Research field (5):
Cognitive sciences
, Human interfaces and interactions
, Sensitivity (kansei) informatics
, Soft computing
, Experimental psychology
Harada, N., Kitazaki, M., Tasaki, R. Physical therapy massage robot system with human motion tracking and finger-pressing force control. Advanced Robotics. 2025. 1-20
Dechaux, A, Kitazaki, M, Lagarde, J, Ganesh, G. Design and Evaluation of a Prototype Tactile Radar for Active Sensing of Proximal Objects. Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 2024
Junya Nakamura, Michiteru Kitazaki. The effect of posture on virtual walking experience using foot vibrations. Scientific Reports. 2024. 14. 19366. 1-12
Shuto Takashita, Ken Arai, Hiroto Saito, Michiteru Kitazaki, Masahiko Inami. Embodied Tentacle: Mapping Design to Control of Non-Analogous Body Parts with the Human Body. Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2024. 2024. 222. 1-19
Redirection Detection Thresholds for Avatar Manipulation with Different Body Parts
(The 32nd IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR) 2025)
Kneading-Motion-Based Tactile Feedback for Personalized Robotic Massage Using VR Avatars
(The 20th edition of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI2025) 2025)
Cognitive Aspects of Virtual Co-embodiment
(Talk Series "Embodied Futures: Exploring Virtual, Cognitive, and Robotic Dimensions of Human-Machine Integration” 2024)
SkiWalkerVR: Towards Naturalistic Virtual Walking Using Hand Movements and Foot Vibrations
(SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Emergent Technologies (E-tech) 2024)
2019/05 - Nature Publishing Scientific Reports Top 100 in Neuroscience Illusory body ownership of an invisible body interpolated between virtual hands and feet via visual-motor synchronicity
2018/12 - SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Best Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Award FiveStar VR: Shareable Travel Experience Through Multisensory Stimulation to the Whole Body
2018/12 - The Japanese Psychonomics Society Best Paper Award Trained visual art experts make more stable judgments of glossiness
2009/12 - JVRC2009 (2009 Joint Virtual Reality Conference of EGVE - ICAT - EuroVR) Best Paper Award Honorable Mention Modification of visual and vestibular control of posture by long-term adaptation to body-movement-yoked visual motion and galvanic vestibular stimulation
2006 - 日本バーチャルリアリティ学会 論文賞 前庭感覚電気刺激による視覚への影響
2006 - ACE2006 (International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology 2006) Outstanding Paper Award Gravity Jockey using Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation