Students in Professor HASHIMOTO Sunao’s Laboratory, affiliated with the Graduate School of Advanced Mathematical Sciences (Frontier Media Science Program) and the School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences (Department of Frontier Media Science), won both the Grand Prize and the DCEXPO Award at the Interverse Virtual Reality Challenge 2026 (IVRC2026), held on September 6–7, 2026, for their VR horror experience “Mawarimi.”
The award-winning team consists of four members: SHIROISHI Taisei, a first-year master’s student, and three fourth-year undergraduate students, GOSHIMA Keito, HORIKOSHI Kohei, and KIM Hyunmin.
Following its receipt of the DCEXPO Award, “Mawarimi” is scheduled to be showcased as an invited exhibit at INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO 2026, to be held at Makuhari Messe in November 2026. If you have the opportunity to visit the venue, be sure to experience the unique VR horror experience that “Mawarimi” has to offer.