3D Ergonomics Research Committee Activities and Publications
Ergonomics in the “3D First Year”
  • Junki Yoshitake, Sanghyun Kim, Hiroyuki Morikawa, Takashi Kawai, Osamu Yamada, Akihiko Iguchi: Psycho-physiological effects of artifacts caused by stereoscopic display systems, Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of Kanto-Branch, Japan Ergonomics Society, 160-161, 2010 (in Japanese)
  • Fumiya Muneyuki, Hiroyuki Morikawa, Takashi Kawai, Jesse Wang, Brian Chong: Psycho-physiological effects of 3D movie viewing and 3D game playing by using a 3D note PC, Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of Kanto-Branch, Japan Ergonomics Society, 162-163, 2010 (in Japanese)
  • Masahiro Hirahara, Sanghyun Kim, Hiroyuki Morikawa, Takashi Kawai, Takafumi Miura, Toshiro Obitsu: Psycho-physiological effects of 3D movie viewing by using a PC with 3D display, Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of Kanto-Branch, Japan Ergonomics Society, 164-165, 2010 (in Japanese)
  • Ryo Kato, Takuya Nakamura, Yu Yasuda, Reiko Mitsuya, Takashi Kawai, Jari Takatalo, Gote Nyman: Evaluation of user experiences by playing a stereoscopic videogame, Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of Kanto-Branch, Japan Ergonomics Society, 164-165, 2010 (in Japanese)
  • Hayoung Yoon, Nobuaki Abe, Keiji Ohta, Takashi Kawai, Shinichiro Suzuki: Subjective evaluation of stereoscopic image contents for a dome screen theater, Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of Kanto-Branch, Japan Ergonomics Society, 168-169, 2010 (in Japanese)
  • Nobuaki Abe, Keiji Ohta, Takashi Kawai, Kohei Ando, Tsukasa Kakinuma, Kazuko Fujita, Naoko Kudo: Evaluation of a stereoscopic content created by 2D to 3D conversion for a museum exhibition, Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of Kanto-Branch, Japan Ergonomics Society, 170-171, 2010 (in Japanese)
3D ergonomics - viewing safety and comfort
  • Toyohiko Hatada: Stereoscopic images and biological effects, The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics, (Supplement), 44-45, 2011 (in Japanese)
  • Tsuneto Iwasaki: Permissible values of binocular disparity on a 3-D display based on the physiological characteristics of visual functions, The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics, 47 (Supplement), 46-47, 2011 (in Japanese)
  • Takashi Shibata: Visual comfort associated with viewing 3-D displays in terms of viewing distance, The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics, 47 (Supplement), 48-49, 2011 (in Japanese)
New paradigm of comfort 3D viewing experience
Moderator: Takashi Kawai (Professor at Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University)
Lecturers:
  • Takashi Shibata (Adjunct Researcher at Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University)
  • Tomoya Handa (Associate Professor at School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University)
Social media and 3D
  • Takashi Kawai: Social Media and 3D - From the Creator’s Perspective, Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of Kanto-Branch, Japan Ergonomics Society, 96-97, 2011 (in Japanese)
  • Katsumi Watanabe: Social Media and 3D - From the User’s Perspective, Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of Kanto-Branch, Japan Ergonomics Society, 98-99, 2011 (in Japanese)
Current approaches and future tasks on 3DTV
* Cosponsored by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Lecturers:
  • Shigeo Okamoto (Deputy Director at Standardization Division, Global ICT Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
  • Takashi Kawai (Professor at Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University)
  • Takayuki Ito (Executive Research Engineer at NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories)
  • Hiroshi Ando (Director at Multisensory Cognition and Computation Laboratory, Universal Communication Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology)
  • Tomoya Handa (Associate Professor at School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University)
  • Toyohiko Hatada (Principal, Tokyo Optometric College)
Cognitive and emotional characteristics of 3D
  • Katsumi Watanabe, Fuminori Ono: Perception of Space and Time by human observers and its applications for the three-dimensional visual representations, The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics, 49 (Supplement), 32-33, 2013 (in Japanese)
  • Hiroko Kandachi, Yoshihisa Koido, Sanghyun Kim, Hiroyuki Morikawa, Reiko Mitsuya, Takashi Kawai, Katsumi Watanabe: Partially converted stereoscopic images and the effects on attention and memory, The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics, 49 (Supplement), 34-35, 2013 (in Japanese)
  • Daiki Hiraga, Sanghyun Kim, Hiroyuki Morikawa, Reiko Mitsuya, Takashi Kawai, Katsumi Watanabe: Binocular disparity and preference judgment in stereoscopic targets, The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics, 49 (Supplement), 36-37, 2013 (in Japanese)
  • Masahiro Takahashi, Sanghyun Kim, Hiroyuki Morikawa, Reiko Mitsuya, Takashi Kawai, Katsumi Watanabe: Judgment characteristics of left / right-turning on tilting navigation screen by binocular disparity, The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics, 49 (Supplement), 38-39, 2013 (in Japanese)
  • Daiki Atsuta, Yuya Tomiyama, Sanghyun Kim, Hiroyuki Morikawa, Reiko Mitsuya, Takashi Kawai, Jukka Häkkinen: Disparity modification and the effects on emotional representation of stereoscopic images, The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics, 49 (Supplement), 38-39, 2013 (in Japanese)
New approaches of 3D ergonomics
  • Satoru Kubota: An analysis of image disparity of 3D video, The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics, 50 (Supplement), 48-49, 2014 (in Japanese)
  • Takashi Kawai: Ergonomics approaches for functional examination of stereoscopic content, The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics, 50 (Supplement), 50-51, 2014 (in Japanese)
Cognitive distortions of stereoscopic (3D) visual space and 3D reconstruction of digital contents
  • Katsumi Watanabe (Associate Professor at Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
  • Yosuke Okunari (Producer, SEGA Corporation)
  • Naoki Horii (CEO, M2 Co.,Ltd.)
  • Takashi Kawai (Professor at Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University)