On December 5, 2023, the first Internet of Realities Symposium was held at Takeda Hall, University of Tokyo. This event adopted a hybrid format with about 100 attendees on-site and roughly 200 participants online. Associate Professor Manabu Tsukada from the University of Tokyo presented on the Internet of Realities project. Additionally, there were eight poster presentations by lab members involved in the project.
The posters included diverse topics such as:
- “Visualization Techniques Using AR Devices in Cooperative Autonomous Driving” by Hitoshi Nakazato.
- “Web Digital Twin for BIM Using IFC Model Server” by Satoru Furuta.
- “Adaptive Algorithm for High-Speed Beam Tracking for Cooperative Autonomous Driving” by Ryo Iwaki.
- “Toward City-Native Mixed Reality” by Alex Orsholits.
- “AR System for Reproducing Stereophonic Sound Based on Source Location” by Kisao Takada.
- “Umpire Support System in Baseball” by Yusuke Sugisaki.
- “Stable Wireless Communication Technology for Multiple Vehicles Using Location Information” by Tomoki Sasaki.
- “Indoor Experiment of Beam Control Technology for Millimeter-Wave V2X Based on Direction of Arrival” by Sounin Ozawa.
The symposium program also featured presentations on the vision and mission of the Internet of Realities project by Associate Professor Takuro Yonezawa from Nagoya University. Keynote lectures on the Internet and Reality were delivered by Professor Jun Murai of Keio University and Professor Shimojo Shinsuke of the California Institute of Technology, respectively. Professor Akira Kanaoka from Toho University, CEO Takayuki Aoki of Cadence Inc., and Associate Professor Manabu Tsukada also presented their work related to the project.
The event included a poster session, limited to on-site participants, and a panel discussion on the theme “IoR and Security: Individual and Collective Reality/Physical (Material & Bodily) and Virtual (Substantial & Informational) Perspectives.” The discussion was moderated by Professor Akira Kanaoka, with panelists including Dai Tamesue from Deportare Partners Co., Naoyuki Fujii from Hacosco Inc., and other members of the IoR project.
This symposium provided a forum for discussing the future of information technology aimed at safely and securely integrating physical and virtual spaces and the future society envisioned by humans and information technology.
