At the 25th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), held in Bari, Italy, from October 5–9, Associate Professor Kazuyuki Fujita and our research collaborator Amber Maimon (University of Canterbury, HIT Lab NZ) each gave oral presentations on two accepted papers. Additionally, student Yuto Ogata presented a poster. In addition, Professor Yoshifumi Kitamura participated as a panelist in a panel discussion.

Oral Presentations of Papers

• Kazuyuki Fujita, Yuto Matsui, Ikuru Sato, Guanghan Zhao, Yoshifumi Kitamura: Switched Reading: Toward Seamless Visual-Auditory Switching When Reading Text in Augmented/Mixed Reality, Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on
  Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) 
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.06985
• Amber Maimon, Iddo Wald, Jonas Keppel, Eunhee Chang, Yoshifumi Kitamura, Stefan Schneegass, Rainer Malaka, Donald Degraen: Tactile Search: Enhancing Targeting in 3D Space, Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on
  Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) 
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.05867

Poster Presentation

• Yuto Ogata, Kodai Hatakeyama, Eunhee Chang, Guanghan Zhao, Yuhui Wang, Kazuyuki Fujita, Yoshifumi Kitamura: StereoBrake: Towards Mitigating VR Sickness by Suppressing Stereopsis with a 2D Projection

Panel Discussion

• Rethinking Academic Conferences: Meaningful Connections at a Distance
  Moderator: Rob Lindemann (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
  Panelists: Pablo Figueroa (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia), Jens Grubert (Coburg University, Germany), Yoshifumi Kitamura (Tohoku University, Japan), Tabitha Peck (Davidson College, USA)
  https://www.ieeeismar.net/2026/panels/