SHINTARO KITAZAWA
Product Design 

MICRO AR IS AN AR (AUGMENTED REALITY) INTERACTION DESIGN APPLICATION; ITS NAME IS A  METAPHOR FOR USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS. 
BY COMBINING THE METAPHOR FOR USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS AND AR, THIS PROJECT INTRODUCES A MORE NATURAL USER INTERACTION OF AR THAT MIMICS HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 
DURING DEVELOPMENT OF MICRO AR, SEVERAL PROTOTYPE APPLICATIONS WERE CREATED SUCH AS MICRO AR ENCYCLOPEDIA,  MICRO AR MAP,  AND MICRO AR DOCTOR.

MICRO AR AND ITS EXTENDED PROJECT, NANO AR, WERE ACCEPTED AT WELL KNOWN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC CONFERENCES, SUCH AS ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2011 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND ACM SIGGRAPH 2012 POSTER PRESENTATIONS.