Augmented Societies – Sony CSL

This research area focuses on strengthening social systems through technology to create sustainable and harmonious communities. It addresses a wide range of challenges, including urban design, information sharing, and the optimization of decision-making processes. The goal is to propose new forms of collaboration and sustainable societal models.

Worldviews

Human Augmentation

I want to take humanity to a more natural world - Jun Rekimoto

Reseach Areas	Human Augmentation Augmented Societies
Researchers

Better societies in better environments

Vittorio Loreto

Reseach Areas	Augmented Societies Fundamental Research
Researchers

Brain Science and Mental Barrier-Free

Fitting environments to brains to achieve a mental-barrier-free society - Ai Koizumi

Reseach Areas	Fundamental Research Augmented Societies
Researchers

Projects

JackIn Space

Supporting the Seamless Transition Between First and Third Person View for Effective Telepresence Collaborations

Squama

Programmable physical windows and walls that allow individual control over the visibility of small square tiles.

Syneco Portal

Synecoculture Principles Learning Kit

SynecO, Inc

News & Articles

[MEDIA] Shinichi Furuya, Research Director, will appear on the science program Science View, broadcast by NHK WORLD-JAPAN.

2025年6月12日

"Worldview" by Jun Rekimoto is now available.

Human Augmentation

2025年5月13日

[INFO]A video introducing "Duetto" has been released.

A research project by Sony CSL - Rome, focused on human movement and AI.

2025年4月25日

[AWARD] Jun Rekimoto has been awarded membership in the IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Academy

2025年4月9日

An article about the Paper Authored by the Research Team from Sony CSL - Rome was published in ”The Economist”

2025年2月17日

[INFO] Synecoculture was featured in the World Economic Forum's white paper.

Climate Adaptation: Unlocking Value Chains with the Power of Technology

2025年2月12日

[TOPIC] Synecoculture has been featured on Sony Group’s portal site.

2024年12月20日

An Article in The Washington Post Discusses the Paper Authored by the Research Team from Sony CSL - Rome.

Why so many Americans prefer sprawl to walkable neighborhoods

2024年12月10日

Publications

Bellina, Alessandro and De Marzo, Giordano and Loreto, Vittorio

Full spectrum of novelties in time-dependent urn models

Phys. Rev. Res. | Vol.7, pages 023127, May, 2025

Alessandro Bellina and Giordano De Marzo and Vittorio Loreto

Modelling singularities in macroevolution

European Economic Review | Vol.177, pages 105052, 2025

Basilone, Riccardo and Bruno, Matteo and Melo, Hygor Piaget Monteiro and Avalle, Michele and Loreto, Vittorio

Road-Width-Aware Network Optimisation for Bike Lane Planning

arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.22550 | 2025