The Interaction Laboratory was established in 1999 for the purpose of investigating an ideal symbiotic relationship between humans and their information environment for the near future. A world in which wide area networks have penetrated into every layer of our society and all devices intercommunicate has been quickly becoming a reality. In such a world, instead of being restricted to matters of a single device, it is necessary to treat user interfaces as a matter of an interface against dynamically linking devices and the environment, or a mobile environment and a whole network society.

We believe it is important to pursue values such as 'amenity', 'amusement', 'beauty', and 'recreation' in addition to conventional value standards such as 'efficiency', 'usability' and 'safety'. The Interaction Laboratory is addressing those issues, not only with a technological approach of device/software/network, but with a total approach including design and life-style research. Each researcher has a diversifi ed technical background and unique personality and our research team includes even professional designers. The fundamental theme of our Interaction Laboratory is to 'design, realize and experience the future'.