October 27, Thursday is for invited guests only but as to 1:00 – 5:00PM, the general public can also enter if pre-registration is done here. Read More »
Tokyo Olympic Games and paralympics are that it's held in 2020, and attention is collected in sports industry.Researchers hold the talk session proposed from the view point of each of developer and athlete about a possibility of the new sport by technology of contents by this symposium. Read More »
The developer himself does the presentation of the adoption technology of "Innovative Technologies2015" on a stage. It is a precious chance which can hear the background of development, a technical point, etc. It is a check, without forgetting the schedule of the adoption technology of a guide, since it divides and holds in three days. There is no overlooking pleasing! Read More »
South by Southwest® (SXSW®) is the conferences & festivals of music, film and interactive that take place in March @Austin, Texas. There are over 1,500 sessions, 200 flms and 2,500 live showcases. Twitter and Foursquare both first broke out at SXSW. We will talk about how to make your SXSW experience awesome. Read More »
“Computer Animation Festival (CAF)” is one of the most popular programs of SIGGRAPH, the world's largest international conference on CG and interative technology. Read More »
Can you imagine the future of information technology in everyday living environments and public spaces? Our research project, which we entitled “Harmonized Inter-Personal Display Project”, has aimed to implement inter-personal display technology for promoting face-to-face communication among several people. This session will introduce some research topics from our project: augmented reality interaction technologies with novel optical design of mid-air images; projection technologies that superimpose digital information on the real world through human-imperceptible signal; paper computing technologies that enhance the compatibility between daily commodities and information devices.
"Current status of content business market size and its segments" aims to throw light on some impacting elements below the suface of the 120 billion dollar industry. You will see the size and trend of 40 business areas including cinema, karaoke, concerts, arcade games, magazine and e-book. The purpose of the study "Latest Trends in Video Streaming Business" is to provide the overview of the video streaming services market that has received a lot of attention these days, and to show some examples of the latest promotional video production services based on "Ameba", which are used by corporate users. Read More »
Learn how current verticals such as entertainment, education, automotive and real estate have taken the leap in using virtual reality to captivate, educate, and communicate with their audience. Find out how to develop content that meets the demand of their audience and master the art of creating experiences that are truly immersive using the latest technologies. Read More »
≪Session 1≫ Special Talk “Interactive Technology, Touching Virtual Worlds”
Jeremy Kenisky
Vice President of Merge VR, Founder of Zoo-AR,Chair of Emerging Technologies, SIGGRAPH 2017
Jeremy has been engaged in VR/AR content and hardware creation for long years. Recently, he is challenging to apply interactive technology to a variety of fileds to push the limits.
In this session, he will talk about technologies and applications he has developed and the future and expectations for interactive technology.
≪Session 2≫ Panel Discussion “Interactive Technology: Its Present and Future” Read More »
The developer himself does the presentation of the adoption technology of "Innovative Technologies2015" on a stage. It is a precious chance which can hear the background of development, a technical point, etc. It is a check, without forgetting the schedule of the adoption technology of a guide, since it divides and holds in three days. There is no overlooking pleasing! Read More »
JST ACCEL Project on Embodied Media, construction and deployment of embodied media technology based on haptic primary colors, has been launched and led by Susumu Tachi, Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo. This project aims to develop an integrated haptic sensor and a display system based on the principle of haptic primary colors. We also aim to construct virtual reality and telexistence platforms that can deliver embodied experiences with haptic sensations. In this symposium, we will discuss how the human ability will be augmented and enhanced by the advancement of technology and art, and foresee the future society that virtual realty and telexistence will develop and create.
IPA (Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan) have invited PhD. Ochiai, a world class Media Artist, to speak about his latest research.
And in the second half, the MITOU program(the Exploratory IT Human Resources Project) graduates will join and speak about the MITOU program and the latest trends in the IT industry. Read More »
This year’s Takumi Award goes to Kazuyo Sejima, one of the top architects in Japan, who won numerous prizes including The Pritzker Architecture Prize known as so-called Nobel Prize in architectural field. She has recently designed The Sumida Hokusai Museum which will open next month and attracts attention from abroad. Read More »
2016 has been called the "Year of VR", with much attention being focused on this new technology. However, in the creation of VR content lie many potential traps in the form of traditional video techniques and experiences that do not carry over to this new form of media. Read More »
The developer himself does the presentation of the adoption technology of "Innovative Technologies2016" on a stage. It is a precious chance which can hear the background of development, a technical point, etc. It is a check, without forgetting the schedule of the adoption technology of a guide, since it divides and holds in three days. There is no overlooking pleasing! Read More »
Reasons such as ‘I don’t know what is being said’ and ‘I can’t hear it’ have been given for not being able to understand content at airports, shopping centers, theme parks and on public transportation. Overcoming the difficulties of automated translation and functioning without the need for an internet connection, the universal sound design system ‘Omotenashi Guide’ is getting a lot of attention. Overseas travel can become much more enjoyable by overcoming the language barrier! Read More »
Competition for business planning formed mainly of "global IT service that specializes in entertainment" and start-up companies and manager.This is held for companies that have been in existence for 2 years or less and capitalized at less than 50-million yen, or individuals with great business ideas and contributed to matching the creation of entrepreneurs and venture companies and creators .It is intended to transmit a new service and contents to the world with young talents of different fields. Read More »
“Computer Animation Festival (CAF)” is one of the most popular programs of SIGGRAPH, the world's largest international conference on CG and interative technology. Read More »