KURATA Kenji

This paper describes an attempt to introduce VR in design education. As an introduction to learning about VR,we are attempting educational programs such as content creation using VR goggles as an approach. As a practical application, this paper also introduces the approach of regional collaboration. This paper discusses the use of VR from the viewpoints of design education and regional collaboration.

This paper is the result of a GIS-based analysis of the characteristics of the ancient Ouchi Basin. In the first half of the paper, we began with the characteristics of settlements and burial mounds, and examined the role of flood control works, etc. In the second half of the paper, based on the results of the first half, the actual conditions of the early activities of the Tatara clan (Ouchi clan), which expanded its power based in this area in the early medieval period, were elucidated based on various historical documents.

In this article, we discuss the application of image processing to old photographs. As concrete applications, we attempt to enhance the legibility of the characters on a notice board and to improve the quality of the image colored using the existing deep learning-based method. In addition, by using Python for image processing, we aim to complete the process using only open-source software.