BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Linklings LLC BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260805T205608Z LOCATION:Concourse Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T170000 UID:siggraph_SIGGRAPH 2026_sess250@linklings.com SUMMARY:Emerging Technologies DESCRIPTION:Emerging Technologies celebrates the inventive spirit driving the evolution of graphics and interactive experiences, showcasing how tech nology is shaping industries and transforming everyday life. Cast your vot e for the Emerging Technologies Audience Choice Award, which will be annou nced on Thursday, 24 July, from 12–12:30 on the Spatial Storytelling stage . Vote here .\n\nA MIDI-Controlled Water-Droplet Interface for Generating Droplet Impact Sounds\n\nThe system is a MIDI-controlled interface that en ables musical performance using water droplet collision sounds. It integra tes solenoid valves for precise droplet timing and diameter control with t ubular resonators for frequency-based pitch modulation. This setup achieve s expressive rhythm, volume, ...\n\n\nTaisei Kato and Tetsuaki Baba (Tokyo Metropolitan University)\n---------------------\nDemonstrating StepDance: Redesigned CNC Machines Integrating Real-Time Control in Digital Fabricat ion\n\nWe present a set of redesigned CNC machines for craft-aligned digit al fabrication, that combine pre-planned and real-time motion control.\nTh ese machines re-envision how programmatic machine control can support a di versity of fabrication workflows, in particular demonstrating the potentia l for machin...\n\n\nEmilie Yu and Alejandro Aponte (University of Califor nia Santa Barbara), Ilan Moyer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT )), Devon Frost (University of California Santa Barbara), Maria Yang (Mass achusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)), and Jennifer Jacobs (University of California Santa Barbara)\n---------------------\nDevelopment of a Port able 3D Pulling Illusion System Using the 3D Vibration Motor "XReactor"\n\ nWe present XReactor, a compact motor that creates realistic 3D vibrations in any direction. Unlike traditional composite devices, its simple design provides 3d haptic sensations without complex controls. By combining it w ith VR, users can feel the more realistic weight and resistance of virtual obje...\n\n\nSoya Kokubo, Akira Heya, and Riko Ogawara (Nagoya University ); Shinji Hatano and Masaaki Ando (NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION); and Tsu yoshi Inoue (Nagoya University)\n---------------------\nEmerFlux: A Two-La yer Liquid Surface Display for Organic Pixel-Based Aesthetic Representatio n of Information\n\nEmerFlux is a two-layer liquid surface display that re nders dynamic protruding pixels at the water–oil interface. By independent ly controlling an 11×11 pump array, it enables organic dot-based patterns and fluid aesthetic expressions directly on a living liquid surface.\n\n\n Kaito Shimizu and Toshitaka Amaoka (Meisei University)\n------------------ ---\nEmoMime: Augmenting Social Behavior and Self-Expression via Wearable Robotic Limbs\n\nEmoMime is a neck-mounted wearable robotic system designe d to augment social behavior and self-expression. Utilizing a soft-rigid h ybrid structure, it enables safe, expressive interactions near the user's face. We invite attendees to experience how a human-like robotic hand near the face dynamically...\n\n\nHideki Shimobayashi (RCAST, The University o f Tokyo); Tomoya Sasaki (Tokyo University of Science; RCAST, The Universit y of Tokyo); Masaharu Hirose (RCAST, The University of Tokyo); Arata Horie (RCAST, The University of Tokyo; commissure Inc.); and Masahiko Inami (RC AST, The University of Tokyo)\n---------------------\nEnableController: Ge nerative Kinematics for Universal Access and Gamified Rehabilitation\n\nEn ableController democratizes gaming accessibility by transforming the human body into a universal input device. Using Generative AI to translate natu ral language into kinematic controls, and virtual emulation for compatibil ity, it allows users with disabilities to play any commercial game using t he...\n\n\nYiyang Shang and Paul Diefenbach (Drexel University)\n--------- ------------\nExperience Sharing Studio: An Immersive Platform for Spatio- Temporal Recording and Playback of Embodied Multisensory Memory\n\nExperie nce Sharing Studio (ESS) lets visitors relive recorded human experiences t hrough synchronized spatial video, sound, haptics, floor feedback, and 3D poses. Using the Experium Platform and unique Experience IDs, ESS connects audiovisual and embodied information into interactive playback. Visito... \n\n\nHaruomi Higashi and Yufan Zhu (Keio University Graduate School of Me dia Design); Kohei Kobayashi (Musashino Art University Imaging Arts and Sc iences, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design); Kiryu Tsujita, J insuke Morita, Emi Koizumi, Jiayi Shen, and Mauricio Sousa (Keio Universit y Graduate School of Media Design); Arata Horie (Keio University Graduate School of Media Design, commissure Inc.); and Takatoshi Yoshida and Kouta Minamizawa (Keio University Graduate School of Media Design)\n------------ ---------\nGround Spin Strike: Presentation of Impact Sensations by a Floo r-Mounted Turntable\n\nThis study proposes a floor-mounted turntable that enhances impact sensation in VR by simulating reaction forces to the feet during striking actions. Unlike conventional hand-based haptic devices, th e proposed approach leverages whole-body force propagation. We demonstrate a VR-based sports applicat...\n\n\nMutsuki Shimada, Izumi Mizoguchi, and Hiroyuki Kajimoto (The University of Electro-Communications)\n------------ ---------\nKatakko: Embodiment of Modular Robots through Automatic Motion Mapping\n\nThis paper presents Katakko, a modular robot system that enable s users to create and embody personalized social agents. Katakko provides communication-oriented modules (display, actuator, mobile, and sensor) and an optimization-based algorithm that automatically generates joint-to-joi nt mappings bet...\n\n\nSotaro YOKOI (University of Tokyo) and Naoki Shita nda, Kento Matsuo, and Takuji Narumi (The University of Tokyo)\n---------- -----------\nLentiMorpho: A Display that Switches Between View-Dependent a nd View-Independent Modes by Varying Liquid Volume\n\nLentiMorpho is a rec onfigurable light field display that dynamically switches between view-dep endent and view-independent presentation by varying liquid volume within a glass-bead lens array. By physically enabling or disabling optical functi onality, the system allows a single display to alternate b...\n\n\nRintaro Akiyama (Hosei University, Aoyama Gakuin University); Kouyou Otsu, Mai Ka mihori, and Yuichi Itoh (Aoyama Gakuin University); and Takafumi Koike (Ho sei University)\n---------------------\nMountless Aerial HMDs: Designing N on-Wearable HMD Experiences Based on Aerial Imaging Optics\n\nWe present a non-wearable VR system that forms stereoscopic aerial images in front of the user. By eliminating head-mounted devices, our mountless aerial HMD en ables quick, comfortable transitions between physical and virtual spaces, offering a new design space for immersive VR experiences.\n\n\nShogo Fukus hima (Kyushu University)\n---------------------\nNWON Large-Scale Flexible Electrostatic Speaker for Immersive Spatial Audio\n\n"Where Sound Meets T omorrow" presents a revolutionary fabric-integrated speaker system that bl ends seamless aesthetics with high-fidelity audio. This thin, flexible, an d washable textile transforms everyday surfaces and garments into immersiv e acoustic interfaces, unlocking new possibilities for wea...\n\n\nAkihisa Suzuki (Tsuchiya Co., Ltd.); Manabu Yoshida (National Institute of Advanc ed Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)); Hitoshi Ito (Tsuchiya TSCO C O., Ltd); Ryusuke Tomita, Hiroe Kitamura, and Satoru Nomoto (Tsuchiya CO., Ltd.); and Dolby Karasawa and Yuji Ohto (Tsuchiya CO., Ltd)\n------------ ---------\nPinlight AR Near-Eye Display with Large FOV and Expanded Eyebox through Eye Tracking\n\nWe present a compact pinlight AR display that ach ieves a wide field of view and expanded eyebox via dynamic eye tracking. A camera rig captures multi-view pupil images to estimate 3D pupil position using a neural network, enabling more precise 3D eye tracking. A prototyp e validates the proposed appr...\n\n\nZheye Yu (Shanghai University, Singa pore Institute of Technology); Shenghao Zhao (Singapore Institute of Techn ology); Jing Zhang (Shanghai University); Xinxing Xia (Shanghai University , SHU General Intelligent Robotics Research Institute); Andrei State (Univ ersity of North Carolina Chapel Hill); Tat-Jen Cham (Nanyang Technological University); Frank Guan (Singapore Institute of Technology); and Henry Fu chs (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)\n---------------------\nRet hinking the Render-Display Pipeline to Reduce Latency in Interaction\n\nWe propose an integration of render and display that reduces interactive lat ency far below delays in current systems -- our measurements show click-to -photon latency below 2 ms. We will demonstrate a low-resolution hardware prototype of this integrated pipeline along with a high-resolution interac ti...\n\n\nEvan Jonson (North Carolina State University); Aaron Fulmer (Fr ancis Marion University, North Carolina State University); Hee-Jin Choi (S ejong University); Hyoungsik Nam (Kyung Hee University); and Benjamin Wats on (North Carolina State University)\n---------------------\nSearchable.Ci ty: An Open-Vocabulary Semantic Atlas\n\nSearchable.City is an open-vocabu lary semantic atlas, built by running a vision-language model (VLM) on mil lions of street-view images to create a searchable visual index of the cit y. It turns street-level imagery into a map of visual patterns, revealing where architectural styles, infrastructure, c...\n\n\nSean Hardesty Lewis (Cornell Tech)\n---------------------\nShall We Dance? Resonance of Intent ions with an Embodied Agent based on the Free Energy Principle\n\nWe propo se an agent grounded in the Free Energy Principle that negotiates intentio ns through physical interaction. Using a predictive coding-based RNN, the agent dynamically updates internal intentions and time constants to minimi ze prediction errors, enabling seamless synchronization with human cho...\ n\n\nTakeru Hashimoto (Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.; Okinawa I nstitute of Science and Technology Graduate University); Jun Tani (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University); and Shunichi Ka sahara (Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.; Okinawa Institute of Sci ence and Technology Graduate University)\n---------------------\nTelekinet ic Drive: Controlling Robots with Intent-Leaking Micro-Motions\n\nWe propo se Telekinetic Drive, a robot control system which directly connects user intent to control output by utilizing bodily micro-motions that unconsciou sly leak out when the user intends to operate. Participants move a robot a rm through mental effort without wearing any devices or explicitly mov...\ n\n\nGenki Akimoto and Shuto Takashita (RCAST, The University of Tokyo); T omoya Sasaki (RCAST, The University of Tokyo; Tokyo University of Science) ; and Hiroto Saito and Masahiko Inami (RCAST, The University of Tokyo)\n-- -------------------\nWAVY (Wearable hAptics for Virtual realitY)\n\nHand-w orn haptic device using ultrasonic lubrication brakes and vibrotactile act uators in an artistic VR scenario\n\n\nSylvain Bouchigny, Pierre-Henri Oré fice, Céphise Louison, and Sabrina Panëels (Université Paris-Saclay CEA Li st, Palaiseau, France)\n\nInterest Area: Arts & Design, Gaming & Interacti ve, New Technologies, Research & Education\n\nKeyword: Art, Artificial Int elligence/Machine Learning, Audio, Augmented Reality, Capture/Scanning, Co mputer Vision, Digital Twins, Display, Dynamics, Education, Fabrication, G ames, Generative AI, Graphics Systems Architecture, Haptics, Hardware, Ima ge Processing, Performance, Physical AI, Pipeline Tools and Work, Real-Tim e, Robotics, Scientific Visualization, Spatial Computing, Virtual Reality\ n\nRegistration Category: Full Conference Supporter, Full Conference, Expe rience END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR