Hiroo Iwata is a professor of the University of Tsukuba, where he leads research projects on virtual reality and Device Art. His research interests include haptic interfaces, locomotion interfaces and spatially immersive displays. He received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degree in engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1981, 1983 and 1986, respectively.
He exhibited his works at the Emerging Technologies competition of the SIGGRAPH and has achieved an unbeatable record of showing a new work every year from 1994 until 2007. He also exhibited his work at the Ars Electronica Festival 96, 97, 99and 2001. He won honorary mentions in Prix Ars Electronica 96 and 2001.
He is a project leader of the Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) of the Japan Science and Technology Agency, its formal title being “Expressive Science and Technology for Device Art.”