APMAR 2024
Asia-Pacific Workshop on Mixed and Augmented Reality 2024

Table of Contents

• Preface
  Summary: There were 43 submissions including "Regular Papers" ( 21 ) and publication-less presentations ("Pitch Your Work" (22)). Through the peer-review by program committee of this workshop, 21 papers were accepted for this volume, 16 as full papers and 5 as short papers.

Session 1 - Analysis, Regular Paper

• Drama Therapy in Virtual Reality: A Study on Session Design and Empathy Improvement
  Yoriko Matsuda , Yutaro Hirao , Monica Perusquía-Hernández , Hideaki Uchiyama , Kiyoshi Kiyokawa
• Effects of Facial Color and Expression of the Interviewer Avatar on User's Tension and Anxiety in VR Interview Training
  Souma Takanashi , Mie Sato
• Effects of a Time-varying Function on Multi-dimensional Data Understanding in VR Immersive Analytics
  Tetsuro Kamiyama , Mie Sato
• Estimation of Difficulty When Reading VR-based Educational Comics Using Gaze, Facial Movement, Heart Rate, and Electroencephalography
  Hiroyuki Ishizuka , Kenya Sakamoto , Shizuka Shirai , Yutaro Hirao , Monica Perusquía-Hernández , Hideaki Uchiyama , Kiyoshi Kiyokawa

Session 2 - Motion, Regular Paper

• Ability Evaluation of Basketball Players on Responding to Situations in VR Simulator
  Zichen Tan , Shota Nakazawa , Kenji Yoshida , Yoshinari Kameda
• Development of an Automatic Evaluation Method Based on Arm Swing Sensing in a VR Environment to Support Gait Improvement
  Koji Kanda , Hiroki Terashima , Aozora Shimao , Kenichiro Fujita , Takuhiro Mizuno , Shinya Kiriyama
• Development of a Simulation VR System for Kyudo Beginners to Train the Shooting Form Empty-handed or With a Rubber Practice Bow
  Shoei Nakamura , Keita Ushida
• Preliminary Comparative Analysis of E-Scooter and Pedestrian Speed Perception in a VR Environment
  Hayato Matsuura , Akira Utsumi , Hirotake Yamazoe

Session 3 - Devices & Interaction, Regular Paper

• GazeFlick: A Practical Text Input Method for AR-HMD Combining Eye Gaze and Flick Gesture
  Takumi Kishi , Yuichiro Fujimoto
• A Vibrotactile Device for Enabling Sound Localization and Identification for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals
  Miku Nakata , Yutaro Hirao , Monica Perusquía-Hernández , Naoya Isoyama , Hideaki Uchiyama , Kiyoshi Kiyokawa
• Wrist-worn Haptic Design for 3D Perception of the Surrounding Airflow in Virtual Reality
  Yuxuan Sun , Yuta Sugiura

Session 4 - Systems, Regular Paper

• Integrating Image Recognition and Board Games into Financial Education
  Yu-Han Hung , Hao-Bin Chao , Jie-Sin Liou , Ping-Hsuan Han , Yi-Zeng Hsieh , Ping-Lin Fan , Chien-Hsing Chou
• Earthquake Simulator by Augmented Substitutional Reality
  Tasuku Ishihara , Ryuta Nakanishi , Norihiko Kawai
• Digital Twin Construction for Real-World Metaverse: A Case Study of a Collaborative Escape Game
  Renta Inoue , Keigo Hattori , Hayato Iwasaki , Fumihiko Nakamura , Asako Kimura , Fumihisa Shibata
• ZenRide: XR Mindfulness Meditation Support System for Autonomous Vehicles
  Yuki Matoba , Takuto Akiyoshi , Taishi Sawabe

Session 5 - Analysis & Systems, Regular Paper

• Experience Augmentation in Physical Therapy by Simulating Patient-Specific Walking Motions
  Md Mustafizur Rahman , Goshiro Yamamoto , Chang Liu , Hiroaki Ueshima , Isidro Butaslac , Taishi Sawabe , Hirokazu Kato
• Visualizing Motion of Natural Objects by Deep Learning Optical Flow Estimation in an Omnidirectional Image for Virtual Sightseeing
  Motoki Kakuho , Norihiko Kawai
• Texture reproducibility evaluation on BRDF reproduction by Light Field Projection
  Kaito Kodan , Toshiyuki Amano
• Reducing the Proteus Effect in Virtual Reality: A Mental and Acting Approach
  Erika Kimura , Adelaide Genay , Kizashi Nakano , Yutaro Hirao , Monica Perusquía-Hernández , Takuji Narumi , Hideaki Uchiyama , Kiyoshi Kiyokawa

Session 6 - Processing, Regular Paper

• Reproduction of Specular Reflection Using 3D Gaussian Splatting in Diminished Reality for AR Marker Hiding
  Issa Narutomi , Norihiko Kawai
• XR-oriented Medical Elastodynamics: Developing a Versatile 2D Energy-based FEM Framework and Its Applications
  Xu Wang , Atsushi Konno