Information Somatics
Inami - Monnai Laboratory

Understanding and designing the body schema based on human factors and physiology

In the Information Somatics Lab, our work is built upon a foundation of psychology, cognitive science, and physics to understand the mechanisms of the human body from a systems perspective and to use the insighte we gain to augment its innate sensory, physical, and intellectual capabilities.

Human Augmentation Engineering

Employing VR, XR, robotic, wearable, terahertz, machine learning, and telexistence technologies, we augment human abilities to achieve novel forms of embodiment (e.g., superhuman, disembodied, transformed, cloned, fused) to address social issues such as hyperaging.

Experience Transferral

We aim to provide experiential "supplements" which improve the quality of everyday life. These supplements are formed and administered by systems capable of recording, replaying, and transferring first-person audio-visual-haptic bodily and spatial experiences. We are working towards applying our work in the areas of entertainment computing, superhuman sports, and skill transferral.

Experience Design

Building on a foundation of psychology and physiology, we design methods that make use of information technologies to enable the composition of arbitrary perceptual and emotional experiences by transforming a user's self perception as well as their perception of others.

Wireless interaction

We are working on wireless technology in a broad sense to control waves and fluids. By expanding non-contact transmission of information, energy, and matter based on the concept of distributed parameter systems, we aim to establish novel technology that assists and enhances human capabilities.

Member

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• • Professor
    Masahiko INAMI
  Specialized field: Augmented human, Virtual reality, Entertainment computing

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• • Associate Professor
    Yasuaki MONNAI
  Specialized field: Terahertz engineering, Human interface

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