Augmented Societies

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

"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

'WORLD' by Yuichiro Takeuchi is now available.

Wikitopia: A Future City Built by "Everyone"

2024年11月26日

Publications

Aoki, Hiroto and Hiroi, Yuichi and Itoh, Yuta and Rekimoto, Jun

Retinal homing display: Head-tracking auto-stereoscopic retinal projection display

29th {ACM} Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology | pages 1--10

Maeda, Nanaka and Doi, Akito and Masaya, Koki and Tanaka, Taiga and Aotake, Shuntaro and Funabashi, Masatoshi and Miki, Hiroshi and Otani, Takuya and Takanishi, Atsuo

Development of the agricultural robot in synecocultureTM environment — 6th Report, Linear Motion Mechanism with High Expansion and Contraction Ratio using Convex–

J. Robot. Soc. Jpn. | pages 116--119, 2025

Prevedello, Giulio and Verheyen, Lara and Brugnoli, Emanuele and Lo Sardo, D Ruggiero and Van Trijp, Remi

Adversarial behaviour in moral value expression: A statistical and frame-semantic analysis of social media

Lecture Notes in Computer Science | pages 61--75, 2025