Films at the cinema, at home or on the computer screen are a fundamental part of today’s entertainment culture. The careful listening and watching of foreign films with or without subtitles is often used as an aid for the learning of foreign languages. This paper presents the ongoing development of an entertainment/learning computer based DVD subsystem for the home environment that has been ext...

In this paper, we present the system that aids people in wearing makeup easily and make the process enjoyable. The proposed system is the “Smart Makeup Mirror” device, which is an electronic dressing table that facilitates the process of makeup application. In this system, we place a high-resolution camera on top of a computer display. We developed some functions such as “Automatic zoom to a sp...

Participants made paired comparisons of square sizes, with blue squares presented on the left side of a computer screen and red squares on the right. Context was manipulated by varying the distributions of blue and red squares separately. In Experiment 1, target squares from low-range distributions were judged larger than the same-size squares from high-range distributions. In Experiment 2, ran...

Corpus based studies of spontaneous speech showed that filled pauses tended to precede relatively long and complex constituents. We examined whether listeners made use of such a tendency in speech processing. We tested the hypothesis that when listeners heard filled pauses they tended to expect a relatively long and complex phrase to follow. In the experiment participants listened to sentences ...

We describe past and ongoing research in our two groups by briefly highlighting a few particularly relevant projects. Our research involves conducting evaluations of multiple monitor systems, developing new interaction techniques for distributed display environments, and inventing new applications for environments rich in computer displays.

This paper presents a new computer supported remote learning and gaming method using Tele-Face Mouse system. The Tele-Face Mouse system is being developed as a teleconference system. It converts simple desktop computers to a teleconference system. The main advantage of the Tele-Face Mouse system is that it enables people to share a computer screen as a working space, and to interact with it usi...

Background: Computer usage has rapidly grown. This is because it helps to resolve problems, i.e., encountered in daily life by individuals. Various monitor screens that have been developed affect the userchr('39')s eyes. Screen size is one of the relevant impacts. Thus, this study compared the immediate effects of two computer screen sizes on visual fatigue in Video Display Terminal (VDT) users...