Carson Reynolds

Meta-perception: reflexes and bodies as part of the interface

Meta-perception is both an interaction design concept and the theme of a research group at the University of Tokyo. As a design concept, meta-perception is used to describe experience of novel phenomena made possible by devices that extend the human precepts. As a research group, our goal is to develop methods for capturing and manipulating information that is normally inaccessible to humans and machines. In this paper we describe various displays and devices that exemplify meta-perception. These include: several displays with which the human bodily interacts and wearable haptic devices that act as an extended skin. We reflect upon a design approach which borrows from elements of philosophy and media art to describe a different relationship between humans and technology.

Blink suppression sensing and classification

In this paper we propose a new alert system which precisely times dialog events depending on blinks. We hypothesize that during blinks human reaction time is significantly increased and by putting an intentional delay before alerts, the whole reaction time (including the intentional delay) may be reduced. This system architecture was achieved using a high-speed camera and a novel, fast detection algorithm. Experimental results show with precisely timed alerts (in some cases) it is possible to react more quickly than the worst case which occurs during blink suppression.

Work tut chairs

It is our great pleasure to present the ISMAR Workshops and Tutorials. The Workshops associated with ISMAR 2011 feature a specific range of topics beyond the main conference tracks to better cover specific research areas in the exciting field of Mixed and Augmented Reality.The motivation of this workshop is to discuss future directions of content authoring in the field of Augmented Reality, as well as to discuss the current state of art on content creation and asset assembly. The workshop will comprise of a paper session where papers, late-breaking results and overviews over state-of-the-art in content authoring for AR are presented. In the afternoon, we will follow up with a discussion on different topics ranging from AR asset creation to content distribution and a closing session. Our goal is to collect ideas and thoughts of research about desired approaches for authoring content for AR, as well as review current and future needs to achieve a high quality content and at the same time scalable approaches for AR.

Workshops & Tutorials committee

It is our great pleasure to present the ISMAR Workshops and Tutorials. The Workshops associated with ISMAR 2011 feature a specific range of topics beyond the main conference tracks to better cover specific research areas in the exciting field of Mixed and Augmented Reality.

Haptic radar / extended skin project

We present a device whose goal is to allow wearers to perceive and respond to range information from multiple sensors using haptic cues. It uses an array of modules, each of which senses range information and transduces it as vibro-tactile cues on the skin directly beneath the module. Moreover, this modular interface can cover precise skin regions, be distributed in a discrete manner over the skin surface, or span the entire body surface (and then function as a sort of double skin). Among the numerous applications of this interface are visual prosthetics for the blind, augmentation of spatial awareness in hazardous working environments, as well as enhanced obstacle awareness for car drivers. In an experiment, a significant proportion (87%, p=1.26 * 10-5) of subjects moved to avoid an unseen object. On a questionnaire, subjects reported the system as more of a help, easy, and intuitive.