Masato Hosoi

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Masato Hosoi is a researcher at the forefront of human-robot interaction and immersive visual systems, with a particular focus on avatar robotics and telepresence technologies. His most notable contribution is the development of a pioneering visual system for avatar robots that integrates eye-tracking and foveated rendering. In his 2023 paper, Hosoi engineered a system where a head-mounted display (HMD) processes stereo camera images using real-time eye-tracking to render only the foveated region in high detail, dramatically reducing computational load while preserving perceptual quality. A key innovation is the automatic adjustment of the distance between the avatar robot's two cameras to match the user's interpupillary distance, enhancing depth perception and immersion. Though early in its citation impact, this work represents a significant step toward seamless, intuitive teleoperation of avatars, with potential applications in remote work, healthcare, and hazardous environment exploration. Hosoi's research bridges robotics, computer vision, and human factors, positioning him as an emerging voice in the development of more natural and efficient human-robot interfaces.