Research Keywords

Immersive Telepresence, Augmented Human, Autonomous Aerial Vehicle, Video Content Creation System, Augmented Reality, Telexistence, Computer Vision, Augmemted Sports.

Project

Publications

Proceedings

1. Keita Higuchi, Yinpeng Chen, Philip A Chou, Zhengyou Zhang, Zicheng Liu, ImmerseBoard: Immersive Telepresence Experience using a Digital Whiteboard, Proceedings of CHI 2015, Seoul, Korea, 2015. [new][to appear]
2. Keita Higuchi, Michihiko Ueno, Jun Rekimoto, Scarecrow: Avatar Representation using Biological Information Feedback, The 2014 IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom 2014), September 1-3, 2014. [new][to appear]
3. Kei Nitta, Keita Higuchi, Jun Rekimoto, HoverBall : Augmented Sports with a Flying Ball, The 5th International conference on Augmented Human, March 7-9, 2014.
4. Katsuya Fujii, Keita Higuchi, Jun Rekimoto Endless Flyer: A Continuous Flying Drone with Automatic Battery Replacement，The 10th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC 2013)，December 18-20, 2013, Vietri sul Mare, Italy.
   
5. Keita Higuchi, Katsuya Fujii, Jun Rekimoto Flying Head: A Head-Synchronization Mechanism for Flying Telepresence，The 23rd h IEEE International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2013)，December 11-13, 2013, Tokyo, Japan.
   
6. Keita Higuchi, Jun Rekimoto Flying Head: A Head Motion Synchronization Mechanism for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Control，CHI 2013 Extended Abstracts (alt.chi)，April 27–May 2, 2013, Paris, France. [pdf]
7. Shingo Yamano, Takamitsu Hamajo, Shunsuke Takahashi, Keita Higuchi, EyeSound: Single-Modal Mobile Navigation Using Directionally Annotated Music, The 3rd International conference on Augmented Human (AH), March 8-9, Megève, France. [pdf]
8. Keita Higuchi, Yoshio Ishiguro and Jun Rekimoto, Flying Eyes: Free-Space Content Creation Using Autonomous Aerial Vehicles, CHI ’11, Extended Abstract (alt.chi), 561-570, May 07-12 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada. [pdf]
9. Keita Higuchi, Tetsuro Shimada and Jun Rekimoto, Flying Sports Assistant: External Visual Imagery Representation for Sports Training, The 2nd International conference on Augmented Human (AH), March 12-14, Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan. [pdf]

Journal

1. Keita Higuchi, Jun Rekimoto
   A Flying Telepresence Platform to Augment Moving Sensation，Transaction of The Virtual Reality Society of Japan，Vol.19, No.3, (2014. 9).(Japanese)
2. Katsuya Fujii, Keita Higuchi, Jun Rekimoto
   Endless Flyer: A Continuous Flying Drone with Automatic Battery Replacement，Journal of the Information Processing Society of Japan, Vol.55, No.8, (2014. 8).(Japanese)

Demonstration

1. Keita Higuchi, Jun Rekimoto
   Flying Head: Head-synchronized Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Control for Flying Telepresence，Siggraph Asia 2012 Emerging Technologies，(2012. 12).[Emerging Technologies Prize!!]

Honors

• Siggraph Asia 2012 Emerging Technologies Prize
• Outstanding Master Thesis Award, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
• Commended by The University President 2009, Kanazawa Institute of technology

Invited Exhibition

• Flying Eyes: TEDxUTkyo
• Flying Eyes: TEDxTodai
• Flying Head: Sony CSL Open House