[Special project] VR, AI, ... and the future of humanity -Game Watch

　The trigger was the "Ghost in the Shell Realize Project The Award The Award" held in February this year.This event is a project to realize future technology used in the world of the Ghost in the Shell, and to realize the production, government, and academic projects, especially at this event, and the Ghost in the Shell is presented.The "Ghost in the Shell University", which talks about how the future world is being realized as the theme of their research, was particularly exciting.

　Among them, I was particularly interested in my interests by Masahiko Inami, a professor at the University of Tokyo, Professor of Science and Technology.Inami has been conducting a variety of research, specializing in "optical camouflage", which can blend into the background with the "Ghost in the Shell", and specializes in "human expansion engineering", which "extends" human abilities.In recent years, more people are also working on new sports, Superhuman Sports, which can use modern technology to demonstrate human abilities on a larger scale.

　I read Inami's book, "The Birth of Super Human," and was very fascinated by the wide approach and the "future of mankind" after developing the current technology.The "Super Human Birth" explains how modern technology is approaching a variety of themes such as "Cyborg", "VR", and "Humanoid robots".

　In the book, not only "Ghost in the Shell" but also comics such as "Doraemon", "One Piece", game consoles such as animation, Wii, Kinect, and various game software such as PlayStation VR appear, making it easy to read and images.It is a perfect book as a "introductory book" for technology explanation that is easy to do.By reading a book, you can also feel that Inami is a pretty gamer.After hearing Inami's initiatives and what they were thinking in the future, I strongly wanted to hear the games and the future of entertainment.

　Inami has a deep understanding of the game.This time, I jumped out of the story of "HoloLens".We Gamers may feel the best computers and the development of the information society.Not only graphics and other productions, but also online communication, new game experiences on smartphones, gameplay using Wii and Kinect, and even more immersive feeling in PS VR ...Inami, a researcher, how do you see this situation and see what kind of future? This time, I asked questions from various directions.