伊東健一
Kenichi Ito
My research interest is improving presence and immersion in virtual reality through the sensation of wind.
Contact: kenichiito@k-ito.dev
Job Experience
Apr. 2024–Present
Researcher, Melt Interface Technologies Inc. (formerly Diver-X Inc.)
Apr. 2021–Mar. 2024
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1)
Education
Apr. 2021–Mar. 2024
Ph.D. in Environmental Studies, Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Human & Environment Informatics Lab.
Apr. 2019–Mar. 2021
Master of Environmental Studies, Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Human & Environment Informatics Lab.
Apr. 2015–Mar. 2019
Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Research Publications
Journal Articles
Juro Hosoi, Yuki Ban, Kenichi Ito, and Shin'ichi Warisawa. Pseudo-Wind Perception Induced by Cross-Modal Reproduction of Thermal, Vibrotactile, Visual, and Auditory Stimuli. IEEE Access. Vol. 11, pp. 4781–4793. January 2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3236310
International Conferences (Peer-reviewed)
Shoko Kimura, Ayaka Fujii, Kenichi Ito, Rihito Tsuboi, and Yoshinori Natsume. Into the Womb -I want to be born again-. SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 XR. Article No. 9, Tokyo, Japan. November 2024
https://doi.org/10.1145/3681759.3688911Kenichi Ito, Juro Hosoi, Kei Takanohashi, Yuki Ban, and Shin'ichi Warisawa. Clothes Vibration Device for Producing Tactile Stimuli to Evoke the Perception of Strong Wind. 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR). pp. 1266–1275. October 2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/ismar62088.2024.00143Kenichi Ito, Juro Hosoi, Kei Takanohashi, Yuki Ban, and Shin'ichi Warisawa. WearSway: Wearable Device to Reproduce Tactile Stimuli of Strong Wind through Swaying Clothes. SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 Emerging Technologies. Article No. 23, Sydney, NSW, Australia. December 2023
https://doi.org/10.1145/3610541.3614576Shoko Kimura, Kenichi Ito, Ayaka Fujii, Rihito Tsuboi, Kazuki Okawa, Hibiki Kojima, Keisuke Kitagawa, and Yoshinori Natsume. Inclusive Quiet Room -for building an inclusive society-. SIGGRAPH 2023 Emerging Technologies. Los Angeles, CA, USA. August 2023
https://doi.org/10.1145/3588037.3603420Yi Jin, Kenichi Ito, Yuki Ban, and Shin'ichi Warisawa. Impact of Sound Localization on Roughness Perception in Audio-tactile Cross-modal Effect. IEEE World Haptics 2023 conference. Work in Progress, WIP.E2a.2, Delft, Netherlands. July 2023
https://2023.worldhaptics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1006-doc.pdfKenichi Ito, Juro Hosoi, Yuki Ban, Takayuki Kikuchi, Kyosuke Nakagawa, Hanako Kitagawa, Chizuru Murakami, Yosuke Imai, and Shin'ichi Warisawa. Wind comfort and emotion can be changed by the cross-modal presentation of audio-visual stimuli of indoor and outdoor environments. 2023 IEEE Conference Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR). pp. 215–225, Shanghai, China. March 2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/VR55154.2023.00037Juro Hosoi, Yuki Ban, Kenichi Ito, and Shin'ichi Warisawa. VWind: Virtual Wind Sensation to the Ear by Cross-Modal Effects of Audio-Visual, Thermal, and Vibrotactile Stimuli. SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 Emerging Technologies (SA ’21). Article No. 18, pp. 1–2, Tokyo, Japan. December 2021
https://doi.org/10.1145/3476122.3484848Kenichi Ito, Yuki Ban, Hikaru Takeda, Jun Takahashi, Kazuaki Harada, and Shin'ichi Warisawa. Demonstration of Tactile Reverse Playback: Presenting Temporally Reversed Vibration to Increase Convincingness of Reversed Videos. IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC) 2021. Interactive Demonstrations, p. 598. July 2021Honorable Mention: Best Video Demonstration
https://2021.worldhaptics.org/demo-program/Kenichi Ito, Yuki Ban, and Shin'ichi Warisawa. Manipulating the Perceived Directions of Wind by Visuo-Audio-Haptic Cross-Modal Effects. EuroHaptics 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 12272. September 2020Top-3 for Best Poster Award
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58147-3_26Shoko Kimura, Ayaka Fujii, Kenichi Ito, Kazuki Asakura, Rihito Tsuboi, and Kazunori Miyata. Into the Womb – Born Again: A VR Experience of Being Warmly Swaddled using “Otonamaki” from Japanese Method. In Proceedings of Virtual Reality International Conference (VRIC), S. Richir Ed, pp. 169–171. Laval, France, Publisher: Laval Virtual. April 2020
https://doi.org/10.20870/IJVR.2020...3316Kenichi Ito, Yuki Ban, and Shin'ichi Warisawa. Alteredwind: Manipulating Perceived Direction of the Wind by Cross-modal Presentation of Visual, Audio and Wind Stimuli. SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Emerging Technologies (SA ’19). pp. 3–4, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. November 2019
https://doi.org/10.1145/3355049.3360525Kenichi Ito, Yuki Ban, and Shin'ichi Warisawa. Manipulation of the Perceived Direction of Wind by Cross-modal Effects of Wind and Three-dimensional Sound. 2019 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC) Hands-on Demos. DM1.05. Tokyo, Japan. July 2019
https://www.worldhaptics2019.org/program/demoKenichi Ito, Yuki Ban, and Shin'ichi Warisawa. Manipulation of the Perceived Direction of Wind by Cross-modal Effects of Wind and Three-dimensional Sound. 2019 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC). pp. 622–627, Tokyo, Japan. July 2019
https://doi.org/10.1109/WHC.2019.8816111
Patents
Jun Kojima, Hitoshi Yasuda, et al.. Force sense presentation apparatus. Japanese Patent Application No. 2026-34508, Japanese Patent No. 7905655. 2026
Jun Kojima, Hitoshi Yasuda, et al.. Force sense presenting device and information processing apparatus. Japanese Patent Application No. 2026-34509, Japanese Patent No. 7905656. 2026
Jun Kojima, Hitoshi Yasuda, et al.. Force sense presenting device and information processing apparatus. Japanese Patent Application No. 2026-34510, Japanese Patent No. 7905657. 2026
Jun Kojima, Hitoshi Yasuda, et al.. Force sense presenting device and information processing apparatus. Japanese Patent Application No. 2026-96146, Japanese Patent No. 7905660. 2026
Exhibitions
Shoko Kimura, Kenichi Ito, Rihito Tsuboi, Kazuki Okawa, Hibiki Kojima, Ayaka Fujii, Keisuke Kitagawa, and Yoshinori Natsume. Inclusive Quiet Room -for building an inclusive society-. Laval Virtual 2023 ReVolution #Research. March 2023SIGGRAPH Award / ReVolution #Research
Committee Memberships
- Nov. 2025–Present — Virtual Reality Society of Japan (VRSJ) Special Interest Group for Haptics
- Apr. 2025–Present — Virtual Reality Society of Japan (VRSJ) Newsletter committee
- Apr. 2024–Present — Organizer, Young Researcher Association for Haptics
- Jan. 2024–Apr. 2025 — ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2025, Assistant to Accessibility Chairs
- Dec. 2022–Present — Come On! Impacting ASteroids (COIAS) development team
Teaching
- Oct.–Nov. 2021 — Teaching Assistant, Proactive Research Commons, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- Apr.–Jun. 2021 — Teaching Assistant, Human and Engineered Environmental Studies (Basic ⅡA), Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- Jan.–Mar. 2021 — Teaching Assistant, Kashiwa Campus Science Camp, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- Apr.–Jun. 2020 — Teaching Assistant, Human and Engineered Environmental Studies (Basic Ⅱ), Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- Sep.–Dec. 2019 — Teaching Assistant, Exercises for creative design, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Certifications
- IPA Applied Information Technology Engineer
- IPA Fundamental Information Technology Engineer
- Driving licence (Japan)
- Senior Virtual Reality Specialist, Virtual Reality Society of Japan
- Grade Pre-1, the EIKEN Test in Practical English Proficiency
Other Activities
Presentations
- Kenichi Ito. A virtual exhibition room for sharing laboratory research. VTech Challenge 2020 online hackathon. Online (Mozilla Hubs), October 2020.
- Kenichi Ito. SUBACO: Smart USB BAttery Charging Organizer. IoTLT × IoT ALGYAN Summer Lightning Talk Festival, Android Bazaar and Conference 2018 Spring (ABC2018S). The University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus, June 2018.
- Yuusei Suzuki, Ryusuke Yamazaki, and Kenichi Ito. Observations of brightness during an annular solar eclipse from multiple locations. Proceedings of the 15th Junior Session of the Astronomical Society of Japan, pp. 98–99. Saitama, Japan, March 2013.
Exhibitions
- The University of Tokyo Research Commons. A crowd management system that visualizes congestion within a facility to maintain customer flow. Tsukuba Mini Maker Faire 2020, Tsukuba Capio, February 2020.
- Koichiro Inoue and Kenichi Ito. IoT Rice Cooker. Maker Faire Tokyo 2019, F/02-02, Tokyo Big Sight, August 2019.
Competitions
- Finalist, DISCO presents Discovery Channel Code Contest 2017, November 2017.
- Sponsor prize, SECCON 2016 Final (Team: riroshi), January 2017.
- Ryusuke Yamazaki, Kenichi Ito, et al. “Sachika,” a satellite for capturing all-sky video of space. Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences Award, Design Division, 24th Satellite Design Contest, November 2016.
Communities
- Haptic Engineer, Internal Space (Dec. 2019–Present).
- Astronomy Club, the University of Tokyo (Apr. 2015–Mar. 2017). Responsible for the sunrise, sunset, and twilight projector at the 2015 Komaba Festival planetarium, and for electronic circuits and equipment in 2016.
- Astronomy Club, Kurume University Junior and Senior High School (Apr. 2009–May 2014). Club president in the 2013 academic year.