Events

Demos and workshops hosted by the group

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(Not including numerous private demos to vistors of our lab; see the end of the page.)

Date Category Event Location Audience Attendance
21 Apr 2021 Demo RIKEN Online Open Day 2021 RIKEN, Wako, Japan Public 3, +streamers

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16 Dec 2019 Demo Würzburg Workshop HITS Heidelberg, Germany Professional ~10

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26 Nov 2019 Workshop All-RIKEN VR Workshop, session 2 RIKEN, Wako, Japan Professional ~10
Participants of the all-RIKEN VR workshop learn how to develop a 3D game with the Unity engine, as an introduction to 3D development. Participants of the all-RIKEN VR workshop, from various disciplines, discuss how to visualize their data in 3D.
7 Oct 2019 Workshop All-RIKEN VR Workshop, session 1 RIKEN, Wako, Japan Professional ~30

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20-24 May 2019 Demo FOE Conference Raleigh, NC, USA Professional ~30

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20 Apr 2019 Demo RIKEN Open Day RIKEN, Wako, Japan Public ~100
With thanks to the following staff who assisted: Shigehiro Nagataki and Tamaki Shibasaki (receptionists); Masaomi Ono, Hirotaka Ito, Masanori Arakawa, Hiroyoshi Iwasaki, and Yuki Takei (navigators); Haoning He, Oliver Just, and Yongjia Huang (photographers).
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Date Category Event Location Audience Attendance
22 Jan 2019 Demo DTA Symposium NAOJ, Mitaka, Japan Professional ~3

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20 Dec 2018 Demo CIRADA meeting U. of Manitoba, HCI Lab Professional ~10

Date Category Event Location Audience Attendance
21 Apr 2018 Demo RIKEN Open Day RIKEN, Wako, Japan Public ~100
With thanks to the following staff who assisted: Shigehiro Nagataki and Tamaki Shibasaki (receptionists); Masaomi Ono, Hirotaka Ito, Susumu Inoue, Masanori Arakawa, Atsuhiro Ebata, and Yutaro Yoshino (navigators); Haoning He and Oliver Just (photographers).
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Date Category Event Location Audience Attendance
21 Nov 2017 Demo RIKEN Centennial Meeting RIKEN, Wako, Japan Public ~30
Employees of the accounting section watch with curiosity, as one of them explores a 3D model of a supernova. The VR experienced is presented here for the first time to a non-professional public, during RIKEN's Centennial Meeting. Reactions from the visitors to the VR experience at RIKEN's Centennial Meeting.

Date Category Event Location Audience Attendance
20 Nov 2017 Demo Offsite visit Kavli IPMU, Kashiwa, Japan Professional 10-30

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6-10 Nov 2017 Demo Theories of ABBs Conference RIKEN, Wako, Japan Professional 10-30
Theories of Astrophysical Big Bangs', a first participant observes in VR the result of SNR simulations, as part of the talk of G. F. A researcher participating in the international workshop 'Theories of Astrophysical Big Bangs' interacting with a live 3D visualization of the latest supernova remnant simulations from G. F., after hearing the science talk about it. A researcher participating in the international workshop 'Theories of Astrophysical Big Bangs' interacting with a live 3D visualization of the latest supernova remnant simulations from G. F., after hearing the science talk about it.

Date Category Event Location Audience Attendance
25 Oct 2017 Workshop ABBL VR Workshop, session 2 RIKEN, Wako, Japan Professional ~10
4 Oct 2017 Workshop ABBL VR Workshop, session 1 RIKEN, Wako, Japan Professional ~10

Date Category Event Location Audience Attendance
22 Jul 2017 Demo Offsite visit U. of Manitoba, HCI Lab Professional ~10

Demos given to individual visitors

A visiting colleague peers into a supernova from beneath. The State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is given a VR demonstration during his visit of RIKEN. A visiting researcher to the Astrophysical Big Bang Laboratory (ABBL), who is working on gamma-ray bursts, sees her main research finding (a fundamental plane in parameter space) for the first time in real 3D. An external reviewer of the iTHEMS Advisory Council is checking out VR development work. A visiting colleague, also exploring VR, tries our latest demo. A participant of an ABBL international workshop, who is also exploring VR, tries our latest demo.