Mixed-Reality Applications
Thursday, 12 August
1:45 - 3:30 pm
Room 502A
Session Chair: Joanna Berzowska, XS Labs

The Body's Surface as a Multimedia Interface: Closed-Eyes Nonverbal Telehaptic Communication Physically distant people, sitting still in a closed-eyes shared virtual space, remotely communicate their presence (haptically and aurally) through networked prototypes that sense physiological measures of emotions. William Meyer Exploratorium billm (at) exploratorium.edu
Fragra: A Visual-Olfactory VR Game A VR game that enables users to explore the interactive relationship between olfaction and vision. Observers must distinguish what each visual and olfactory input means and compare them. Arito Mochizuki Nara Institute of Science and Technology arito-m (at) is.naist.jp Kohyama Kazuhiro Chihara Kunihiro Imura Masataka Sawa Sayuri Motoyashiki Shogo Takeda Tadayuki Amada Takashi Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Veggie Diaries: Urban Mobile MR Entertainment Using mixed-reality systems for entertainment in a mobile context. Veggie Diaries integrates real-world outdoor objects with game elements, using MR techniques and camera-mounted PDAs. Kenji Iguchi Keio University needle (at) heistak.com Tomoki Saso Masa Inakage Keio University
Outdoor Mixed Reality Utilizing Surveillance Cameras An outdoor mixed-reality system designed for pedestrians who carry a camera-attached PDA. The system utilizes surveillance cameras both for showing hidden areas and calibrating a PDA camera. Yoshinari Kameda University of Tsukuba kameda (at) image.esys.tsukuba.ac.jp Taisuke Takemasa Yuichi Ohta University of Tsukuba