About me
I am broadly interested in Human-Technology Interaction, including novel user interfaces, virtual and augmented reality, emerging and display technologies, 3D displays, multisensory and multimodal interaction, artificial intelligence, etc.
I am a co-inventor of the FogScreen.
I have also been a visiting scholar for a total of 4½ years at UCSB Four Eyes Lab, most recently on 9/2017 - 12/2018.
Responsibilities
Senior Research Fellow
TAUCHI Research Center
Field of expertise
I research mixed reality, novel user interfaces, novel displays, AI, and their applications.
I have invented several multimodal extensions for HMDs. Proof-of-concept prototypes of mid-air tactile feedback for a mid-air fogscreen (Sand et al. 2015) and for an HMD (Sand et al. 2015) enable to touch and feel synthetic 3D objects while interacting with them. A super-wide FOV optical design for HMDs (Rakkolainen et al. 2016; Rakkolainen et al. 2017) can cover even the full human FOV. Recently we have significantly extended the FOV of a standard VR viewer (Rakkolainen et al. 2017 ). We also invented a visual feedback system for HMDs, which surpasses the eye and its lens, sending light directly to retina (Koskinen et al. 2017), PTZ superzoom + 360° camera, and illumination for 360° cameras.
We have also refined the previous gestural AR/VR interface (Rakkolainen 2003) with new UI concepts together with the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). They enable embedded VR viewing and easy use of 3D UIs for smartphones (Rakkolainen et al. 2016 ).
Research unit
TAUCHI Research Center
Research fields
Computer science
Latest publications
Spakov, O.,
Venesvirta, H.,
Farooq, A.,
Lylykangas, J.,
Rakkolainen, I.,
Raisamo, R. &
Surakka, V.,
2023,
HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems - 5th International Conference, MobiTAS 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings. Krömker, H. (toim.).
Springer,
s. 224-244 21 Sivumäärä (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vuosikerta 14049 LNCS).
Tutkimustuotos: Konferenssiartikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu
Remizova, V.,
Sand, A., MacKenzie, I. S.,
Špakov, O., Nyyssönen, K.,
Rakkolainen, I.,
Kylliäinen, A.,
Surakka, V. &
Gizatdinova, Y.,
kesäk. 2023,
julkaisussa: Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 7,
7, 63.
Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu
Sand, A.,
Rakkolainen, I.,
Surakka, V.,
Raisamo, R. & Brewster, S.,
2022,
Ultrasound Mid-Air Haptics for Touchless Interfaces. 1 toim. Springer,
s. 207-223 (Human-Computer Interaction Series).
Tutkimustuotos: Luku › Tieteellinen
Rakkolainen, I.,
Farooq, A.,
Kangas, J., Hakulinen, J.,
Rantala, J.,
Turunen, M. &
Raisamo, R.,
10 jouluk. 2021,
julkaisussa: Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 5,
12,
35 Sivumäärä, 81.
Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu
Rakkolainen, I., Freeman, E.,
Sand, A.,
Raisamo, R. & Brewster, S.,
2020,
julkaisussa: IEEE Transactions on Haptics. 14,
1,
s. 2-19Tutkimustuotos: Katsausartikkeli › vertaisarvioitu
Sand, A.,
Rakkolainen, I.,
Surakka, V.,
Raisamo, R. & Brewster, S.,
2020,
Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications: 12th International Conference, EuroHaptics 2020, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 6–9, 2020, Proceedings. Nisky, I., Hartcher-O’Brien, J., Wiertlewski, M. & Smeets, J. (toim.).
Springer,
Vuosikerta 12272.
s. 253-261 9 Sivumäärä (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vuosikerta 12272).
Tutkimustuotos: Konferenssiartikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu
Sand, A.,
Remizova, V., MacKenzie, I. S.,
Spakov, O., Nieminen, K.,
Rakkolainen, I.,
Kylliäinen, A.,
Surakka, V. &
Kuosmanen, J.,
2020,
AcademicMindtrek '20 : Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Academic Mindtrek. Turunen, M. (toim.).
ACM,
s. 161-164 Tutkimustuotos: Konferenssiartikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu
Rakkolainen, I.,
Sand, A. &
Raisamo, R.,
2019,
2019 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM). New York:
IEEE,
s. 94-98 Tutkimustuotos: Konferenssiartikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu
Raisamo, R.,
Rakkolainen, I.,
Majaranta, P., Salminen, K.,
Rantala, J. &
Farooq, A.,
2019,
julkaisussa: International Journal of Human Computer Studies. 131,
s. 131-143Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu
Koskinen, O.,
Rakkolainen, I. &
Raisamo, R.,
2018,
VRST '18 Proceedings of the 24th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology. Spencer, S. N. (toim.). New York, NY:
ACM, 92
Tutkimustuotos: Konferenssiartikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu
