Keita Watanabe (Meiji University)- Designing Between Body and Information: Explorations in Interaction Design
Abstract: This talk explores how interaction design can bridge the gap between body, environment, and information. I will introduce a series of projects from my lab, including pseudo-haptics through cursor behavior, a sense of self-ownership in graphical space, physicalizing of digital information via 3D printing and IoT, and recent experiments using brain-computer interfaces (BCI). By framing these efforts within the dual trajectories of Digital Transformation (DX) and Physical Transformation (PX), I propose a vision of interaction design as a method for shaping sustainable desire fulfillment in both digital and material contexts.
Speakers
Keita Watanabe
Keita Watanabe is a Professor at Meiji University in Tokyo, where he leads the Interaction Design Lab in the Department of Frontier Media Science, School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences. His research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), including pseudo-haptics, digital fabrication, interaction evaluation, and brain-computer interfaces. He is currently exploring how interaction design can be positioned as a way to support the sustainable fulfillment of human desire.
