Augmented Humans 2026
March 16-19, 2026

Okinawa, Japan

News
March 15, 2026
Shuttle bus timetable published: /shuttle_bus
January 16, 2026
Call for Student Volunteers is started: /call-for-student-volunteers
November 11, 2025
Full/Short Paper submission deadline extended: November 18th, 2025 November 25th, 2025 (AoE). See details: Full & Short Papers
October 05, 2025
Submission Guidelines page published: /submission-guideline
September 10, 2025
Access page added: /access
May 30, 2025
Website is now open!
Augmented Humans 2027
Location
Sri Lanka
Organizing Committee
  • Prof. Roshan PERIS
  • Prof. Dilrukshi GAMAGE
  • Prof. Kouta MINAMIZAWA
  • Prof. Misha SRA
  • Prof. Anusha WITHAHA
  • Prof. Justin MOON
  • Prof. Suranga NANAYAKKARA
Award Winners
Best Paper Award

Induced Human-Driven Actuation: Controlling Timing of Human Movement via Constraint-Release Mechanism

Taiga Suzuki, Seito Matsubara, Azumi Maekawa, Akihiko Murai, and Masahiko Inami

Best Paper Honorable Mention

OpticalAging: Real-time Presbyopia Simulation for Inclusive Design via Tunable Lenses

Qing Zhang, Zixiong Su, Yoshihito Kondoh, Kazunori Asada, Thad Starner, Kai Kunze, Yuta Itoh, and Jun Rekimoto

Best Paper Honorable Mention

Making Eye Contact Accessible: Augmenting Gaze in Job Interviews for People with Visual Impairments

Markus Wieland, Kathrin Schnizer, Francesco Chiossi, Nina Doerr, Florian Lang, Thomas Kosch, and Michael Sedlmair

Best Student Paper Award

Augmenting Hand-Eye Coordination with Electrical Muscle Stimulation: Effects on Visuomotor Integration and Long-Term Skill Retention

Shuo Zhou and Norihisa Segawa

Best Student Paper Honorable Mention

Looking Down Seems Wrong: Unintended Social Effects from Head-Up Display Notification Placement

Pranav Tadepalli, Katherine Huang, Grace Barkhuff, Emily Layton, Parth Arora and Thad Starner

Best Student Paper Honorable Mention

A Design Framework for Virtual Space based on Spectral Relationships

Hanlin Wang, Hirosuke Asahi, Rose Shao, Kunihara Sakurada, Hiroto Saito, Jiayi Xu, Kenshin Kondo, Takeru Tokoro and Masahiko Inami

Best Demo Award

Demonstrating "The Third Between Us": Multi-User Co-Presence through Shared Auditory-Haptic Vibroscapes

Jiayi Shen, Kiryu Tsujita, Kohei Kobayashi, Hanrui Peng, Fuko Yamamura, Ryoya Kagawa, Masaru Yokoi, Ximing Shen, Takatoshi Yoshida, and Kouta Minamizawa

Best Demo Honorable Mention

Nomadic Body Kit: Countering Situational Immobility with Integrated Robotic Actuation

Ryoichi Ando, Mark Armstrong, Mikito Ogino, Toshihiro Ajioka, Masatane Muto, Kentaro Yoshifuji, Sohei Wakisaka, and Kouta Minamizawa

Best Demo Honorable Mention

AR Sight Guide System for Paraclimbing: An Indoor Experiment of Spatial Localization Using Active Exploration

Mikiya Masaoka, Rintaro Terada, and Sei Ikeda

Best Poster Award

AGYLIS: A Generative Human Simulation Framework via Human-Avatar Behavioral Comparison in VR

Tomohiro Tanikawa, Makoto Ando, and Satoshi Nakagawa

Best Poster Honorable Mention

Understanding How International Students Co-develop with AI when Facing Daily Challenges in Japan

Chunpi Hsieh, Jingjing Li, Ichiro Matsuda, Tatsuki Fushimi, and Yoichi Ochiai

Best Poster Honorable Mention

Invisible Feast: Augmenting Sensory Perception via Peripheral Social Cues

Ting Cheng Nieh, Hiroki Sakaji, Keiichi Zempo, and Yukiko Ogura

Lasting Impact Award

Wearability Factors for Skin Interfaces

Xin Liu, Katia Vega, Pattie Maes, and Joe A. Paradiso

Conference at a Glance
61
Papers Accepted
82
Poster & Demo Accepted
292
Pre-Registered Participants
18
Countries Represented
Submission & Acceptance Breakdown
Track Submissions Accepted Acceptance Rate
Paper 150 61 40%
Poster / Demo 116 82 71%
About the Conference

The Augmented Humans (AHs) International Conference 2026 will be an in-person event, held in March 2026 at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology graduate university (OIST).

The conference focuses on physical, cognitive, and perceptual augmentation of humans through digital technologies. The plural - humans - emphasizes the move towards technologies that enhance human capabilities beyond the individual and will have the potential for impact on a societal scale.

The idea of augmenting the human intellect has a long tradition, the term was coined by Douglas Engelbart in 1962 [1]. Today, many of the technologies envisioned by Engelbart and other are commonplace, and looking towards the future, many technologies which amplify the human body and mind far beyond the original vision are within reach.

The conference proceedings are planned to be published in the ACM Digital Library as a volume in its International Conference Proceedings Series with ISBN.

[1] Engelbart, Douglas C.: "AUGMENTING HUMAN INTELLECT: A Conceptual Framework." (1962)

Topics

• AI and Human Augmentation

• Human-AI Symbiosis and Co-Evolution

• Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (XR)

• Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMI)

• Cognitive Neural Science for Human Augmentation

• Cyborgs, Exoskeletons, and Assistive Technologies

• Telexistence and Cybernetic Avatars

• Augmented Sports and Superhuman Sports

• Haptics for Enhancing Human Abilities

• Wearable and Ubiquitous Computing for Augmented Capabilities

• Applications in Rehabilitation, Healthcare, Mental Health, Games, Sleep, Eating, Art, and Performance

• Neurodiversity and Social Inclusion

• Augmented Identity and Social Interaction

• Security, Privacy, and Trust in Human Augmentation Technologies

• Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Human Augmentation

Full/Short Paper/ Submission Deadline November 18th, 2025 November 25th, 2025 (AoE)
Full/Short Paper Decisions sent to Author January 15th, 2026
Full/Short Paper Camera-Ready February 12th, 2026
Poster/Demos Submission Deadline January 26th, 2026 February 2nd, 2026 (AoE)
Poster/Demos Decisions sent to Author February 2nd, 2026 February 9th, 2026
Poster/Demos Camera-Ready February 9th, 2026 February 16th, 2026

Note: If you want to organize a workshop, please contact the AHs general chairs [email protected].

Monday, March 16th

Morning: Workshops

Afternoon: Opening keynote, Paper sessions

Evening: Seaside Banquet

Tuesday, March 17th

Morning: Keynote talk, Paper sessions

Afternoon: Poster&Demos, Paper sessions, Keynote talk

Evening: Open Lab, OIST lab Reception

Wednesday, March 18th

Morning: Paper sessions

Afternoon: Poster&Demos

Thursday, March 19th

Morning: Paper sessions

Afternoon: Closing keynote&Workshops

Hotel Information

The conference highly recommends Rizzan Sea Park as the main accommodation.
The conference reception will also be held at Rizzan, making it a very convenient choice for access and networking.
In addition, conference shuttle buses will operate from the recommended hotels listed on the Shuttle Bus timetable.
We encourage all participants to consider staying at one of these hotels for convenient transportation to and from the conference venue.

The conference takes place at:

Auditorium in OIST Conference Center,

Okinawa, Japan

OIST Venue 1
OIST Venue 2
OIST Venue 3
OIST Venue 4