Presenter

Nami OGAWA is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Michitaka HIROSE at the University of Tokyo in Japan. Her research fields are mainly virtual reality (VR) and perceptual psychology. Based on psychological theory, especially well-known illusions, she tries to develop ingenious displays and artworks that evoke artificial novel sensations and experiences. At the same time, she utilizes VR as an experimental tool to investigate human perception. She is interested in body ownership and cross-modal perception.