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XR (Nakamura) Lab
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A lab for technologies and content creation that connect the real and the virtual, such as XR and the metaverse.

AboutAbout the lab
Exploring technologies that connect the real and the virtual
Associate Professor Naoto Nakamura researches XR, the metaverse, and the creation of interactive content.
The research theme is technology that fuses the real world and virtual worlds.
The research fields are human interface and interaction, and entertainment and game informatics.
Prof. Nakamura ran a company that produces digital content for about ten years, and has also created content personally.
Key terms
- XR
- A collective term for technologies such as VR, AR, and MR that create experiences combining the real and the virtual.
- Metaverse
- A virtual space built on computers, where people can enter, spend time, and interact with one another.
- Human interface
- The mechanisms and methods through which people and computers interact.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies technologies that fuse the real world and virtual worlds, including XR, the metaverse, and the creation of interactive content.
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- Associate ProfessorNaoto Nakamura
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Vision Pro - Top” Hay Kranen / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Technologies That Fuse the Real and the Virtual: “HP Windows Mixed Reality HMD "HP Windows Mixed Reality Headset"” Kyu3a / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (XR Lab): “MicrosoftHoloLensRoomScan” Kai Kowalewski / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Haptics Lab): “Haptic controller” Alan Levine from Strawberry, United States / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Haptics Lab): “Tactile Paving colours and Materials” KavehN / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Computer Graphics Lab): “Danjogaran Koyasan Daito Projection Mapping01” Naokijp / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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