Keynote
Virtual Cyborg: Beyond Human Limits
Masahiko Inami
University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo
Dr. Masahiko Inami took up his current position as a professor at the University of Tokyo after working at the University of Electro-Communications and Keio University. His interests include “JIZAI body editing technology,” the Augmented Human, and entertainment engineering. He has received several awards, including TIME Magazine’s “Coolest Invention of the Year” award and the Young Scientist Award and Research Category Award from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT). He is also a director of the Information Processing Society of Japan, a director of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, and a member of the Science Council of Japan. His latest book is called “Theory of JIZAI Body"" (Springer, 2023).
The Young Scientist Award and Research Category Award from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT).
Abstract of the keynote talk
The social revolutions have accompanied innovation of the view of the body. If we regard the information revolution as establishment of a virtual society against the real society, it is necessary to design a new view of body " Virtual Cyborg (JIZAI body)", which can adapt freely to the change of social structure, and establish a new view of the body. In this talk, we discuss how we understand of basic knowledge about the body editing for construction of Virtual Cyborg (JIZAI body) based on VR, AR, and Robotics. Superhuman Sports: Applying Human Augmentation to Physical Exercise.