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- 2026.06
- 【Event】Virtual Reality Laboratory will be exhibiting a demo at the event "Patto Iroha #52 VR Playground 17 ~Leap into Summer! Virtual Reality Seminar~" held at Grand Front Osaka on June 7.
Mr. Suguru Ohtani (B4), "Our Space Control Panel -Astronomical Observation Expanding from Miniatures-"
Date and Time: June 7 (Sun) 12:00-16:30 (Free Admission)
Venue: Grand Front Osaka North Building 2F The Lab. The World's Best Research Institute for Everyone 2F Active Studio
Target Audience: Anyone (VR experience is for elementary school students and older)
Participation Fee: Free (No advance reservation required) - 2026.05
- 【Event】Prof. Masataka Imura (Virtual Reality Laboratory) spoke at the 3rd High School-University Collaboration Education Symposium, "Integration of Real and Virtual Learning - The Future of Nature Tourism Towards Japan as a Tourism Nation", held on May 30. He explained "virtual" from an academic perspective, utilizing cutting-edge technology, and spoke about the necessity of understanding the content of "virtual" from an academic standpoint, moving away from the common, secular understanding that "virtual reality = virtual".
[Tokyo University of Agriculture] [Osaka High School] [Kyodo News] [YAHOO! News] [47 NEWS] [NEWSjp] - 2026.05
- 【Event】At the KSC Research Exchange Event～Research Meet Up@SparkBase～held on May 8, Prof. Naoko Kishimoto (Aerospace Structure Engineering Laboratory) and Prof. Masataka Imura (Virtual Reality Laboratory) presented their research.
Naoko Kishimoto, "Aerospace Engineering and the Mysteries of Biological Shapes and Structures"
Masataka Imura, "Non-contact and Non-wearable Estimation of Motor Activity Levels from 3D Motion using Machine Learning"
[Research Activity] - 2026.04
- 【Award】At the Information Processing Society of Japan 79th Entertainment Computing Research Conference held on March 9-10, the Virtual Reality Laboratory received the Research Encouragement Award.
◎Research Encouragement Award Gold Prize:
Mr. Taiki Kato (B4) and Prof. Masataka Imura, "Proposal of a Color Vision Assistance Method Using Shape Change - Prototype Targeting In-Game Objects" [Certificate] [School of Engineering News]
◎Research Encouragement Award Silver Prize:
Mr. Akira Yoshinaga (B4) and Prof. Masataka Imura, "Proposal of a Command Operation Acquisition Support System for Competitive Fighting Games Using Control of Up/Down Drive Buttons" [Certificate] [School of Engineering News] - 2026.03
- 【Award】Mr. Yuki Hatai (Mechatronics Engineering Laboratory・B4) has received the Hatakeyama Prize from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME). The Hatakeyama Prize is a prestigious award that began in 1960. [School of Engineering News]
- 2026.03
- 【Event】Virtual Reality Laboratory held a virtual reality experience event. [Imura Lab News]
- 2026.03
- 【Award】Mr. Katsuhisa Tanaka (Virtual Reality Laboratory・M1) has received the 2025 Nitta Memorial Award. "High-speed input device using independent sensing of input intent and input object" [Research Activity]
- 2021.04.01
- Department of Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Mechanical Engineering Course has opened．
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