Special Session I : Ubiquitous Experience Media

Organizer/Chair:
Michitaka Hirose, Ph. D.
Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
The University of Tokyo
4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8904 JAPAN
Tel: +81 3 5452 5195,
Fax: +81 3 3469 2397,
E-mail: hirose@cyber.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Norihiro Hagita, Ph.D.
Director, ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Labs
2-2-2 Hikaridai, "Keihanna Science City", Kyoto 619-0288 Japan
Tel. +81 774 951400, Fax. +81 774 951408, E-mail hagita@atr.jp

Description of the proposed session:
Today, the nature of human computer relationship has re-emerged as a hot topic among information technology researchers. The driving force behind this trend is the emergence of a new breed of information technology, characterized by mobile/wearable computing and ubiquitous computing, to name only a couple of examples, which is calling for a new paradigm for human interfaces.
One of the promising new paradigm will be an “Ubiquitous Experience Media” which will allow anybody to observe and share human experiences anytime, anywhere and in any way. Research issues for building this new paradigm include topics such as: the sensing and display, the communication robots, the learning environments, the experience corpora and the human communication.
The purpose of the organized session is to have an opportunity to exchange　research results and to foster ideas in the emerging field of ubiquitous media technologies with the goal of enhancing and enriching human shared experiences.

In what degree and in what form is it possible to capture the quality of human experiences in terms of the emerging ubiquitous media technologies? What are the mechanisms of the sharing of human experiences, and what technologies are required to enhance and support it? Do robots and other autonomous artifacts create new areas of experiences? What changes do ubiquitous media technologies bring about on our everyday lives, both in business and at home, for adults and for children? These are some of the central questions to be addressed by the organized session.

Lecture titles and lecturer titles :
1. A REAL WORLD ROLE-PLAYING GAME AS AN APPLICATION OF THE GUIDE SYSTEM IN A MUSEUM
Atsushi Hiyama, Jun Yamashita, Yuichi Nishimura, Teiichi Nishioka,
Hideaki Kuzuoka, Koichi Hirota and Michitaka Hirose (U. of Tokyo)

2. INDIRECT EXPERIENCE RECORDING AND DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES FOR SENSORY MEDIA
Yasuyuki Yanagida (ATR), Haruo Noma (ATR), Shunsuke Yoshida (ATR), Nobuji Tetsutan (Tokyo Denki Univ.), Kenichi Hosaka (ATR), and Norihiro Hagita (ATR)

3. INTELLIGENT WEARABLE INTERACTION SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Hyun S. Yang, Jin Choi, Yong-Ho Seo, Taewoo Han, Juho Lee (KAIST)

4. CAPTURE AND RETRIEVAL OF LIFE-LOG
K. Aizawa, S. Kawasaki, T. Ishikawa, and T.Yamasaki (Univ. of Tokyo)

5. INTERACTION CORPUS FOR EXPERIENCE SHARING USING UBIQUITOUS EXPERIENCE MEDIA
Kenji Mase (ATR/Nagoya Univ.), Yasuyuki Sumi (ATR/Kyoto Univ.), Megumu Tsuchikawa (ATR), Kiyoshi Kogure (ATR) and Norihiro Hagita (ATR)

6. VIRTUAL TIME MACHINE
Michitaka Hirose (Univ. of Tokyo), Katsuhiko Sakaue (AIST), and Ryoko Ueoka (Univ. of Tokyo)

7．CONTENT THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE BY SHARED EXPERIENCE
Atsuro Ueki, Yuichiro Haraguchi, Yoshimasa Niwa, Yukinari Iwata, Satoshi Umase, Sahori Ishibashi, Yukina Ushida, Yasuhiro Ichikawa, Takafumi Iwai, Koichiro Watanabe, and Masa Inakage (Keio Univ.)

Organizer’s short bio.
Michitaka Hirose is a professor of Computer Science at　the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology　(RCAST), the University of Tokyo. His research interests include human interface, interactive computer graphics, wearable computer and virtual reality. Currently, he is a project leader of 　Scalable VR Contents project sponsored by ministry of general affairs.
Prof. Hirose received BE, ME and Ph.D. degree from the University of Tokyo in 1977, 1979 and 1982 respectively. He is a member of the ACM, IEEE, SICE and VRSJ(Virtual Reality Society of Japan).

Norihiro Hagita is the director of ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication laboratories (ATR-IRC). His research interests include pattern recognition, human robot communication, and interaction media. He is a leader of “Ubiquitous Experience Media” project supported by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology and organized the “ATR workshop on Ubiquitous Experience Media (UEM2003)” (http://www.mis.atr.co.jp/uem2003/). He received the B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees from Keio University , Japan , in 1976, 1978 and 1986. He is a member of the IEEE, the Institute of Electronics, Informaiton, Communication Engineers of Japan and the Information Processing Society of Japan, and the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence.