Faculty Members

Research Associate
HAPUARACHCHI HARIN MANUJAYA

PhD (Engineering), Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan, 2024

Areas of specialization	Virtual Reality Human Augmentation
Laboratory/research office
Current research topics
Educational background	2024: Doctor, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
Professional background	2023-2024: Junior Visiting Research Fellow, School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney
Licenses
Academic societies	ACM The Virtual Reality Society of Japan The Japanese Society for Motor Control

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Courses

* Courses provided in English are shown with (E) mark

Undergraduate school	Cｙber Media and XR
Graduate school

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Research papers	Authors: Harin Hapuarachchi, Hiroki Ishimoto, Michiteru Kitazaki, Maki Sugimoto, Masahiko Inami Title: Temporal visuomotor synchrony induces embodiment towards an avatar with biomechanically impossible arm movements Journal: i-Perception, Vol. 14, No. 6 Year: 2023 Authors: Harin Hapuarachchi, Kento Higashihata, Maruta Sugiura, Atsushi Sato, Shoji Itakura, Michiteru Kitazaki Title: Empathic embarrassment towards non-human agents in virtual environments Journal: Scientific Reports, Vol. 13, No. 13914 Year: 2023 Authors: Yasunobu Katsumata, Yasuyuki Inoue, Satoshi Toriumi, Hiroki Ishimoto, Harin Hapuarachchi, Michiteru Kitazaki Title: Shared Avatar for Hand Movement Imitation: Subjective and Behavioral Analyses Journal: IEEE Access, Vol. 11, pp. 96710-96717 Year: 2023 Authors: Harin Hapuarachchi, Takayoshi Hagiwara, Gowrishankar Ganesh, Michiteru Kitazaki Title: Effect of connection induced upper body movements on embodiment towards a limb controlled by another during virtual co-embodiment Journal: PLOS ONE, Vol. 18, No. 1, p. e0278022 Year: 2023 Authors: Harin Hapuarachchi, Michiteru Kitazaki Title: Knowing the intention behind limb movements of a partner increases embodiment towards the limb of joint avatar Journal: Scientific Reports, Vol. 12, No. 1 Year: 2022

Research papers

Authors: Harin Hapuarachchi, Hiroki Ishimoto, Michiteru Kitazaki, Maki Sugimoto, Masahiko Inami
Title: Temporal visuomotor synchrony induces embodiment towards an avatar with biomechanically impossible arm movements
Journal: i-Perception, Vol. 14, No. 6
Year: 2023
Authors: Harin Hapuarachchi, Kento Higashihata, Maruta Sugiura, Atsushi Sato, Shoji Itakura, Michiteru Kitazaki
Title: Empathic embarrassment towards non-human agents in virtual environments
Journal: Scientific Reports, Vol. 13, No. 13914
Year: 2023
Authors: Yasunobu Katsumata, Yasuyuki Inoue, Satoshi Toriumi, Hiroki Ishimoto, Harin Hapuarachchi, Michiteru Kitazaki
Title: Shared Avatar for Hand Movement Imitation: Subjective and Behavioral Analyses
Journal: IEEE Access, Vol. 11, pp. 96710-96717
Year: 2023
Authors: Harin Hapuarachchi, Takayoshi Hagiwara, Gowrishankar Ganesh, Michiteru Kitazaki
Title: Effect of connection induced upper body movements on embodiment towards a limb controlled by another during virtual co-embodiment
Journal: PLOS ONE, Vol. 18, No. 1, p. e0278022
Year: 2023
Authors: Harin Hapuarachchi, Michiteru Kitazaki
Title: Knowing the intention behind limb movements of a partner increases embodiment towards the limb of joint avatar
Journal: Scientific Reports, Vol. 12, No. 1
Year: 2022

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