Laboratoire Révolutionnaire et Romantique, (Human Augmentation Lab.), Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo – 東京大学大学院情報学環 暦本研究室
Professor Jun Rekimoto Honored with the “Lifetime Achievement Award” at Augmented Humans 2026! Our Research Group Also Secured a “Best Paper Honorable Mention.”
We are pleased to announce that Professor Jun Rekimoto of our lab received the prestigious “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the Augmented Humans International Conference 2026 (AHs ’26), held in Okinawa, Japan, in March 2026.
This award is presented to individuals who have made pioneering and significant contributions to the field of Human Augmentation and related disciplines over many years. Professor Rekimoto’s visionary research work was highly recognized globally.
Furthermore, a paper lead-authored by our lab’s Assistant Professor, QING ZHANG, received the “Best Paper Honorable Mention” at the same conference.
Awarded Paper Title: OpticalAging: Real-time Presbyopia Simulation for Inclusive Design via Tunable Lenses
Author List: Qing Zhang, Zixiong Su, Yoshihito Kondoh, Kazunori Asada, Thad Starner, Kai Kunze, Yuta Itoh and Jun Rekimoto
This research introduced “OpticalAging,” a system using tunable lenses to simulate presbyopia (age-related farsightedness) in real-time. This technology facilitates inclusive product design and environmental assessment, contributing to the improvement of QOL in super-aging societies.
At Human Augmentation 2026 (2026.3.15-17), we will present the following papers/talks:
Yuto Nakamura, Keigo Minamida, Masanobu Kanazawa, Koya Dendo and Jun Rekimoto Augmented Leap: Human Jump Augmentation through Apparent Reduced Gravity
Qing Zhang, Zixiong Su, Yoshihito Kondoh, Kazunori Asada, Thad Starner, Kai Kunze, Yuta Itoh and Jun RekimotoOpticalAging: Real-time Presbyopia Simulation for Inclusive Design via Tunable Lenses
We are releasing the “Rekimoto Lab Research Archive 2007-2026,” an archive documenting 20 years of research and milestones from the Laboratoire Révolutionnaire et Romantique at the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo. This is the digital (PDF) version of the commemorative booklet distributed at Professor Junichi Rekimoto’s final lecture. It is available for download below.
Tactile Data Recording System for Clothing with Motion-Controlled Robotic Sliding, Michikuni Eguchi, Takekazu Kitagishi, Yuichi Hiroi, Takefumi Hiraki, SIGGRAPH ASIA 2025 (poster)
CEATEC AWARD 2025 審査委員会による選評: 騒がしい環境でも話者の声だけを正確に捉える、音源選択性とノイズ耐性とを構造的に両立させているという特徴を持つ。マスクの内側に取り付けられたセンサが発話の振動を直接検出することで、高品質な音声信号の取得を可能にしている。騒音環境下で音声認識の向上など、話者の声だけを認識することにより既存のノイズキャンセル技術を上まわる音声入力の向上が期待できる。製造業や病院といった、騒音環境下やマスク着用が必要な状況での音声入力の次世代インターフェースとして、その活用性が大きく評価された。これまではマスク着用時の発話、音声認識において課題があったが、本デバイスによりマスク着用がネガティブ要素にならないほか、マスクデバイス以外でのソリューションやサイレントスピーチへの応用など、将来的な可能性にも期待が寄せられた。
「CEATEC AWARD 2025」 デジタル大臣賞について: CEATEC AWARD 2025は、事前に応募された作品の中から、2025開催テーマである「Innovation for All」に合致し、あらゆる業種・産業を網羅した「Society 5.0のショーケース」「デジタルイノベーションの総合展」としての、最も優れたプロジェクト、技術、製品、サービス、またはそれを支えるソフトウェア、アプリケーション、コンポーネント、デバイス等を表彰するものです。「デジタル大臣賞」は、デジタル社会において、個々人の多様な幸せを実現する仕組みやサービスなど、今後に向けた豊かな暮らしと強靭な社会づくりに最も寄与すると評価される応募者を表彰するものです。
参考文献:
Hirotaka Hiraki and Jun Rekimoto, MaskClip: Detachable Clip-On Piezoelectric Sensing of Mask Surface Vibrations for Real-Time Noise-Robust Speech Input, Augmented Humans 2025
Mirror-Assisted Three Dimensional Reconstruction in the Space-Constrained Environment of a Japanese Tearoom, Natsuki Hamanishi (SonyCSL Kyoto), Jun Rekimoto (SonyCSL Kyoto /University of Tokyo) ISMAR 2025 poster
Two papers co-authored by Project Assistant Professor Qing Zhang and Prof. Jun Rekimoto have been accepted for presentation at the NeurIPS (Neural Information Processing Systems) Creative AI Track 2025 conference, to be held in San Diego, USA, on December 02, 2025.
Project Assistant Professor Qing Zhang will present the paper “Pro’s Eyes: A Wearable System for Synchronous and Asynchronous Observational Pattern Learning” at the SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Emerging Technologies program in Hong Kong, from December 15–18, 2025.
The paper introduces Pro’s Eyes, a novel wearable see-through display system designed to teach novices how to see the world like an expert. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3757373.3763766
張清（Qing Zhang）特任助教は、2025年12月15日から18日に香港で開催されるSIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Emerging Technologiesプログラムにて、論文「Pro’s Eyes: A Wearable System for Synchronous and Asynchronous Observational Pattern Learning」を発表します 。
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