Hydroptical | UIST' 24

Visuo-Thermal | SIGGRAPH '22

Redirection thru Heat

Swarm Body | CHI '24

RattlEye | SIGGRAPH '22

ThermoBlinds | UbiComp '22

Swell by Light | TEI '25

Everyday Thermal | TEI '25

What if we could dynamically control the atmosphere (air, light, and heat)?

Sosuke, a PhD student at Georgia Institute of Technology, envisions a concept he calls Interactive Atmosphere: a world where the atmosphere around us is dynamically controlled. Humans have interacted with the world through objects. When we write, cook, or type, the outcomes of our actions are reflected in the objects: characters on paper, dishes, or text on a computer screen. Interactive Atmosphere shifts the focus of interaction from atoms (objects) to atmos (the aether-like in-between, a perceived world surrounds us). His work includes atmos control technologies, atmos interactions, atmos-based power delivery and communication, and atmos-based fabrication.

Publications

1. Swell by Light: An Approachable Technique for Freeform Raised Textures
   Sosuke Ichihashi, Noura Howell, HyunJoo Oh
   TEI '25 Paper   Project Page  

2. Towards Designing for Everyday Thermal Experiences
   Sosuke Ichihashi, Kosha Bedha, Noura Howell
   TEI '25 Paper  

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: Swell by Light (TEI '25)
• 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, Northern 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

Heat-O-Phone | Guthman Fair '23

MomentoChroma

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