Current Studies

Development of Glasses-free 3D Displays
- gCubik: Interactive Cubic 3D Display for Multi-user Environments
- fVisiOn: Glasses-free Tabletop 3D Display of 360-degree
- 200-inch high-definition glasses-free 3D display

Previous Studies

Integrated Three-axis Tactile Sensor
- Microscopic sensor elements fabricated by MEMS technology
- Simultaneous detection of pressure and shear forces
- Distributed sensor elements for recognizing loading conditions
Proactive Desk: New desktop environment with haptic display
Sumi-Nagashi: Adding corporeality and tactile sensation to digital painting
Proactive Desk II: A new multi-object haptic display using a linear induction motor
- A video clip of the Proactive Desk Project
TranScope: Implementation and Discussion of an Interaction Technique for Distant Objects in Spacious Virtual Environments [PDF (in Japanese)]

Biography

Shunsuke YOSHIDA is a researcher in the Universal Communication Research Institute, NICT (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology of Japan.) He received his BS and MS in Information Science from Chukyo University in 1996 and 1998, respectively. He received his PhD in Human Informatics from Nagoya University in 2001. He joined the Multimedia Ambiance Communication Project of Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan in 2001. He has been a researcher in ATR (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International) since 2002 to 2010. He also holds the post of a researcher in NICT since 2006.

His work focuses on interfaces for interacting with virtual environments and the creation of immersive environments from natural scenery images. His research interests include the application of real-time graphics to practical use.

Resarch Interests

Fields of Virtual Reality
Interaction with virtual environments
- Scope-based Interaction for manipulating distant virtual objects
- Development of new haptic displays
Networked shared space communications
Real-time computer graphics
Digital-supported applications for creative works
- Spatial Sketch System for conceptual car design
- Facial reconstruction from an excavated skull
- Visualization and hapticalization of chemical reactions

Publications

All papers' list

Contact

Shunsuke YOSHIDA (Ph.D)

Expert Researcher,
Universal Communication Research Institute,
NICT (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology of Japan)

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Kyoto, 619-0288, JAPAN
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e-mail: shun_at_nict.go.jp (replace "_at_" by "@")

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