--- title: AICU | Akihiko Shirai description: "Akihiko Shirai / Dr(Shirai)Hakase / CEO of AICU, Ph.D. in Intelligent Systems Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology. Visiting professor at Digital Hollywood University Graduate School. D. (Engineering) with nearly 30 years of experience in image generation R&D, specializing in metaverse R&D development, VR entertainment systems, media art research, photographic engineering, image engineering, haptic technology, GPU applications, multiplexed displays, physical evaluation of experiences, and international collaboration. He is a member of the IVRC Executive Committee of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, councilor of Laval Virtual in France, vice president of the Society of Art Science and Technology, and a Hacker author. Serialization of \"Generative AI Streams\" in \"Windows Forest\" by Impress. Since 2018, he has been in charge of the future development of the metaverse represented by REALITY at GREE VR Studio Laboratory, GREE Group. He has not only created numerous UX intellectual properties in the metaverse, but is also involved in developing workshops for children, fostering innovative human resources through advanced research, and communicating to the world as a creator and live player in the age of VTuber. He is promoting social implementation through the international startup \"AICU\" in order to realize \"creating people who create\" in the age of generative AI." --- [![AICU Inc.](https://corp.aicu.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/android-chrome-512x512.png?width=512&height=512&name=android-chrome-512x512.png "AICU Inc.")](https://aicu.ai/) En Search toggle [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551661857289&sk=about) [Follow us on Twitter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejWd2nREZFs) [![AICU Inc.](https://corp.aicu.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/android-chrome-512x512.png?width=512&height=512&name=android-chrome-512x512.png "AICU Inc.")](https://aicu.ai/) En Search toggle [![AICU Inc.](https://corp.aicu.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/android-chrome-512x512.png?width=512&height=512&name=android-chrome-512x512.png "AICU Inc.")](https://aicu.ai/) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551661857289&sk=about) [Follow us on Twitter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejWd2nREZFs) - [English](https://corp.aicu.ai/en/author/akihiko-shirai) - [日本語](https://corp.aicu.ai/ja/author/akihiko-shirai) En Search toggle Choose your language. 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Visiting professor at Digital Hollywood University Graduate School. D. (Engineering) with nearly 30 years of experience in image generation R&D, specializing in metaverse R&D development, VR entertainment systems, media art research, photographic engineering, image engineering, haptic technology, GPU applications, multiplexed displays, physical evaluation of experiences, and international collaboration. He is a member of the IVRC Executive Committee of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, councilor of Laval Virtual in France, vice president of the Society of Art Science and Technology, and a Hacker author. Serialization of "Generative AI Streams" in "Windows Forest" by Impress. Since 2018, he has been in charge of the future development of the metaverse represented by REALITY at GREE VR Studio Laboratory, GREE Group. He has not only created numerous UX intellectual properties in the metaverse, but is also involved in developing workshops for children, fostering innovative human resources through advanced research, and communicating to the world as a creator and live player in the age of VTuber. He is promoting social implementation through the international startup "AICU" in order to realize "creating people who create" in the age of generative AI. 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