Paper Accepted to UIST 2026
Our paper “Faster Than Muscle: Executing Action based on Voluntary Nervous Signals” (Gabriela Vega, Johanna K. Didion, Reshma Ann Daniel, Nihar Sabnis, Daisuke Tajima, Shunichi Kasahara, Paul…
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2026
Paper on AI Clone Listening Behavior at ICMI 2026, Naples
Our paper “Does Listening Matter? Backchanneling and Nodding in AI Clone” (Koji Inoue, Kazushi Kato, Tatsuya Kawahara, Shunichi Kasahara) will be presented at ICMI 2026, the 28th ACM International…
Reality Mediation Workshop at UbiComp/ISWC 2026, Shanghai
We are co-organizing the International Workshop on Reality Mediation: Personalized, Shared, and Connected Realities (IWRM 2026) at UbiComp/ISWC 2026 in Shanghai, China, on October 12, 2026. As AI, XR,…
Sony CSL Open House 2026
Sony CSL Open House 2026 will be held on October 21–22, 2026 at Sony Computer Science Laboratories in Tokyo, under the theme “Research Beyond Boundaries”. It is Sony CSL’s first Open House in eight…
Video on the AI Science Communicators at Miraikan
Sony CSL has released a video introducing our AI Science Communicators (AISC) at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan): 「人と学び合い、ともに成長する『AI科学コミュニケーター』」 (AI Science…
Beyond AI Agents: AI Symbionts
AI Symbionts extend beyond their human host and bring those experiences back through the Symbiont Loop. The vision for human–AI symbiosis, “Society with AI Symbionts” — a new form of society shaped by…
Guest on OIST Hub Radio
I appeared as a guest on OIST Hub Radio, a podcast from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), where I am also a visiting researcher. I also appeared on 地球人ラジオ, the program of aurora…
Paper published in Computers in Human Behavior Reports
Our paper “Probing high-stakes performance pressure in virtual reality: physiological and personality attributes of behavioral responses” by Pei-Cheng Shih, Adrien Verhulst, Masato Hirano, Shunichi…
Best Paper Award at ACM CUI 2026
Our paper “Designing a Feedback Loop Between a Human and Their AI Clones for Science Communication in Museums” (Shutaro Aoyama, Kiyoshi Suganuma, He Jiang, Shunichi Kasahara) received a Best Paper…
Shall We Dance? at SIGGRAPH 2026 Emerging Technologies
We presented “Shall We Dance? Resonance of Intentions with an Embodied Agent based on the Free Energy Principle” (Takeru Hashimoto, Jun Tani, Shunichi Kasahara) at SIGGRAPH 2026 Emerging Technologies…
AI Science Communicators at Miraikan, Phase 2 (Jul 15 – Sep 30, 2026)
From July 15 to September 30, 2026, our public experiment with AI Science Communicators (AISC) returned to the “未来をつくるラボ” of the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), now with…
Fragment Shadow at Magical Museum, BOSS E・ZO FUKUOKA
Fragment Shadow (Shunichi Kasahara × Kezzardrix × Satoru Higa) was exhibited at 「魔法の美術館」 at BOSS E・ZO FUKUOKA (6F event hall), Fukuoka, from July 14 to September 27, 2026. Exhibition page (BOSS E・ZO…
Article in Nature Sensors: AI Clones in Conversation at Academic Conferences
My article “AI clones in conversation at academic conferences” was published in Nature Sensors (Lab to Fab). It reports our demonstration at the Nature Forum in Seoul, where multimodal AI clones —…
ICRA 2026 and the NeuroDesign in HRI Workshop, Vienna
I took part in and presented at ICRA 2026 in Vienna, and gave a talk at the co-located workshop “NeuroDesign in Human-Robot Interaction” on June 5, 2026. NeuroDesign in Human-Robot Interaction…
Invited Symposium Talk at ESCAN 2026, Rome
On June 4, 2026, I gave an invited talk, “Blurring the self: Agency and identity in Cybernetic Humanity”, in the symposium “Beyond prediction: Affective and social dimensions of sense of agency” at…
Article in Kagaku (Iwanami Shoten), June 2026 Issue
I contributed an article, 「人間とコンピュータの融合で変わる「自己」」, to the special feature 「自己の身体はどこまで拡がるか」 in the June 2026 issue of 科学 (Kagaku), published by Iwanami Shoten on May 22, 2026. 科学 2026年6月号 (Iwanami…
Poster and Demo Night at VSS 2026
At Vision Sciences Society (VSS) 2026, we presented a new joint project with our team member Hide, together with Wilma and Nakwon, as a poster and at Demo Night.
Augmented Humans 2026 Proceedings Published
The proceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference 2026 (AHs’26) have been published in the ACM Digital Library. https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3795011 See also: Augmented…
Paper published in Experimental Brain Research
Our paper “Perceptual sensitivity, but not metacognitive monitoring, is shaped by increases and decreases in control” by Kazuma Takada, Wen Wen, Shunichi Kasahara, and Tom Froese has been published in…
AI Science Communicators at Miraikan (Apr 27 – Jul 13, 2026)
From April 27 to July 13, 2026, we ran a large-scale public experiment with AI “clones” of nine science communicators on the exhibition floor of the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation…
Team Poster at NCM 2026
Kazuma Takada and Toshiki Kobayashi from our team presented a poster on a new project at Neural Control of Movement (NCM) 2026.
Fragment Shadow in Sony Group’s 2026 Brand Video
Fragment Shadow (2020) appears for a few frames in Sony Group’s 2026 brand video. Watch on YouTube Post on X
AI Clones at a Nature Conference in Seoul
At Nature Forum: The Future of Sensing Technologies in Seoul on April 13, 2026 (Yonsei University, Sinchon Campus), held to celebrate the launch of the new journal Nature Sensors, we demonstrated AI…
Paper published in npj Acoustics
Our paper “The impact of visual-auditory interactions on well-being: colour and soundscapes in urban spaces” by Izumi Fukunaga, Shunichi Kasahara, Nicholas Luscombe, Santa Naruse, and Paul Bavister…
Appeared in Sony CSL’s Video “Beyond Boundaries”
I appear in “Beyond Boundaries”, a video introducing Sony Computer Science Laboratories (Sony CSL). Watch on YouTube
Augmented Humans 2026 at OIST
The Augmented Humans International Conference 2026 (AHs’26) took place on March 16–19, 2026 at the OIST Conference Center in Onna, Okinawa, Japan. I organized the conference as General Co-Chair.…
SyncArms Full Paper at Augmented Humans 2026
Our full paper “SyncArms: Gaze-Driven Implicit Assistive Control for Parallel Robot Arms in Distributed Environments” (Koki Kawamura, Shunichi Kasahara, Maki Sugimoto) was presented at the Augmented…
Kickoff Event of the JST CREST Project “Body Integration Learning”
The kickoff event of the JST CREST project “Body Integration Learning”, in which I participate as a co-PI, took place on March 11, 2026 at FabCafe Tokyo in Shibuya. On-site participation was limited…
2025
Paper published in Consciousness and Cognition
Our paper “The role of regularity detection and prediction in the exploration of sense of agency” by Kazuma Takada, Wen Wen, Shunichi Kasahara, and Tom Froese has been published in Consciousness and…
Panel Discussion in Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo
I joined the panel discussion, “Japan’s Research Renaissance: Strategies for Global Impact,” at the Asia Society Japan Center’s Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo. We discussed strategies for…
Grant acquisition: JST CREST as co-PI
The research project led by Professor Tanaka at Nagoya Institute of Technology, in which I participate as a Co-PI, has been selected for JST CREST funding. 研究概要 本研究は、脳波を含むマルチモーダル計測に基づく技能抽出、および人とAIが一つの…
Invited Speaker at VR Summit 2025, Bochum
I was featured on the VR Summit 2025 speaker lineup as an online speaker, representing Cybernetic Humanity Studio. The summit takes place in Bochum, Germany, with the main conference on Oct 20–21,…
Public Experiment at Miraikan (Oct 25–26, 2025)
Date: October 25–26, 2025 Location: National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), Tokyo Following our June and July public experiment, we will run the public experiment again at…
Career Talk: Navigating Different Pathways
Date: Friday, October 17, 2025, 16:00–17:30 Location: OIST Lab 5 D03 Atrium, OIST I served as a featured speaker at OIST Innovation’s Career Talk, sharing my path across research and entrepreneurship…
Exhibition in OIST Campus “Nature Resonance, Urban Echoes”
Exhibition period: September 1–28, 2025 (9:00–17:00) Venue: OIST Tunnel Gallery, Okinawa We successfully presented the immersive sound exhibition “Nature Resonance, Urban Echoes,” exploring how…
Talk at IMLEX Days 2025
I gave a talk at an event of IMLEX — Imaging and Light in Extended Reality, an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s programme coordinated by the University of Eastern Finland (UEF). The session was held at…
Appointed General Co-Chair of Augmented Humans 2026
I have been named General Co-Chair of the Augmented Humans 2026 (AHs’26) International Conference, to be held March 16–19, 2026, at the OIST Conference Center in Okinawa, Japan. Augmented Humans (AHs)…
Featured in Nature Careers: On Creativity in Science
I was featured in the following article. Nature Career Feature: Can creativity in science be learnt? These researchers think so
Invited Lecture at the University of Auckland
I gave an invited lecture at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, on July 16, 2025.
Hosted NII Shonan Meeting No.216: Human-Computer-Interfaces × Neuroscience
I co-organized NII Shonan Meeting No.216, “Human-Computer-Interfaces × Neuroscience,” held at Shonan Village Center on June 23–26, 2025. The workshop brought together researchers across HCI and…
Public Experiment at Miraikan: “AI Clone Science Communicator”
Dates: July 21–31, 2025 Location: National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), 5F Permanent Exhibition I led Research & Direction for the public experiment “AI Clone Science…
Spoke at Interop Tokyo Conference 2025
I spoke at Interop Tokyo Conference 2025 on June 13, 2025 (14:40–16:00) in session YD3-03 at Makuhari Messe, Chiba. In the session “Next-Generation Networks Supporting Cybernetic Avatars,” we…
Article in Seita no Kagaku (June 2025): Moving Face / Self-Recognition and the Sense of Agency
My article, “The Interaction Between Self-Recognition of a ‘Moving Face’ and the Sense of Agency,” has been published in Seita no Kagaku (Vol.76, No.3; June 2025) as part of the special issue “The…
Fragment Shadow at Magical Museum 2025
光と遊ぶ超体験型ミュージアム「魔法の美術館2025」に「Fragment Shadow」が展示されます。 魔法の美術館 光と遊ぶ超体験型ミュージアム 日程 2025年7月11日（金） 2025年8月31日（日） 時間 9:00～17:00 （最終入場は16:30まで） 会場 サントミューゼ 上田市立美術館 企画展示室 https://www.santomyuze.com/museumevent/m…
Talk and demo tour at Converge Meeting 2025
I gave a talk about the research vision of Cybernetic Humanity at Converge Meeting 2025 on 13th May 2025.
Best Paper Award at CHI 2025
Our paper “Conversational Agents on Your Behalf: Opportunities and Challenges of Shared Autonomy in Voice Communication for Multitasking” (Yi Fei Cheng, Hirokazu Shirado, Shunichi Kasahara) received a…
Fragment Shadow at Magical Museum 2025, Kyoto
Fragment Shadow (Shunichi Kasahara × Kezzardrix × Satoru Higa) was exhibited at 「光と遊ぶ超体験型ミュージアム 魔法の美術館2025」 at 京都高島屋S.C.（7階グランドホール）, Kyoto, from April 23 to May 12, 2025 — its first showing in the…
Selected for the demonstration experiment open call by the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Our project was selected for the first round of the demonstration experiment open call program conducted by the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan)日本科学未来館の実証実験公募プログラムに研究プロジェク…
Two full papers accepted to ACM CHI 2025
Two of our full papers have been accepted to the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI 2025), the premier international conference on Human-Computer Interaction, held in…
talk at Cybernetic being Meetup vol.04
I gave a talk at Cybernetic being Meetup vol.04. 人の身体能力を超えるロボットを自分のカラダとして操ることよって、誰もがスポーツや芸術で突出した才能や創造性を発揮できる未来 第4回目となるCybernetic being Meetup vol.04では『身体を超えるカラダ』と題して、人以上に滑らかに動くアバターロボットを操ることによって、人が新たな身…
Joined IAA+Soc2025
I joined the international workshop IAA+Soc2025: Intelligence Augmentation and Amplification plus Society 2025. I served as the organizer of Panel 4. It was the great intersection between…
Oto-Iro Installation
Oto・Iro (Sound ・ Color) transforms the OIST tunnel into an immersive audio-visual experience that blends art and science, and features original field recordings from all over Okinawa. It’s part…
Talk at Okinawa Animation Festival 2025
I will talk at the Okinawa Animation Festival 2025. 「人間がコンピュータと融合し人間本来を超えた能力や異なる身体を獲得する時、自分はどこまで自分であるのか。」人とコンピュータが融合することで生み出される新たな人間性を提唱し、コンピュータ科学と人間科学の両側面から研究を行うソニーCSL, OISTの笠原俊一博士。…
日本視覚学会2025年冬季大会 シンポジウム登壇 / Vision Society of Japan 2025 Symposium
I will be a speaker at the Winter Meeting of the Vision Society of Japan 2025 Symposium, “Editing and Extending Sensory Perception.” 日本視覚学会2025年冬季大会 シンポジウム「感覚知覚の編集・拡張」に登壇します。 人間とコンピュータの融合、私はどこまで私か…
Featured in FM Okinawa
Cybernetic Humanity studio was featured in FM Okinawa. 12月31日（火） 25:00-28:00, FM Okinawa
2024
Thanks for 2024
In 2024, at the Cybernetic Humanity Studio, which I have been operating since 2023 at Sony CSL-OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University), we welcomed even more visitors…
Manga inspired by our research
A manga inspired by our research was published from Project NeuWorld. https://neu-world.link/posts/kaseinoko
AgiLimb at SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Emerging Technologies
We presented “AgiLimb: Embodied Agile Robotic Arm by Integrating Digital Reflex and Seamless Action Takeover” (Yusuke Kawashima, Yoshiaki Abe, Takeru Hashimoto, Shunichi Kasahara, Ryuma Niiyama) at…
Interself Interdisciplinary Conference 2024
I joined the “Interself Interdisciplinary Conference: Consciousness and Embodied Selfhood in Biological and Artificial Agents” conference at the University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. This conference…
OIST Talk Event “Science + Art: Creatively Communicating Research”
I joined the OIST Talk Event “Science + Art: Creatively Communicating Research” to give a talk. Date:Thursday, September 26, 2024 – 13:30 to 15:30 Location: Room 2-3, 5th Floor, UN University, 5–53–70…
Our research paper was featured in the press release
OIST Research Updates eurekalert: Morphing facial technology sheds light on the boundaries of self-recognition
Attending ACM SIGGRAPH 2024
We are showcasing our exoskeleton project (dl.acm.org) at Emerging Technologies. If you are interested in contacting me. Please send me an email to kasahara [AT] csl.sony.co.jp
The new paper on the collaboration project from Nature Scientific Reports.
Our paper about the collaboration project with Dr Wen Wen “Control over self and others’ face: exploitation and exploration” was published in Scientific Reports. Project page: Control over self and…
Transboundary Workshop on Human Augmentation & Cybernetic Humanity Studio 2024
The Cybernetic Humanity Studio Open Lab was a huge success. Thank you to everyone who joined the Transboundary Workshop on Human Augmentation We had great talks from Prof. Yuichi Kurita (Hiroshima…
The new paper is out from Nature Scientific Reports.
Our paper “Investigating the impact of motion visual synchrony on self-face recognition using real-time morphing” was published in Scientific Reports. To what extent is my face still mine? We…
ICRA 2024 workshop: “The robotics, psychology and neuroscience of body augmentation”
I joined the ICRA 2024 workshop, “The robotics, psychology and neuroscience of body augmentation,” and gave a talk. Date: 13 May 2024 16:20-16:40: Shunichi Kasahara (Sony CSL) Title: Cybernetic…
Joined IIT workshop: sense of agency: Theory, Measurement and Applications in Human Robot Interaction
I joined the IIT workshop: sense of agency: Theory, Measurement and Applications in Human Robot Interaction at IIT: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia.
Joined the Society for the Neural Control of Movement (NCM) 33rd Annual Meeting.
Adrien Verhulst, Yasuko Namikawa, Shunichi Kasahara presented our poster “Investigating view direction and perspective cues with varying perturbation profiles in dual visuomotor adaptations” at the…
Morphing Identity project has been featured on the SIGGRAPH blog
The blog post, titled “Unveiling the Illusion: Self-Other Identity with Facial Morphing,” provides an in-depth look at the innovative experimental approach used by the researchers. By utilizing…
Japanese Psychological Association Awards Special Prize for Distinguished Poster
At the 87th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Psychological Association, a team of researchers received the Special Prize for Outstanding Presentation for their work on how monkeys perceive their virtual…
Science Talk in Onna village
I gave a lecture at Science Talk in Onna village host by OIST Communication and Public Relations Division. OIST サイエンストークin恩納村 Date2024年2月10日 (土) 14:00 〜 15:00 会場：恩納村博物館 1階研修室 スピーカー：笠原俊一…
Talk at Friday Lunch Seminar at (CiNet) Center for Information and Neural Networks.
I gave the talk at Friday Lunch Seminar: Shunichi Kasahara: ” Cybernetic Humanity: Exploring the new humanity emerging from the integration of humans and computers “ Friday Lunch Seminar (English)…
Hosted seminar talk by Prof. Katsumi Watanabe
Cybernetic Humanity Studio hosted the seminar talk by Prof. Katsumi Watanabe: Implicit Behavioral/Emotional Contagion. Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 – 11:00 Location: OIST L5D23, Lab5 Seminar room…
Hosted seminar talk by Dr. Koya Narumi
Cybernetic Humanity Studio hosted the seminar talk by Dr. Koya: Origami-inspired Computational Fabrication. Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 – 11:00 Location: OIST C209, Central building Speaker:…
lecture talk at CHAIN Winter School
I gave a lecture talk at CHAIN (Hokkaido Univ) the Winter School “Living with Artificial Others” in beautiful sliver snow. With amazing invited researchers and a really fruitful seminar (and now going…
2023
Thanks for 2023
Thank you to everyone who visited the #CyberneticHumanity Studio in 2023, engaged in discussions, and spent wonderful times with us. We hope to see you again next year and also hope to meet those who…
The new paper is out from PNAS.
The collaboration project with the lead author Hirokazu Shirado (CMU) and Christakis, N (Yale University). Shirado, Hirokazu, Shunichi Kasahara, and Nicholas A. Christakis. 2023. “Emergence and…
Joined the conference of the Japanese Psychonomic Society 2023
基礎心理学会第42回大会内で開催されたきそしん若手カフェ2023に参加して、研究ラボ紹介をしました。その際に配布された冊子は期間限定でダウンロードできるそうです。色々な研究室が掲載されていて、進路やキャリアの参考になると思います。 きそしん若手カフェ2023@基礎心理学会第42回大会
Talk at OIST-KEIO Showcase Talk Series 5
I gave the talk at OIST-KEIO Showcase Talk Series 5 -Science Meets Society: Exploring the Nexus of Planetary Well-being for a Sustainable Future. Thursday, November 16, 2023 (All day) to Friday,…
Joined the panel discussion at 2023 International Conference on Embodied Cognitive Science
I joined the panel discussion at 2023 International Conference on Embodied Cognitive Science. 2023.11.15,
Web article: A public seminar was held at the newly established “Cybernetic Humanity Studio” at OIST.
The web article about the public seminar and the open lab was published on the Sony CSL website. Dr. Shunichi Kasahara is currently advancing the pursuit of “Cybernetic Humanity”, a research area…
Joined the STS 2023 Forum Young Leaders Program
Joined STS 2023 Forum Young Leaders Program held in Kyoto, Japan. The STS forum Young Leaders Program is a platform that encourages dialogue between young leaders and Nobel Laureates. It aims to…
Spain, France and Netherlands Research tour
This research tour was a trip around three European countries aimed at building a network for research on the body, action, and subjective self-awareness. The journey encompassed a European Community…
Shunichi Kasahara – Cybernetic Humanity Seminar Series
Cybernetic Humanity Seminar Series is a research talk series that invites a broad range of researchers from Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Embodiment, Virtual Reality, Neuroscience, and…
Newsletter about recent updates
This is an article contributed to a newsletter published by SonyCSL. これはSonyCSLが発行するNew letterに寄稿した記事です。（日本語は下にあります。） 【Exploring the “New Humanity” Emerging from the Integration of Humans and…
Yoshihiro Tanaka – Cybernetic Humanity Seminar Series
Cybernetic Humanity Seminar Series is a research talk series that invites a broad range of researchers from Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Embodiment, Virtual Reality, Neuroscience, and…
Hosted seminar talk by Prof. Yoshihiro Tanaka
Cybernetic Humanity Studio hosted the seminar talk by Prof. Yoshihiro Tanaka: Subjective Haptics: From product design to sensorimotor augmentation Date: Thursday, July 20, 2023 – 16:00 Location: OIST…
Lab Introduction Article
研究室紹介：株式会社ソニーコンピュータ サイエンス研究所 2023 年 28 巻 2 号 p. 69-71 DOI https://doi.org/10.18974/jvrsj.28.2_69 https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jvrsj/28/2/28_69/_article/-char/ja
Two projects were accepted to Siggraph Emerging Technologies 2023
Kye Shimizu, Santa Naruse, Jun Nishida and Shunichi Kasahara, A Demonstration of Morphing Identity: Exploring Self-other Identity Continuum Through Interpersonal Facial Morphing Koki Kawamura,…
Article about the seminar and public lecture
A report article about the seminar and the public lecture was published. https://www.oist.jp/news-center/news/2023/5/18/oist-hosts-french-japanese-seminar-metaverse-and-virtual-reality
Pedro Lopes – Cybernetic Humanity Seminar Series
Cybernetic Humanity Seminar Series is a research talk series that invites a broad range of researchers from Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Embodiment, Virtual Reality, Neuroscience, and…
Hosted seminar talk by Dr. Pedro Lopes
Cybernetic Humanity Studio hosted the seminar talk by Dr. Pedro Lopes: Integrating interactive devices with the user’s body. Date: Monday, June 5, 2023 – 14:30 Location: OIST C209, Central building…
Research Seminar and Public Lecture at OIST
We had a successful one-day research seminar and public lecture on April 21st at OIST. We would like to thank everyone who came to our seminar and public lecture. The seminar was made possible with…
Full paper accepted to The Augmented Humans (AHs) International Conference 2023
Our full paper “ShadowClones: an Interface to Maintain a Multiple Sense of Body-space Coordination in Multiple Visual Perspectives” has been accepted to The Augmented Humans (AHs) International…
COI-NEXT Kick off Symposium, Poster presentation
OIST – Sony CSL Cybernetic Humanity Studio COI-NEXT Kick-off Symposium ― One World One Health ― Friday, March 10, 2023, 13:10 to 17:25 Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Conference Center…
The 8th CiNet Conference, Poster Presentation
I made a poster presentation at the 8th CiNet Conference “Beyond Motor Control: Bridging the gap between action and perception”. March 7 ‒ 9, 2023 Conference Room in the CiNet bldg.…
Full paper accepted to ACM CHI 2023
Our full paper “Morphing Identity: Exploring Self-Other Identity Continuum through Interpersonal Facial Morphing Experience” has been accepted to The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing…
Lecture at MIT Media Lab, MAS.S61
MAS.S61: The Metaverse: What, How, Why, and When MAS.S61: Shunichi Kasahara Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc Cybernetic Humanity: Exploring the self emerging from human-computer integration…
Cybernetic Humanity Studio, Just started
I am thrilled to announce that I will be running a new research studio in Okinawa at the OIST Campus in collaboration with SonyCSL and OIST. Here’s the story behind it. —— Through my Superception…
2022
Interview article for Taiwan International Light Festival
首次來台亮相的光影藝術〈碎形〉！日本藝術家以影子投射自我，編織破碎到重生之旅 The interview article for Taiwan International Light Festival was published at shoppingdesign.com https://www.shoppingdesign.com.tw/post/view/8538
YCAM InterLab Camp vol.4
I joined YCAM InterLab Camp vol.4 as a speaker and provided technologies for the hackathon. Link https://www.ycam.jp/events/2022/interlab-camp-vol4/ Talk archive:
Exhibition: Emerging Technologies / XR at SIGGRAPH Asia 2022
Our following project projects have been accepted to the 15th ACM SIGGRAPH Asia Emerging Technologies / XR Exhibition. Tajima, Daisuke, Taku Tanichi, Shehata Mohammad H., and Shunichi Kasahara. 2022.…
Dagstuhl Seminar – Cognitive Augmentation
I attended Dagstuhl Seminar – Cognitive Augmentation ( Dec 04 – Dec 09, 2022 ) Organizers Kai Kunze (Keio University – Yokohama, JP) Pattie Maes (MIT – Cambridge, US) Florian ‘Floyd’ Mueller (Monash…
FragmentShadow at Taiwan International Light Festival 2023.
FragmentShadow is exhibited at Scenery of Dataflow－2023 Taiwan International Light Festival. Scenery of Dataflow－2023 Taiwan International Light Festival Exhibition date: 2022/12/03 – 2023/02/05…
Talk at International Conference on Embodied Cognitive Science (ECogS 2022)
I gave a talk at International Conference on Embodied Cognitive Science (ECogS 2022) with a live demonstration. Cybernetic Humanity: Exploring the self emerging from human-computer integration With…
Guest lecture at Musashino Art University Visual Communication Design (2022)
武蔵野美術大学、視覚伝達デザイン学科のデザイン特別演習にて、ゲストレクチャーとして実演と授業を行いました。 2022年11月7日、13:20 at 武蔵野美術大学、視覚伝達デザイン学科
Fragment Shadow is featured on official youtube and social media
Fragment Shadow x Silver Cloud at ANDY WARHOL KYOTO exhibition
Fragment Shadow was installed into the collaborative art experience as Fragment Shadow x Silver Cloud at ANDY WARHOL KYOTO exhibition. **展示会概要 **展覧会名： アンディ・ウォーホル・キョウト / ANDY WARHOL KYOTO 会期 ：…
Keynote talk at ACM Symposium on Applied Perception 2022
I will give a keynote talk at ACM Symposium on Applied Perception 2022. Superception: Exploring a new ‘Self’ in the integration of humans and computers With the emergence of computer technologies,…
Interview article: Cybernetic being Vision vol.4 ー コンピュータと融合する「自分」の境界線を旅する
インタビュー記事が発行されました。 Cybernetic being Vision vol.4 ー コンピュータと融合する「自分」の境界線を旅する(笠原俊一)
Full paper accepted to IEEE ISMAR 2022
Our full paper “Parallel Adaptation: Switching between Two Virtual Bodies with Different Perspectives Enables Dual Motor Adaptation” has been accepted to The 21st IEEE International Symposium on Mixed…
第20回 Kフォーラム登壇
I gave a talk at a research symposium (K Forum, Kayamori Foundation of Informational Science Advancement)at Takayama Gifu. 2022.08.22-24. AI・ロボットとの共創・共生【Ⅲ】セッション 笠原 俊一（ソニーコンピュータサイエンス研究所(SONY CSL)…
Full paper accepted to ACM Symposium on Applied Perception (ACM SAP) 2022
Our full paper “Human Latent Metrics: Perceptual and Cognitive Response Correlates to Distance in GAN Latent Space for Facial Images” has been accepted to ACM SAP 2022. Kye Shimizu, Naoto Ienaga,…
CHI2022 Talk at TOCHI Journal session: Whose touch is this?
We presented our ACM TOCHI paper “Whose touch is this?: Understanding the Agency Trade-off Between User-driven Touch vs. Computer-driven Touch” at Digital Touch session. Daisuke Tajima and Pedro Lopes…
SonyCSL Open House talk
I and our team made an open house talk in SonyCSL open house 2022. SonyCSL open houseにおいてチームとゲストをお迎えしてトークを致しました。 アーカイブはこちらから見れます。/ You can view archive here
Honorable Mention for Parallel Ping-Pong Full Paper at Augmented Humans International Conference 2022.
We’ve got an Honorable Mention for Parallel Ping-Pong Full Paper at Augmented Humans International Conference 2022! Kazuma Takada, Midori Kawaguchi, Akira Uehara, Yukiya Nakanishi, Mark Armstrong,…
Morphing Identity will be exhibited at Miraikan
日本科学未来館にて特別展「きみとロボット ニンゲンッテ、ナンダ？」が3月18日より開催され、そこで Morphing Identityが展示予定です。 ■開催概要：特別展「きみとロボット ニンゲンッテ、ナンダ？」 会期 2022年3月18日（金）～8月31日（水） 開館時間 10:00～17:00（入場は閉館の30分前まで） 休館日 火曜 ※ ただし3月22日～4月5日、5月3日、7月26日～8月…
Best Demonstration Award for Parallel Ping-Pong Project
Superception project team won Best Demonstration Award (Best in Show) for Parallel Ping-Pong Project in Siggraph Asia Emerging Technologies 2021. BEST DEMONSTRATION AWARD (BEST IN SHOW): Parallel…
第5回CAS研究会「複数の『身体』と法的責任」登壇
東京大学未来ビジョン研究センターと大阪大学社会技術共創研究センターが中心となり発足された「サイバネティック・アバター社会研究会」の第5回研究会に登壇します。 第5回CAS研究会「複数の『身体』と法的責任」@オンライン（2/16） ■ 開催日時：2022年2月16日（水）14:00〜16:00 ■ 実施形態：オンライン開催 ＊Zoomウェビナーを利用予定です。…
Our new paper from ACM TOCHI “Whose Touch is This?: Understanding the Agency Trade-Off Between User-Driven Touch vs. Computer-Driven Touch
Our new paper from ACM TOCHI “Whose Touch is This?: Understanding the Agency Trade-Off Between User-Driven Touch vs. Computer-Driven Touch”, Daisuke Tajima, Jun Nishida, Pedro Lopes, Shunichi Kasahara…
2021
Parallel Ping-Pong Featured on news media
Our project ”Parallel Ping-Pong” was featured on news media in Japan. ソニーCSLが開発、1人で二つの身体を操って卓球するVRシステムの仕組み, yahoo news, 日刊工場新聞, ニュースイッチ 2台のロボットを1人で同時に操作し卓球ができるのか？ ソニーCSLと慶應大が実験, ITmedia, Seamless
Exhibition: Parallel Ping-Pong at SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 Emerging Technologies
Parallel Ping-Pong Project was accepted to SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 Emerging Technologies, and will be Exhibited at SIGGRAPH Asia 2021. Parallel Ping-Pong ProjectがSIGGRAPH Asia 2021 Emerging…
(Closed)Accepting applications for Research Assistants (RA) at Sony CSL
We are now accepting applications for Research Assistants (RA) for the Superception Project that I am leading at Sony CSL. Applications until November 30 2021. There are various topics including…
Talk in HCII Seminar Series
Shunichi Kasahara gave an invited talk in CMU HCII Seminar Series. Title : Superception: Exploring new ‘Self’ in the integration of humans & computers Time : Fri., Nov. 12. 1:30pm EST Recorded Archive…
Innovative Technologies 2021 Prize : Morphing Identity
一般財団法人デジタルコンテンツ協会 デジタルコンテンツEXPO 事務局が運営する、「 Innovative Technologies」に「Morphing Identity」が採択されました。 デジタルコンテンツ EXPO 2021(会期：2021年11月17日(水)～19日(金) ／ 会場：幕張メッセ）にて展示予定です。 Innovative Technologies 2021 News /…
Review paper published in Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics
A review paper which I co-authored was published in Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics (JRM), Special Issue on Augmenting the Human Body and Being. Title : Transparency in Human-Machine Mutual…
Guest lecture at Musashino Art University Visual Communication Design
武蔵野美術大学、視覚伝達デザイン学科のデザイン特別演習にて、ゲストレクチャーとして実演と授業を行いました。 2021年10月18日、13:20 – , via zoom / live demonstration from Sony CSL. 武蔵野美術大学、視覚伝達デザイン学科
Panel talk in Cybernetic being symposium
下記のシンポジウムにてパネルトークに参加しました。 Cybernetic being symposium 身体的共創で生み出すサイバネティック・アバター社会の未来 Fri Oct 15, 2021, 2:15 PM – 5:00 PM JST 場所：Zoom オンライン＋SHIBUYA QWS会場 https://cybernetic-being.peatix.com/ Information…
Oral Presentation at ACM SAP 2021 : Stealth Updates
I gave an oral Presentation at ACM SAP 2021 (ACM Symposium on Applied Perception) about Stealth Updates of Visual Information by Leveraging Change Blindness and Computational Visual Morphing.…
Journal paper accepted to ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP) / ACM SAP 2021
Our paper on “Stealth Updates of Visual Information by Leveraging Change Blindness and Computational Visual Morphing” has been accepted to ACM SAP 2021, the premier international ACM Symposium on…
Panel Talk in 第26回日本バーチャルリアリティ学会大会
研究委員会OS 16:00-17:20 ムーンショットで描くテレイグジスタンスの未来 座長：南澤 孝太（慶應義塾大学） ムーンショットで描くテレイグジスタンスの未来 〇鳴海 拓志(東京大学)、〇笠原 俊一(Sony CSL)、〇田中 由浩(名古屋工業大学)、〇三木 一郎(avatarin)、〇吉藤 健太朗(OryLab)、〇赤坂 亮太(大阪大学) 2020年に開始したムーンショット型研究開発制度で…
Invited lecture at Entertainment Computing (EC2021)
情報処理学会エンタテインメントコンピューティングシンポジウム(EC2021)にて、招待講演をさせていただきました。 http://ec2021.entcomp.org/index.html 2021年8月30日（月）09:00-10:30 スライドからの抜粋
Fragment Shadow Technology has been installed in a dance studio
Fragment Shadow has been installed in DANCE STUDIO which is used for YouTube dance channel starting from 4th September, 2021. https://www.sonycsl.co.jp/news/12283/
Exhibition : Morphing Identity at Sony Park Exhibition”Research for the Future of Humanity”
Morphing Identity was exhibited at the Sony Park exhibition “Research for the Future of Humanity”. Sony Park展「人類の未来のための研究」にMorphing Identityを出展しました。 Info Sony Park展「人類の未来のための研究」 ソニーCSLのグローバル・アジェンダや人間の…
AHs2021 Best Paper Award
A collaborative research project with Reiji Miura, Michiteru Kitazaki, Adrien Verhulst, Masahiko Inami, and Maki Sugimoto was presented at the international conference Augmented Humans 2021 (AHs2021)…
Exhibition Accepted to Emerging Technology Siggraph 2021
The collaboration project with Azumi Maekawa, Hiroto Saito, Narin Okazaki and Masahiko Inami (RCAST, The University of Tokyo) has been accepted to Emerging Technology Siggraph 2021. Behind the Game:…
Gave a lecture “TouchDesigner as an integrated tool in the research scene” at Tokyo Developers Study Weekend
Tokyo Developers Study Weekend TouchDesigner Vol.044 TouchDesigner as an integrated tool in the research scene Date 6th June 2021 15:00-18:20 UTC+9 Check the event time in your time zone Language 日本語…
Talk at media ambition tokyo 2021 / Behind the scenes with TouchDesigner
MAT2021に出展されたいくつかの作品にはノードベースプログラミングソフトウェアTouchDesignerが使用されています。開発ツールにTouchDesignerを採用した経緯や、作品の技術的な解説、利点やMATへの展示を通じて気づいたソフトウェアの新たな可能性などをお話しいただきます。Fragment Shadowから神田さん＆笠原さん、Synesthesia…
Talk at Workshop on Human Cognition and Perception 2021
Gave a talk at Workshop on Human Cognition and Perception 2021 hosted by Shimojo lab, Caltech. Session 4: Date: Wednesday June 2nd (5-7:30 PM PST) / Thursday June 3rd (9-11:30 AM JST) Session Title:…
Talk at media ambition tokyo 2021 : 「2050年の身体と都市」
テクノロジーが身体を拡張し脳の機能をも代替しうるようになる近未来において、人の存在はどう変容し、人が暮らす社会はどう変化していくのか。最前線で活動する研究者の取り組みから近未来の身体と都市のあり方を想像する。 ／ 放送日：2021年5月17日 (月) ／ 出演者：藤井直敬、南澤孝太、笠原俊一 ／ モデレーター：三浦亜美 ／ ©︎Media Ambition Tokyo All Rights…
Research full paper in ACM CHI 2021
Sony CSL Researcher Shunichi Kasahara’s paper on “Preserving Agency During Electrical Muscle Stimulation Training Speeds up Reaction Time Directly After Removing EMS” has been accepted to ACM CHI…
Exhibition : Morphing Identity in Media Ambition Tokyo2021 (MAT2021)
未来を創造する技術とアイデアが結合する、都市を舞台にしたテクノロジーアートの祭典“ Media Ambition Tokyo (MAT)”に、Morphing Identityを出展しています。会期は少し遅れて5月12日よりスタートし、6月8日まで六本木ヒルズ展望台Tokyo City View (52F)で開催されています。Media Ambition Tokyo2021では、Morphing…
Exhibition : Fragment Shadow in Media Ambition Tokyo2021 (MAT2021)
未来を創造する技術とアイデアが結合する、都市を舞台にしたテクノロジーアートの祭典“ Media Ambition Tokyo (MAT)”に、Fragment Shadowを出展しています。会期は少し遅れて5月12日よりスタートし、6月8日まで六本木ヒルズ展望台Tokyo City View (52F)で開催されています。Media Ambition Tokyo2021では、Fragment…
Seminar Talk at 2020年度 東北大学電気通信研究所 共同プロジェクト研究会「こころ」を生み出す脳内機構の理解
Seminar Talk : 2021年2月26日(金) 16:00 – 19:00, 2021年2月27日(土) 9:00 – 12:00 2020年度 東北大学電気通信研究所 共同プロジェクト研究会 「こころ」を生み出す脳内機構の理解 Understanding the brain mechanisms of “mind” Talk Abstract Superception:人間と機械の融合…
Superception Research Update 2021
(For Japanese version -> here) Superception is a research framework that takes an engineered approach to transforming and augmenting human perception and cognition using computer technology. The word…
Gave a lecture at Meiji University, Department of Frontier Media Science
I gave an online lecture at Meiji University, Department of Frontier Media Science 講義：先端メディアコロキウム 日時： 2021年1月26日(火) 17:10～18:50 場所： Zoom
Superception Research Update 2021 (Japanese)
Superceptionはコンピュータ技術を用いて工学的に私たちの知覚や認知を拡張、変容させる研究の枠組みです。Superceptionという言葉は、Super（超：通常状態を超える、個体を超えた集合体、メタ）+ perception（知覚）を合わせることによって生み出した造語です。Superceptionにより、自分という感覚の輪郭を変化させ、知覚能力の強化、他者との共感や、自分の無自覚な感覚を…
Full paper accepted to CHI 2021
Our full paper “Preserving Agency During Electrical Muscle Stimulation Training Speeds up Reaction Time Directly After Removing EMS” has been accepted to ACM CHI 2021. Shunichi Kasahara, Kazuma…
2020
SonyCSL reopened the Internship program. (Application closed)
SonyCSL reopened the Internship program. My Superception project is also looking for enthusiastic hacker and researcher students. Now only for students in Japan, but will also resume for overseas…
Gave a lecture at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design
I gave an online lecture at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design. 講義：KMD理論戦略科目 身体性インタラクション 日時： 2020年11月26日（木曜日） 16:30 – 18:00 場所： Zoom
The abstract published in Journal of Vision
Our abstract, which was prepared with Dr. Daisuke Tajima (Sony), Dr Jun Nishida (UChicago) and Prof. Pedro Lopes (UChicago) has been published in Journal of Vision. Successful Outcomes in a Stroop…
Gave a lecture at Keio University
I gave an online lecture at Keio University. 講義：慶應義塾大学理工学部情報工学科 情報工学特別講義 日時： 2020年10月30日（金） 16:30 – 18:00 対象： 情報工学科 3，4年生 （約70名） 場所： Zoom
Contributed exhibition at Ginza Sony Park
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Seminar talk at empathic computing lab
Superception – Engineering the sense of self Speaker: Shunichi Kasahara Date: 23/9/2020 Perception refers to recognizing meaning and organizing it into information via the inputs of sensory organs…
Online presentation at Siggraph 2020 Emerging Technologies
We presented our project “The Tight Game: Implicit Force Intervention in Inter-personal Physical Interactions on Playing Tug of War” at Siggraph 2020 Emerging Technologies on August 27, 2020. The…
THE TIGHT GAME was accepted to Siggraph 2020 Emerging Technologies
The Tight Game: Implicit Force Intervention in Inter-personal Physical Interactions on Playing Tug of War This work will be presented at SIGGRAPH 2020 Emerging Technologies https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1…
Received Laval Virtual Award 2020
Our project “Preemptive Reaction: Accelerating Human Reaction using Electrical Muscle Stimulation Without Compromising Agency” has received Laval Virtual Award: VR/AR for Safety and Improvement of…
TouchDesigner online interactive workshop about Fragment Shadow
I (Shunichi Kasahara) and Satoru Higa have been working on Fragment Shadow ( Interactive installation of Optical Shadow with Multiple Projectors). In the exhibition in Ginza Sony Park, we created the…
Tech Article : Synchronizing 16 Projectors
Posted a tech article about the system architecture about synchronizing 16 projectors. This is based on system feasibility research for Fragment Shadow project. (In Japanese) https://qiita.com/shks/it…
Abstract Accepted to Vision Sciences Society 2020
Our abstract, which was prepared with Dr. Daisuke Tajima (Sony), Dr Jun Nishida (UChicago) and Prof. Pedro Lopes (UChicago) has been accepted to Vision Sciences Society 2020, which was supposed to be…
Exhibition : Fragment Shadow in QUEEN IN THE PARK Exhibition at Ginza Sony Park
At the “QUEEN IN THE PARK” exhibition in Ginza Sony Park, Fragment Shadow was implemented in the interactive installation : ANOTHER ONE. BITES THE DUST. Ginza Sony Park内展示「QUEEN IN THE…
2019
Parallel Eyes Workshop : Yamaguchi’s Future Classes at YCAM
A workshop using Parallel Eyes system held in YCAM (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media]. This is a workshop that explores the possibilities of human expansion and turning humans into media. It will…
Keynote | This is Québec Tokyo 2019
I gave a keynote presentation at an International Conference This is Québec Tokyo 2019. 「This is Québec〜これぞケベック〜」東京（2019） 【KEYNOTE】SUPERCEPTION : PLAY WITH YOUR PERCEPTION 登壇日時 ： 11:40 ~ 12:00 会場…
Keynote and Talk Session | Human and Building Augmentation, AIJISA 2019 Tokyo
I gave a keynote presentation at AIJISA (日本建築学会情報シンポ) 2019 Tokyo. Keynote and Talk Session, 人間と建築の拡張 | Human and Building Augmentation, 日本建築学会情報シンポ AIJISA 2019 Tokyo, 2019.12.13, 建築会館, Japan.…
Seminar Talk at Center for Neuroprosthetics & Brain Mind Institute,
I gave a seminar talk about Superception and embodiment research at Center for Neuroprosthetics & Brain Mind Institute (Prof Olaf Blanke lab) , 2019.11.28, Campus Biotech, Switzerland.…
Siggraph blog featured Fragment Shadow
Siggraph official blog featured our project Fragment Shadow. This is based on The SIGGRAPH 2019 Studio installation.
Talk at CHAIN Seminar workshop 2019
I gave a talk at CHAIN Seminar 2019 (第3回 人間知・脳・AIセミナー「経験を伝えること／経験を共有すること」). https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/events/2019/08/3-aiaichain.html Talk, CHAIN Center, 第3回 人間知・脳・AIセミナー「経験を伝えること／経験を共有すること」2019.09.17…
Project featured in the IEEE Spectrum web article
Our project about Preemptive Action was featured in the IEEE Spectrum web article. Upgrade to Superhuman Reflexes Without Feeling Like a Robot Electrical muscle stimulation can speed up human…
Wired Muscle on Japanese TV News
Our project Wired Muscle was featured on Japanese TV program, TBS News on June 10, 2019. Image | TBS News
2017
Talk at “Perception Engineering” Kickoff Event at YCAM
(Photo by Qsyum!) I gave a talk about ‘Visually generated Superception and Movement’ and joined talk session at “Perception Engineering” Kickoff Event at YCAM. “Perception Engineering” Kickoff…