MangaSpace: Material-Aware Physical Stylization & Artistic Deformation Priors for Mixed Reality
“Material-aware physical-artistic stylization engine for Meta Quest 3, bridging continuum mechanics with non-linear anime exaggeration and view-invariant non-photorealistic inking.”
Project Scope & Details
MangaSpace investigates the perceptual foundations of artistic exaggeration in mixed reality spatial computing. By replacing naive 2D filter overlays with an object-space Viscoelastic-to-Artistic Projection Operator, the system maps physical mechanical impedance tensors (Young's modulus, damping, restitution) to volume-preserving squash-and-stretch deformations and normal-oriented 3D onomatopoeia decals within an empirical 45ms visuo-haptic integration window. Standalone 90 FPS execution on Meta Quest 3 is enabled via an asynchronous RTX 4090 neural co-processor.
Viscoelastic-to-Artistic Projection Operator
Formal mapping from physical mechanical impedance tensors [E, zeta, e, mu] to volume-preserving anime exaggeration manifolds.
Visuo-Haptic Integration Window (tau <= 45ms)
Formulates cross-modal bounds where visual pseudo-haptic exaggeration modulates perceived tactile stiffness without inducing sensorimotor dissonance.
View-Invariant Object-Space Inking
Parameterizes non-photorealistic outlines and halftoning over 3D object manifolds, eliminating binocular retinal rivalry and AR cybersickness.
Dual-Tier Heterogeneous Pipeline
Combines 90 FPS standalone Meta Quest 3 OpenXR tracking and client-side Taubin mesh deformation with asynchronous 10 Hz RTX 4090 semantic segmentation.
Real-Time 3D Mesh & Spatial Coordinate Simulator
Explore an interactive WebGL OpenXR spatial asset preview. Rotate, orbit, and toggle mesh visualization modes to inspect simulated sub-millimeter 6DOF coordinate tracking.
MangaSpace System Concept Teaser
- Dr. Himangshu Sarma
- Chaitanya Anand
- ▸Sony Research Award Program (Faculty Innovation Award 2026)