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Augmented Reality Lab
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The lab researches technologies that make VR and AR experiences comfortable.
AboutAbout the lab
Opening up possibilities for people and the world through reality × cyberspace
The Augmented Reality Lab researches VR technology, which immerses users in a cyber world created by computers, and AR technology, which brings the flexibility of the cyber world into the physical world.
The lab works on projection mapping for comfortable VR and AR, technology that captures an entire real space and reproduces it in 3D, and technology that uses wearable computers to capture human intentions.
The lab also puts effort into establishing "material perception science," a new academic field that clarifies how people perceive the material qualities of objects.
The lab's website introduces it under the name "Iwai Lab."
Key terms
- XR
- A collective term for technologies that link reality and the cyber world, including VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality).
- Projection mapping
- A technique that uses a projector to overlay images on the surface of an object and change how it looks.
- Computational imaging
- A technique that captures images by combining optical technology with computational processing.
- Hearable
- A smart wearable device worn on the ear.
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The lab aims to connect the physical and cyber worlds in a perceptually natural way so that VR and AR can be experienced comfortably and without stress. Drawing on the principles of measurement engineering, optics, computer vision, and machine learning, it researches XR displays, computational imaging, and XR interaction.
*Illustrative imageXR displays focused on material appearance
The lab integrates the physical and cyber worlds in a perceptually natural way and pursues realism in material appearance.
*Illustrative imageComputational imaging
By combining cutting-edge optical technology with computational processing, the lab aims to overcome the technical limits of imaging the real world.
*Illustrative imageExtending XR experiences with hearables
The lab aims to draw out the potential of smart wearable devices such as hearables and create new XR experiences.
MembersFaculty
The Augmented Reality Lab consists of faculty members, administrative assistants, cross-appointment and visiting staff, project researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and visiting students.As of 2026
- ProfessorDaisuke Iwai
- Associate ProfessorTomoya Nakamura
- Assistant ProfessorTakashi Amesaka
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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: “MicrosoftHoloLensOnHead” Kai Kowalewski / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- XR displays focused on material appearance: “Augmented-reality” zedinteractive / CC0 (cropped)
- Computational imaging: “Yi Xue Computational Optics for Biomedical Imaging Lab ( )” UC Davis College of Engineering / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Extending XR experiences with hearables: “Goldendance bone conduction headset” Ksfan / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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