Presenter

Sohei Wakisaka is a project assistant professor in Informational Somatics Laboratory, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technologies (RCAST), the University of Tokyo. His research interests are visual illusion, perception, psychology with virtual reality, and development of skill transfer techniques. He and his colleagues in RIKEN brain science institute developed substitutional reality system, an experimental platform for experiencing alternative reality. Ongoing research topics include development of wearable microscope, plasticity of perception with various human augmentation techniques.