Extrapolation of Thermal Sensation, Asia Haptics2022
Junjie Hua, Masahiro Furukawa, Taro Maeda, Extrapolation of Thermal Sensation and A Neuron-Like Model Based on Distribution Difference and Interactions of Thermoreceptors, World Haptics 2021, https://doi.org/10.1109/WHC49131.2021.9517264
Masahiro Furukawa, Teppei Matsuoka, Taro Maeda, The effect of high fps on vision in visual presentation under active motion, Journal of Vision, Vol.21, 2387, https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.21.9.2387
Akiyoshi Hara, Taro Maeda, Yasuto Tanaka, Hiroyuki Fujie, Masahiro Furukawa, Does the difference in cranial current path change the torsional impression and behavior Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation?, Journal of Vision Vol.21, 2937, https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.21.9.2937
Miyamoto, Hiroki and Hara, Akiyoshi and Furukawa, Masahiro and Ando, Hideyuki and Maeda, Taro, Mismatch Negativity for Visuo-Tactile Inconsistency in Rubber Hand Illusion Paradigm, Proceedings of the 11th Augmented Human International Conference, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1145/3396339.3396391 (short paper)
Alex Ming, Hui Wong, Masahiro Furukawa, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, Dynamic Hand Gesture Authentication Using Electromyography (EMG), 2020 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration 2020
Akiyoshi Hara, Tomoki Nishimura, Hiroki Miyamoto, Masahiro Furukawa, Taro Maeda, Estimating the Current and the Future Intention with Tsumori Control, 2020 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration 2020
Tomoki Nishimura, Akiyoshi Hara, Hiroki Miyamoto, Masahiro Furukawa, Taro Maeda, Mutual Prediction Model for Predicting Information for Human Motion Generation, 2020 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration 2020
Hiroki Miyamoto, Naoki Nebara, Junjie Hua, Masahiro Furukawa, Taro Maeda, Wave Field Synthesis on Water Membrane to Clone Two Dimensional Rubbing Sensation, IEEE World Haptics Conference 2019, July 2019, Demo
Masataka Kurokawa, Masahiro Furukawa, Taro Maeda, Can changing brightness with head movement deliver depth perception like as motion parallax ?, The 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, July 2019, Poster
Hiroki Miyamoto, Masahiro Furukawa, Kosuke Wada, Masataka Kurokawa, Kohei Matsumoto, Taro Maeda, Equivalent Physical Constant Hypothesis for Skill Transmission in Scale Conversion Telexistence, ICAT-EGVE2018, https://doi.org/10.2312/egve.20181314
Kohei Matsumoto, Masahiro Furukawa, Kosuke Wada, Masataka Kurokawa, Hiroki Miyamoto, Taro Maeda, Verification of Necessity of Equivalent Gravity in Telexistence With Scale Conversion for Utilization of Humanoid Small Robot, ICAT-EGVE2018, https://doi.org/10.2312/egve.20181312
Junjie Hua, Masahiro Furukawa, Taro Maeda, Contribution to Ownership and Agency When Controlling a Mobile Robot, ICAT-EGVE2018 - Posters and Demos, https://doi.org/10.2312/egve.20181375
Satoru Sakurai, Kazuma Aoyama, Nobuhisa Miyamoto, Makoto Mizukami, Masahiro Furukawa, Taro Maeda, Hideyuki Ando, Mechanism of Inhibitory Effect of Cathodal Current Tongue Stimulation on Five Basic Tastes, in Proc, IEEE Virtual Reality, (South Carolina, USA), 2016
Kazuma Aoyama, Makoto Mizukami, Satoru Sakurai, Nobuhisa Miyamoto, Masahiro Furukawa, Taro Maeda, Hideyuki Ando, “Illuminant Positions Depend on Stimulation Position in Galvanic Retina Stimulation”, Asiagraph 2016, pp.55-56, Toyama-Japan, (March, 2016), Poster
Wataru Torii, Shinpei Fujimoto, Masahiro Furukawa, Hideyuki Ando and Taro Maeda, Proposal of Techniques to Control Robot Action Consisting of Multiple Segmented Motions Using Recurrent Neural Network with Butterfly Structure, BIOINFORMATICS 2016(7th international conference on bioinformatics models, methods and algorithms), Feb 21-23, 2016 (Rome, Italy) (short paper) (Best Poster Candidate)
Yoshihiko Hatada , Masahiro Furukawa, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "An investigation of the relationship between apparent motion velocity and illusion of agency”, Vision Sciences Society 2015
Kazuma Aoyama, Satoru Sakurai, Nobuhisa Miyamoto, Chang Ming, Takashi Kitao, Kazuki Matsui, Wataru Torii, Shinpei Fujimoto, Yoshihiko Hatada, Daiki Higuchi, Kosuke Wada, Makoto Mizukami, Tomo Tanoue, Atsuhiro Nakshima, Hayato Akiyama, Kazuki Taniguch, Masahiro Furukawa, Hideyuki Ando and Taro Maeda, "Multi-pole Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation Induces Four Directional Virtual Acceleration", The 5th CiNet General Conference, Osaka, (October, 2015), Poster
Kazuma Aoyama, Satoru Sakurai, Nobuhisa Miyamoto, Masahiro Furukawa, Taro Maeda, Hideyuki Ando "Modeling the Effect of Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation on Body Sway for Electrical Circuit", 10th AEARU Workshop on Computer Science and Web Technology, pp.51-52, Ibaragi-Japan (February, 2015), Poster
Satoru Sakurai, Kazuma Aoyama, Masahiro Furukawa, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda "Correlation between Magnitude of Current and Suppressing Saltiness Effect", 10th AEARU Workshop on Computer Science and Web Technology, pp.53-54, Ibaragi-Japan (February, 2015), Poster
Masahiro Furukawa, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, The Giant Experience: Visual Transfer Design to Virtually Extend the User's Body, ICAT-EGVE 2014, Demo (2014.12)
Nobuhisa Miyamoto, Kazuma Aoyama, Masahiro Furukawa, Taro Maeda, Hideyuki Ando, "Air tap : the sense of tapping a rigid in the midair", AsiaHaptics2014, Demo(2014.11)
Yuta Ueda, Karin Iwazaki, Mina Shibasaki, Yusuke Mizushina, Masahiro Furukawa, Hideaki Nii, Kouta Minamizawa, Susumu Tachi, HaptoMIRAGE: Mid-Air Autostereoscopic Display for Seamless Interaction With a Mixed-Reality Environment, SIGGRAPH 2014 Emerging Technologies, 2014 [web][ACM Portal]
Yuta Ueda, Karin Iwazaki, Mina Shibasaki, Yusuke Mizushina, Masahiro Furukawa, Hideaki Nii, Kouta Minamizawa, Susumu Tachi, HaptoMIRAGE: Mid-Air Autostereoscopic Display for Seamless Interaction With a Mixed-Reality Environment, SIGGRAPH 2014 Posters, 2014 [web][ACM Portal]
M. Y. Saraiji, Y. Mizushina, C. L. Fernando, M. Furukawa, Y. Kamiyama, K. Minamizawa, S. Tachi, Enforced TELExistence, SIGGRAPH 2014 Posters (2014.8) [web][ACM Portal]
Masahiro Furukawa, Kouta Minamizawa, Susumu Tachi, Voluntary Self-tapping Induces Self-localization Shift, Ro-Man 2014[web][pdf][IEEE Xplore]
M. Y. Saraiji, C. L. Fernando, M. Furukawa, K. Minamizawa, S. Tachi, Realtime Egocentric Superimposition of Operator's Own Body on Telexistence Avatar in Virtual Environment, Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence(ICAT), Tokyo, Japan, pp.35-39 (2013.12)
C. L. Fernando, M. Furukawa, K. Minamizawa, S. Tachi, Experiencing ones own Hand in Telexistence Manipulation with a 15 DOF Anthropomorphic Robot Hand and a Flexible Master Glove, Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT), Tokyo, Japan, pp.20-27 (2013.12) [web] [Honorable Mention]
Susumu Tachi,Kouta Minamizawa, Masahiro Furukawa and Charith L. Fernando: Haptic Media: Construction and Utilization of Human-harmonized "Tangible" Information Environment, Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT), Tokyo, Japan, pp.145-150 (2013.12)
Kyo Hirota, Charith Fernando, Masahiro Furukawa, Kota Minamizawa, Susumu Tachi, TELUBee, Laval Virtual 2013 Revolution (2013.3)
Tadatoshi Kurogi, Masano Nakayama, Katsunari Sato, Sho Kamuro, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Masahiro Furukawa, Kouta Minamizawa, Susumu Tachi:Haptic Transmission System to Recognize Differences in Surface Textures of Objects for Telexistence, Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality 2013, PO-042, Orlando, Florida, pp.137-138 (2013.3) [Best Poster Award]
Charith Lasantha Fernando, Masahiro Furukawa, Tadatoshi Kurogi, Sho Kamuro, Katsunari Sato, Kouta Minamizawa, Susumu Tachi: Design of TELESAR V for Transferring Bodily Consciousness in Telexistence, in Proc. of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2012), Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal (2012.10) [web] [ICROS Best Application Paper Award Finalist]
Yamen MHD Saraiji, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Masahiro Furukawa, Kouta Minamizawa, Tachi, Susumu, Virtual Telesar - Designing and Implementation of a Modular Based Immersive Virtual Telexistence Platform, SICE 2012 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, December 16-18, 2012, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan [web][IEEE Xplore]
Susumu Tachi, Kouta Minamizawa, Masahiro Furukawa, Charith Lasantha Fernando: Telexistence — from 1980 to 2012, JUBILEE Video in Proc. of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2012), Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal (2012.10) [web]
Charith Lasantha Fernando, Masahiro Furukawa, Tadatoshi Kurogi, Sho Kamuro, Kyo Hirota, Katsunari Sato, Kouta Minamizawa, and Susumu Tachi, TELESAR V: TELExistence Surrogate Anthropomorphic Robot, SIGGRAPH 2012, Emerging Technologies,Article No. 23, doi:10.1145/2343456.2343479, 2012 [web][ACM Portal]
Hiromi Yoshikawa, Taku Hachisu, Shogo Fukushima, Masahiro Furukawa, Hiroyuki Kajimoto and Takuya Nojima, Studies of Vection Field II: a method for generating smooth motion pattern, Advanced Visual Interfaces, International Working Conference in cooperation with ACM-SIGCHI, ACM-SIGMM, Capri Island (Naples), Italy, May 21-25, 2012 (Refereed, Poster)
Masahiro Furukawa, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Susumu Tachi, KUSUGURI: a shared tactile interface for bidirectional tickling, Augmented Human 2012, March 9-10, 2012, France Megeve [Web][ACM Portal] (Refereed, Oral Presentation)
Maki Yokoyama, Yu Okan, Michi Sato, Shogo Fukushima, Masahiro Furukawa and Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Looming Silhouette: An Approaching Visual Stimulus Device for Pedestrians to Avoid Collisions, Augmented Human 2012, March 9-10, 2012, France Megeve [Web][ACM Portal] (Refereed, Oral Presentation)
Naoya Koizumi, Nagaya Naohisa, Masahiro Furukawa, Maki Sugimoto and Masahiko Inami, Stop Motion Goggle: Augmented visual perception by subtraction method using high speed liquid crystal, Augmented Human 2012, March 9-10, 2012, France Megeve [Web][ACM Portal] (Refereed, Oral Presentation)
Masahiro Furukawa, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Susumu Tachi, KUSUGURI: Visual Tactile Integration for Tickling, SIGGRAPH ASIA 2011, Emerging Technologies, December 12-15, 2011, Hong Kong [Web][ACM Portal] (Refereed, Technical Demonstration)
Hiromi Yoshikawa, Taku Hachisu, Shogo Fukushima, Masahiro Furukawa, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Vection Field for Pedestrian Traffic Control, ACM SIGGRAPH 2011 Emerging Technologies, Article No. 21, doi:10.1145/2048259.2048280, August 2011 [PDF][web][ACM Portal]
Ryuta OKAZAKI, Michi SATO, Shogo FUKUSHIMA, Masahiro FURUKAWA, Hiroyuki KAJIMOTO, Tactile Enhancement Structure Mimicking Hair Follicle Receptor, World Haptics Conference 2011 (Istanbul, Turkey June 22-24 2011) [web] (Refereed, Oral Presentation)
Masahiro Furukawa, Hiromi Yoshikawa, Taku Hachisu, Shogo Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, “Vection Field” for Pedestrian Traffic Control, Augmented Human international conference, 2011 (Tokyo, March 12-14 2011) [PDF][web][ACM Portal] [Best Paper Award] (Refereed, Oral Presentation), ISBN: 978-1-4503-0426-9 doi>10.1145/1959826.1959845
Yuki Kuniyasu, Shogo Fukushima, Masahiro Furukawa, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Weight Illusion by Tangential Deformation of Forearm Skin, Augmented Human international conference, 2011 (Tokyo, March 12-14 2011) [PDF][web][ACM Portal] (Refereed, Demo, canceled), ISBN: 978-1-4503-0426-9 doi>10.1145/1959826.1959836
Kanako Aou, Asuka Ishii, Masahiro Furukawa, Shogo Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, The Enhancement of Hearing using a Combination of Sound and Skin Sensation to the Pinna, UIST'10, October 3-6, 2010, New York, NY, USA. (Refereed, poster), ISBN: 978-1-4503-0462-7 doi>10.1145/1866218.1866248
Masahiro Furukawa, Yuji Uema, Maki Sugimoto and Masahiko Inami, Fur Interface with Bristling Effect Induced by Vibration, The first Augmented Human International Conference, France Megève, April 2-3, 2010 [web] (Refereed, Oral Presentation), ISBN: 978-1-60558-825-4 doi>10.1145/1785455.1785472
Masahiro Furukawa, Naohisa Nagaya, Yuki Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Masahiko Inami: Measurement of the Detection Thresholds of Hair on Human Hairy Skin using Direct Vibrotactile Stimulation, Third Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems(World Haptics Conference 2009 Proceedings), pp.127-131 , March 2009 [web] (Refereed, poster)

Invited Talk (International only)

Masahiro Furukawa, Tsumori-Control: Robot Control Method Based on Control Intention, IROS2022, Workshop and Tutorials, Oct 23, 2022

Exhibition

Yuta Ueda, Karin Iwazaki, Mina Shibasaki, Yusuke Mizushina, Masahiro Furukawa, Hideaki Nii, Kouta Minamizawa, Susumu Tachi, HaptoMIRAGE: Mid-Air Autostereoscopic Display for Seamless Interaction With a Mixed-Reality Environment, SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies, 2014 [web][ACM Portal]
Charith Lasantha Fernando, Masahiro Furukawa, Tadatoshi Kurogi, Sho Kamuro, Kyo Hirota, Katsunari Sato, Kouta Minamizawa, and Susumu Tachi, TELESAR V: TELExistence Surrogate Anthropomorphic Robot, SIGGRAPH 2012, Emerging Technologies, Los Angeles, August 5-9, 2012 [web][ACM Portal][SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies Highlight] (Refereed, Technical Exhibition)
Hiromi Yoshikawa, Taku Hachisu, Shogo Fukushima, Masahiro Furukawa, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Vection Field for Pedestrian Traffic Control, ACM SIGGRAPH 2011 Emerging Technologies, Canada Vancouver, 7-11 August 2011 [PDF][web][ACM Portal]
Masahiro Furukawa, Yuji Uema, Atsushi Okoshi, Naohisa Nagaya, Takuji Tokiwa, Maki Sugimoto, Masahiko Inami, Fur Display, SIGGRAPH ASIA 2009 Emerging Technologies, December 16-19, 2009. [ACM portal](Refereed, Technical Exhibition)
Naohisa Nagaya, Masahiro Furukawa, Maki Sugimoto, Masahiko Inami: Stop Motion Goggle, Ars Electronica 2009, September 5th 2009 - May 17th 2010 [web] (Permanent Installation)
Naohisa Nagaya, Masahiro Furukawa, Maki Sugimoto, Masahiko Inami: Surrounding of Firefly: Stop Motion Goggle for Luminary Objects, Laval Virtual 2009，Laval France，April 22-26.2008. [web] (Refereed, Technological Exhibition)
Naohisa Nagaya, Fabian Foo Chuan Siang, Masahiro Furukawa, Takuji Tokiwa, Maki Sugimoto, Masahiko Inami: Stop motion goggle, ACM SIGGRAPH 2008 new tech demos, Aug 2008. (Refereed, Technological Exhibition) [ACM portal] [PDF]
Erika SAWADA, Tatsuhito AWAJI, Keisuke MORISHITA, Masahiro FURUKAWA, Tomohisa ARUGA, Ryuta TAKEICHI, Tomoko FUJII, Hidetoshi KIMURA, Noriyoshi SHIMIZU, Shinya IDA, Takuji TOKIWA, Maki SUGIMOTO, Masahiko INAMI, BYU-BYU-View: A Wind Communication Interface，Laval Virtual 2008，Laval France，April 9-13.2008. (Refereed, Technological Exhibition) [web] [Interfaces et Materiels Award]
Masahiro Furukawa, Mitsunori Ohta, Satoru Miyajima, Shoichi Hasegawa, Masahiko Inami, Support System for Micro Operation Using a Haptic Display Device, International conference on Virtual Reality and Telexistence Proceedings, pp.310-311, 2007. [IEEE Xplore] (Refereed, poster)
Erika SAWADA, Shinya IDA, Tatsuhito AWAJI, Keisuke MORISHITA, Tomohisa ARUGA, Ryuta TAKEICHI, Tomoko FUJII, Hidetoshi KIMURA, Toshinari NAKAMURA, Masahiro FURUKAWA, Noriyoshi SHIMIZU, Takuji TOKIWA, Maki SUGIMOTO, Masahiko INAMI, BYU-BYU-View: A Wind Communication Interface, ACM SIGGRAPH 2007 Full-Conference DVD-ROM Emerging Technologies, San Diego, Aug 2007. [ACM portal] [PDF] (Refereed, Technical Exhibition)
Yuki HASHIMOTO, Minoru KOJIMA, Tomoyasu MITANI, Satoru MIYAJIMA, Naohisa NAGAYA,Masahiro FURUKAWA, Junichiro OHTAKI, Akio YAMAMOTO, Masahiko INAMI, Conspiratio, Laval Virtual 2005, Laval France, Apr.2005 (Invited Exhibition)

Press

TELESAR V Official Press Release [JST Web][Keio Web] (July 11, 2012)
SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies Highlight / TELESAR V: TELExistence Surrogate Anthropomorphic Robot, http://bit.ly/JKrwJV (May 8, 2012)
AFP, Feb.11, 2012, Japan scientist makes 'Avatar' robot,
http://bit.ly/yXF7Mk / Youtube
DigiInfo, Nov. 6th, 2011, Telexistence Robot Avatar Transmits Sight, Hearing and Touch - TELESAR V, http://www.diginfo.tv/v/11-0225-r-en.php
All Russian State Television, Mar. 28th, 2012 [Youtube]

Research Grants

Oct. 2015 - , JST PRESTO Researcher

Apr. 2009 - May 2010, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

July 2008 - May 2009, The University of Electro-Communication, Cadet Informatics Education Student Project Research

July 2007 - May 2008, The University of Electro-Communication, Cadet Informatics Education Student Project Research

Commission Member

Feb. 2014 - Secretary of Special Interest Group on Telexistence, VRSJ

Jan. 2012 - Committee Member of Special Interest Group on Telexistence, VRSJ

Dec. 2011 - Committee Member of Annual Conference, VRSJ

Feb. 2012 - Secretary Workshop for Haptic Display and Computation, VRSJ (-2014, Feb)

Apr. 2011 - Committee Member, Workshop for Haptic Display and Computation, VRSJ

Feb. 2011 - Committee Member, EC2011

Jan. 2011 - Planning Committee, International Virtual Reality Contest

June 2009 - Newsletter Editorial Board, VRSJ

Apr. 2007 - Planning Committee Student Member, International Virtual Reality Contest

Apr. 2007 - Planning Committee Student Member, Interactive Tokyo

Skills

Programming Languages

C/C++, Visual C++/C#, N88Basic, Visual Basic, OpenGL, OpenCV, DirectX, PIC, CCS, Assembler, HTML, Perl, C-shell, Objective-C, VHDL

OS

Windows, Unix, Mac

Applications

After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, MS-Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Eagle, Rhinoceros, SolidWorks, MATLAB, MPLAB, SciLab, LaTeX, Max/MSP, Puredata, Unity, Inventor