Yuichi Hiroi

Senior Research Scientist, Cluster Metaverse Lab, Japan.

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Yuichi HIROI is a Senior Research Scientist in Cluster Metaverse Lab in Cluster Inc., Japan. Yuichi received his Ph.D. in engineering at the School of Computing, Tokyo Institute of Technology (currently Institute of Science Tokyo), Japan in 2022. His B.Eng. and M.Eng degree is in engineering from Keio University, Japan in 2015 and 2017, respectively.

Yuichi worked as a researcher in NTT Service Evolution Laboratory, Japan (2017-2018), and as a post-doc research fellow for the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS PD) at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo, Japan (2022-2023). Currently, he is also a visiting researcher at Jun Rekimoto Lab, the University of Tokyo from 2023.

Yuichi’s research interests include mixed reality, near-eye display, vision measurement, and vision augmentation. His research contributions have been consistently published in international journals in the fields of VR/AR and optics, including IEEE TVCG and OPTICA, as well as leading international conferences such as IEEE VR and ISMAR. His work has also been recognized through awards at international venues such as IEEE VR, Augmented Humans, and SIGGRAPH.

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news

Nov 17, 2024 We will organize 2nd Workshop on Seamless Reality: AR Technologies for Seamless Perception and Cognition between Cyber and Physical Spaces (WSR) in IEEE VR 2025.
Oct 21, 2024 :pencil: 1 first-author paper for the conference track, :newspaper: 1 co-author paper for journal track and :clipboard: 1 co-author poster paper have been accepted at IEEE ISMAR 2024.
Aug 01, 2024 :clipboard: 1 supervised poster paper got accepted for the SIGGRAPH 2024 and won the 1st Student Research Competition for Undergraduate Work :sparkles: :trophy:
Mar 21, 2024 The co-author paper won Best Paper Honorable Mention in IEEE VR 2024 :sparkles: :trophy:
Mar 16, 2024 We organize 1st Workshop on Seamless Reality: AR Technologies for Seamless Perception and Cognition between Cyber and Physical Spaces (WSR) in IEEE VR 2024.

selected publications

  1. IEEE TVCG
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    StainedSweeper: Compact, Variable-Intensity Light-Attenuation Display with Sweeping Tunable Retarders
    Yuichi HiroiTakefumi Hiraki, and Yuta Itoh
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, May 2024
  2. IEEE TVCG
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    Towards Co-Operative Beaming Displays: Dual Steering Projectors for Extended Projection Volume and Head Orientation Range
    Hiroto Aoki, Takumi Tochimoto, Yuichi Hiroi, and Yuta Itoh
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, May 2024
  3. IEEE ISMAR
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    FactoredSweeper: Optical See-Through Display Integrating Light Attenuation and Addition with a Single Spatial Light Modulator
    Yuichi HiroiTakefumi Hiraki, and Yuta Itoh
    In 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Oct 2024
  4. IEEE TVCG
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    Low-Latency Beaming Display: Implementation of Wearable, 133 μs Motion-to-Photon Latency Near-Eye Display
    Yuichi Hiroi , Akira Watanabe, Yuri Mikawa, and Yuta Itoh
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Nov 2023
  5. Opt. Exp.
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    Focal surface occlusion
    Yuichi HiroiTakumi KaminokadoShunsuke Ono, and Yuta Itoh
    Opt. Express, Oct 2021
  6. Augmented Humans
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    DehazeGlasses: Optical Dehazing with an Occlusion Capable See-Through Display
    Yuichi HiroiTakumi Kaminokado, Atsushi Mori, and Yuta Itoh
    In Proceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference, Kaiserslautern, Germany, Oct 2020
  7. Augmented Human
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    AdaptiVisor: assisting eye adaptation via occlusive optical see-through head-mounted displays
    Yuichi HiroiYuta Itoh, Takumi Hamasaki, and Maki Sugimoto
    In Proceedings of the 8th Augmented Human International Conference, Silicon Valley, California, USA, Oct 2017