Ismo Rakkolainen
About me
I am broadly interested in Human-Technology Interaction, including novel user interfaces, virtual and augmented reality, emerging and display technologies, 3D displays, multisensory and multimodal interaction, artificial intelligence, etc.
I am a co-inventor of the FogScreen.
I have also been a visiting scholar for a total of 4½ years at UCSB Four Eyes Lab, most recently on 9/2017 - 12/2018.
Responsibilities
Senior Research Fellow
Fields of expertise
I research mixed reality, novel user interfaces, novel displays, AI, and their applications.
I have invented several multimodal extensions for HMDs. Proof-of-concept prototypes of mid-air tactile feedback for a mid-air fogscreen (Sand et al. 2015) and for an HMD (Sand et al. 2015) enable to touch and feel synthetic 3D objects while interacting with them. A super-wide FOV optical design for HMDs (Rakkolainen et al. 2016; Rakkolainen et al. 2017) can cover even the full human FOV. Recently we have significantly extended the FOV of a standard VR viewer (Rakkolainen et al. 2017 ). We also invented a visual feedback system for HMDs, which surpasses the eye and its lens, sending light directly to retina (Koskinen et al. 2017), PTZ superzoom + 360° camera, and illumination for 360° cameras.
We have also refined the previous gestural AR/VR interface (Rakkolainen 2003) with new UI concepts together with the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). They enable embedded VR viewing and easy use of 3D UIs for smartphones (Rakkolainen et al. 2016 ).
Research unit
Research fields
Computer science
Latest publications
Cueing Car Drivers with Ultrasound Skin Stimulation
Spakov, O., Venesvirta, H., Farooq, A., Lylykangas, J., Rakkolainen, I., Raisamo, R. & Surakka, V., 2023, HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems - 5th International Conference, MobiTAS 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings. Krömker, H. (ed.). Springer, p. 224-244 21 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 14049 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Mid-Air Gestural Interaction with a Large Fogscreen
Remizova, V., Sand, A., MacKenzie, I. S., Špakov, O., Nyyssönen, K., Rakkolainen, I., Kylliäinen, A., Surakka, V. & Gizatdinova, Y., Jun 2023, In: Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 7, 7, 63.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Touchless Tactile Interaction with Unconventional Permeable Displays
Sand, A., Rakkolainen, I., Surakka, V., Raisamo, R. & Brewster, S., 2022, Ultrasound Mid-Air Haptics for Touchless Interfaces. 1 ed. Springer, p. 207-223 (Human-Computer Interaction Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
Technologies for Multimodal Interaction in Extended Reality—A Scoping Review
Rakkolainen, I., Farooq, A., Kangas, J., Hakulinen, J., Rantala, J., Turunen, M. & Raisamo, R., 10 Dec 2021, In: Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 5, 12, 35 p., 81.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
A Survey of Mid-Air Ultrasound Haptics and Its Applications
Rakkolainen, I., Freeman, E., Sand, A., Raisamo, R. & Brewster, S., 2020, In: IEEE Transactions on Haptics. 14, 1, p. 2-19Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
Evaluating Ultrasonic Tactile Feedback Stimuli
Sand, A., Rakkolainen, I., Surakka, V., Raisamo, R. & Brewster, S., 2020, Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications: 12th International Conference, EuroHaptics 2020, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 6–9, 2020, Proceedings. Nisky, I., Hartcher-O’Brien, J., Wiertlewski, M. & Smeets, J. (eds.). Springer, Vol. 12272. p. 253-261 9 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 12272).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Tactile Feedback on Mid-Air Gestural Interaction with a Large Fogscreen
Sand, A., Remizova, V., MacKenzie, I. S., Spakov, O., Nieminen, K., Rakkolainen, I., Kylliäinen, A., Surakka, V. & Kuosmanen, J., 2020, AcademicMindtrek '20 : Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Academic Mindtrek. Turunen, M. (ed.). ACM, p. 161-164Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
A Survey of Mid-Air Ultrasonic Tactile Feedback
Rakkolainen, I., Sand, A. & Raisamo, R., 2019, 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM). New York: IEEE, p. 94-98Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Human augmentation: Past, present and future
Raisamo, R., Rakkolainen, I., Majaranta, P., Salminen, K., Rantala, J. & Farooq, A., 2019, In: International Journal of Human Computer Studies. 131, p. 131-143Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Gigapixel Virtual Reality Employing Live Superzoom Cameras
Koskinen, O., Rakkolainen, I. & Raisamo, R., 2018, VRST '18 Proceedings of the 24th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology. Spencer, S. N. (ed.). New York, NY: ACM, 92Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review