JST ACCEL Embodied Media Project 3rd Symposium “XPRIZE Challenges: Making the Impossible Possible”

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, the further development of our society to build a better future, led by AVATAR XPRIZE and LUNAR XPRIZE Challenges, will be discussed. LUNAR XPRIZE aims to develop low-cost methods of robotic space exploration and is at its final stage while newly launched AVATAR XPRIZE aims at the realization of Telexistence Society. We will also discuss how Japan has joined or will join this XPRIZE Foundation's worldwide grand challenges.

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TIME

October 29, Sunday
1:00PM-1:45AM (Doors Open 12:50PM)

PLACE

Center Stage, 1st Floor

PRESENTER

Susumu Tachi, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo, Institute of Gerontology
Susumu Tachi is currently Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo, and is leading several research projects on telexistence, virtual reality and haptics at Tachi Laboratory of Institute of Gerontology, The University of Tokyo. He is Founding President of Virtual Reality Society of Japan (VRSJ), and founded International-collegiate Virtual Reality Contest (IVRC) in 1993.　He serves as Project Leader of ACCEL Embodied Media and Executive Committee Chair of DCEXPO 2017.
Takeshi Hakamada
Founder&CEO ispace, inc., Team Leader, HAKUTO
An entrepreneur in the new space industry, is founder and CEO of ispace, inc. ispace is developing space robotics that will create and support daily existence in space by mapping valuable resources in space. He is also leading a Japanese team, HAKUTO, competing for Google Lunar XPRIZE, a robotic lunar exploration mission. M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.