We Held a Welcome Race

May 23, 2025

We held the Interactive Systems Showcase by fourth-year students—an event we affectionately call the “Welcome Race.”

Each fourth-year student created their own interactive system over the course of two months using various sensors available in the lab (such as Leap Motion, Kinect, Tobii, etc.). This event was their opportunity to present the results of their work.

Project Titles

Kawashima: VANE
Kishi: Burger Grab Rush!
Kuretsubo: Hands Run
Somekawa: Fist Ascend
Tahara: CupCon: Chase the Sense
Nakashima: Be XR King
Hayakata: Gaze Sort
Morikawa: Penguin Dash

Teaser Videos

Each project was impressive, but after a close vote by all lab members, Kishi’s Burger Grab Rush! was selected as the Best Project Award winner. Who would’ve thought stacking hamburgers could be so thrilling? The project stood out with its polished technical execution, finely tuned difficulty, and excellent user experience.

An award, inspired by the winning project, was later presented.

The squishy hamburger: the ultimate stress relief during the thesis research.