Hiroshi Furuya

I'm a UCF Trustees Doctoral Fellow and researcher for AR/VR applications in safety-critical domains, like human space exploration and self-driving cars.

Projects

UCF Eyes of the Pegasus - Prototype AR Interface for Lunar Surface Exploration

Project Lead for UCF Student Team for NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS) Challenge

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UX Engineering for Mixed Reality & Robotics

Senior Software Developer - MoBack, Inc., at Robotics at Google

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Augmented Reality for Astronaut Stowage Operations

NASA Space Technology Research Fellow - Columbia University

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FEATURED VIDEO

Navy Training Simulator

Sailors aboard aircraft carriers all over the world use the I-STALKER to provide command with video and range information on targets in visual range. Watch to see how the X-Force Summer 2021 Fellows have created a virtual simulator to help sailors train on this important ship capability.

Conferences

CHI 2021

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Online Virtual (originally Yokohama, Japan)
May 8-13, 2021

Extended Abstract Publication - Autonomous Vehicle Visual Embodiment for Pedestrian Interactions in Crossing Scenarios

This work presents a novel prototype autonomous vehicle (AV) human-machine interface (HMI) in virtual reality (VR) that utilizes a human-like visual embodiment in the driver’s seat of an AV to communicate AV intent to pedestrians in a crosswalk scenario. I conducted a 3x2 within-subjects experiment in VR using the prototype to assess the effects of a virtual human visual embodiment AV HMI on pedestrian crossing behavior and experience.

69th International Astronautical Congress

Bremen, Germany
October 1-5, 2018

Oral Presentation and Technical Publication


Presented results from Augmented Reality Task Guidance for Astronaut Stowage Operations prototype

SIGGRAPH 2018

Vancouver, British Columbia
August 12-16, 2018

Demonstrated StowageApp on Microsoft Hololens


Presented findings from research done in the International Space Station Mockup at NASA Johnson Space center

AIAA 2016 Region I Student Conference

Worcester, Massachusetts
April 22-23, 2016

Presented thermal measurement research from Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9

On a separate occasion, gave 3 poster presentations and 4 technical presentations to AEDC and hypersonics consortium audience

FEATURED RESEARCH

Conference Abstract: Augmented Reality for NASA Space Stowage Operations

By Hiroshi Furuya, submitted to IAF Directory

Achievements

UCF Trustees Doctoral Fellow

August 2020 - Present

Future Space Leaders Foundation Fellow

2018

NASA Space Technology Research Fellow

August 2016 - July 2018

University of Maryland Banneker/Key Scholar

August 2012 - May 2016


About Me



Hiroshi is the husband of a wonderful wife and proud father of two sons.

He is also a Ph.D student and Trustees Doctoral Fellow at the University of Central Florida.

His research focuses on the development of augmented, virtual, and mixed reality prototypes for supporting human operations in safety-critical applications.

From 2018 to 2020, Hiroshi was a Senior Software Engineer at Moback, Inc. working with Google Robotics on a program blending automation, virtual reality, and human operations.

Prior to 2018, Hiroshi was also a NASA Space Technology Research Fellow working on research titled, "Collaborative Augmented Reality with Hands-Free Gesture Control for Remote Astronaut Training and Mentoring."

Hiroshi has an M.S. Computer Science from Columbia University and a B.S. Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland.

Other personal interests include: Mentorship of junior engineers, co-founded a non-profit in college to use volunteer interns to help solve technical problems for international non-profits.

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Résumé

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