Construction and Utilization of Human-harmonized "Tangible" Information Environment

Research Project Outline

This project aims to construct an intelligent information environment that is both visible and tangible, where real-space communication, human-machine interface and media processing are integrated. The goal is to create a human-harmonized "tangible information environment" that allows human beings to obtain and understand haptic information in the real space, to transmit thus obtained haptic space, and to actively interact with other people using the transmitted haptic space. The tangible environment enables telecommunication, tele-experience, and pseudo-experience with the sensation of working as though in a natural environment. It also enables humans to engage in creative activities such as design and creation as though they were in the real environment.