Akihiko Shirai
About Akihiko Shirai
Affiliations
- GREE, Inc., GREE VR Studio Lab
Location
- Tokyo, Japan
Website
- http://aki.shirai.as/
Bio
2019:
AKIHIKO SHIRAI, Ph.D is director of GREE VR Studio Lab, which promotes a new industrial research field for vTuber (Virtual YouTuber) and exploring VR live entertainment. He received a Ph.D (Engineering) in 2004 from Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan by research concerning the “Tangible Playroom”, an entertainment system for young children using haptics on human scale play-field with real-time physics engine. Experienced post-doc at NHK-ES in Japan, ENSAM Presence & Innovation Laboratory in France, Science Communicator in national museum of emerging science and innovation (Miraikan, Japan), IVRC Executive Committee. Visiting professor in Digital Hollywood University Graduate School since 2018.
SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions
Committee Member
- SIGGRAPH Asia 2015: Symposium on Education
Conference Contributions
Experiences
-
Appy Hour
Birds of a Feather
Contributor(s):Emerging Technologies
Contributor(s):Entry #: 16Real-Time Live!
Other Information
Roles
- Appy Hour Developer
- Art Show Organizing Committee Member
- Birds of Feather Presenter
- Education Program Organizing Committee Member
- Emerging Technologies Presenter
- Poster Presenter
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