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Virtual Reality Lab
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The lab develops devices that create the sensations of touching and walking in VR.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating the sensations of touching and walking in VR.
The Virtual Reality Lab studies devices that create the sensations of touching objects and walking around in a virtual space.
It develops devices that return force to the hand, devices that give the sensation of walking on one's own feet, spherical displays, and more, and is also advancing their application to rehabilitation.
Key terms
- Haptic force-feedback device
- A device that conveys to the hand a force that pushes back, as when touching a virtual object
- Spherical display
- A display device that projects images onto, for example, the inside of a sphere so that the viewer is surrounded by the images
- Gait rehabilitation
- Practice that helps people who have difficulty walking because of injury or illness to walk again
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The lab studies technologies that convey bodily sensations such as touching objects and walking in virtual reality. It works on both the development of devices and the systems that apply them.
*Illustrative imageDevices that return force to the touching hand
The lab develops devices that convey the reaction force returned to the hand when it touches a virtual object (haptic force-feedback devices), as well as systems that apply them. Applications include surgical simulators.
*Illustrative imageCreating the sensation of walking on your own feet
The lab develops systems that let users walk around a virtual space on their own feet, and their applications. One of these is a gait rehabilitation system that supports walking practice for people who have difficulty walking.
*Illustrative imageDisplays that surround you with images
This research uses spherical displays to show users what a virtual space looks like. As an application, the lab is also working on immersive rehabilitation systems.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Virtual Reality Lab are faculty, administrative assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorHiroaki Yano
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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: “KAT Walk Omni-directional VR Treadmill” Tim Sheerman-Chase / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Devices that return force to the touching hand: “SensablePhantomPremiumA15” Jouni Salo / Public domain (cropped)
- Creating the sensation of walking on your own feet: “Cybercarpet” MCS / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Displays that surround you with images: “CAVE Crayoland” User:Davepape / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (知覚拡張システム研究室): “Wearing AR Glasses” Maxibu / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (森田直樹研究室): “High performance computing (HPC) data center ( )” ENERGY.GOV / Public domain (cropped)
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