Resonant Atmosphere

Hydroptical Thermal Feedback Hydroptical | UIST' 24

Visuo-Thermal Display Visuo-Thermal | SIGGRAPH '22

Redirection Redirection thru Heat

Swarm Body Swarm Body | CHI '24

RattlEye RattlEye | SIGGRAPH '22

ThermoBlinds ThermoBlinds | UbiComp '22

Swell by Light thumbnail Swell by Light | TEI '25 (to appear)

Everyday thumbnail Everyday Thermal | TEI '25 (to appear)

Heat-O-Phone Heat-O-Phone | Guthman Fair '23



What if the atmosphere (air temperature, smell, lighting, sound) dynamically changed according to your actions and states?
I am a Ph.D. student in Future Feelings Lab at Georgia Tech (advisor: Noura Howell).
I envision Resonant Atmosphere, the world where the atmosphere and surroundings dynamically change based on our actions, bodily states, and emotions. Humans have long been using a variety of objects within their reach. For example, we take notes with a pen, cook dishes with a knife and a pot, and type texts with a keyboard. The resulting changes always occur within these objects; i.e., characters on a notebook, dishes, and texts or visual effects on a monitor. In Resonant Atmosphere, not only objects around us but also the atmosphere, something out of our reach and surrounding us, changes interactively.


Publications

  1. Swell by Light: An Approachable Technique for Freeform Raised Textures
    Sosuke Ichihashi, Noura Howell, HyunJoo Oh
    TEI '25 Pictorial (to appear)  

  2. Towards Designing for Everyday Thermal Experiences
    Sosuke Ichihashi, Kosha Bedha, Noura Howell
    TEI '25 Pictorial (to appear)  

  3. Hydroptical Thermal Feedback: Spatial Thermal Feedback Using Visible Lights and Water
    Sosuke Ichihashi, Masahiko Inami, Hsin-Ni Ho, Noura Howell
    UIST '24 Paper   video

  4. Swarm Body: Embodied Swarm Robots
    Sosuke Ichihashi, So Kuroki, Mai Nishimura, Kazumi Kasaura, Takefumi Hiraki, Kazutoshi Tanaka, Shigeo Yoshida
    CHI '24 paper   video
    Popular Choice Honorable Mention Award

  5. ThermoBlinds: Non-Contact, Highly Responsive Thermal Feedback for Thermal Interaction
    Sosuke Ichihashi, Arata Horie, Masaharu Hirose, Zendai Kashino, Shigeo Yoshida, Sohei Wakisaka, Masahiko Inami
    SIGGRAPH ’22 E-Tech paper   video

  6. The Effect of Temperature Presentation According to The Gaze of Others on Remote Communications
    Sosuke Ichihashi, Arata Horie, Zendai Kashino, Shigeo Yoshida, Masahiko Inami
    ISMCR '21 Program

  7. High-Speed Non-Contact Thermal Display Using Infrared Rays and Shutter Mechanism
    Sosuke Ichihashi, Arata Horie, Masaharu Hirose, Zendai Kashino, Shigeo Yoshida, Masahiko Inami
    UbiComp-ISWC ’21 workshop MIMSVAI paper
    Best Paper Award


Experiences

Education

  •          2022-2026      PhD in Digital Media @ Georgia Tech
                                    Advised by Prof. Noura Howell
                                    Topic: Augmented Perception & Non-Contact Interaction

  •                   2022      MAS in Interdisciplinary Information Studies @ University of Tokyo
                                    Advised by Prof. Masahiko Inami
                                    Thesis: Gaze Interaction Using Non-Contact Thermal Feedback

  •                   2020      BE in Global Engineering @ Kyoto University
                                    Advised by Prof. Takahiro Sayama
                                    Thesis: Combinatorial Optimization for Parameter Identification of a
                                          Rainfall-Runoff Model Applied to 120 Dam River Basins in Japan

  •                   2018      Exchange in ECE @ University of Texas at Austin
                                    University Honor (Fall 2018)

Research Intern

  • 2024.07-2024.08      Ho Haptics Lab @ Kyushu University, Japan
                                    Research Intern advised by Prof. Hsin-Ni Ho
                                    Topic: Development of Hydroptical Thermal Display

  • 2023.08-2024.02      Code Craft Lab @ Georgia Tech, USA
                                    Independent Study advised by Prof. HyunJoo Oh
                                    Topic: 2.5D Fabrication (paper under review)

  • 2023.05-2023.08      Interaction Group @ Omron Sinic X, Japan
                                    Research Intern advised by Dr. Shigeo Yoshida
                                    Topic: Swarm Body (CHI '24)

Teaching

  •                   2024      TA in LMC 2700 Intro to Computational Media
                                    @ Georgia Tech, USA

  •                                 Instructor in LMC 2400 Intro to Media Studies
                                    @ Georgia Tech, USA

  •                   2023      TA in LMC 6130 Computer as Expressive Medium
                                    @ Georgia Tech, USA

  •                   2019      Translator in JSPS Science Dialogue Program
                                    @ Akashi Kita Science High School, Japan   report

  •                   2018      Instructor in Japanese History
                                    @ Johan Heinrich Pestalozzi Elementary School, Nothern Macedonia

  •                   2017      Instructor in Kyoto University Disaster Prevention School
                                    @ Five elementary schools in Makassar, Indonesia

  •                                 TA in Engineering Science Global Communication Programme
                                    @ Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore


Articles

  1. Nikkei article about Swarm Body   2024

  2. Company's article about Swarm Body   2023

  3. University's article about my exchange at UT Austin   2019


Other Works

MomentoChroma MomentoChroma
geo Tsunami Estimation


  1. The Effect of Temperature Presentation According to the Gaze of Others on Remote Communications
    Sosuke Ichihashi, Arata Horie, Zendai Kashino, Shigeo Yoshida, Masahiko Inami
    VRSJ '21 paper (Japanese)

  2. High-Response Thermal Presentation by Controlling Infrared Radiant Intensity Using a Shutter Mechanism
    Sosuke Ichihashi, Arata Horie, Zendai Kashino, Shigeo Yoshida, Masahiko Inami
    IPSJ EC '21 paper (Japanese)

  3. Preliminary Study on Orientation Perception with Far Infrared Stimulus
    Sosuke Ichihashi, Arata Horie, Hiroto Saito, Zendai Kashino, Masahiko Inami
    SICE SI '20 program (Japanese)

  4. UT Austin GEO 327G GIS & GPS Applications in Earth Sciences: Maps of the Week
    class website

  5. UT Austin GEO 327G GIS & GPS Applications in Earth Sciences: Final Project
    Population Affected by the Tsunami of the Tohoku Earthquake; March 11, 2011
    paper

  6. Graduation Thesis at Kyoto University
    Combinatorial Optimization for Parameter Identification of a Rainfall-Runoff Model Applied to 120 Dam River Basins in Japan