Anna Matsumoto /antech
Designing tangible connections between body, emotion, and perception.
Anna Matsumoto is a Creative Technologist and HCI researcher exploring how technology can sense and extend human intention through touch, movement, and multisensory feedback.
Her work bridges design, computation, and accessibility—developing expressive systems that translate emotion and perception into tangible, shared experiences.
Stanford University' 25 (B.S. in Design: Physical Design + Manufacturing)
Stanford SHAPE Lab → Morphing Matter Lab → Steve Jobs Archive Fellow 2025.
Research
How can digital fabrication translate information into forms that everyone can touch and understand?
Exploring tactile and programmable materials/shapes that extend human perception.
3D-Printed Tools for Future
(Coming Soon)
Second-author @ TEI 2026
UC Berkeley Morphing Matter Lab / SJA Fellow
3D-Print / Developing Novel Devices
(Coming Soon)
Co-author @ CHI 2026 (Currently R & R)
UC Berkeley Morphing Matter Lab / SJA Fellow
Interactive Multimedia
How can the body itself become an instrument for multisensory expression and communication?
Developing systems where gesture, rhythm, and physical interfaces create new forms of presence and collective experience.
Audio-Reactive Haptic Spheres / 2025
Transforms audio signals into inflation, vibration, and motion.
Bridges sound and touch to explore how multisensory feedback can expand shared perception.
Puppets / 2024
Our brainwave and motion data turn into visuals and music.
Explores how technology can externalize inner presence and connect minds beyond language.
Doppelgänger Instruments / 2024
A live performance with one’s past self — an invisible duet across time, where gestures become sound and memory takes form as harmony.
Knowledge is Power / 2025
Audiences trace the path of a wheelchair ramp—feeling the distance, hearing the stories. 10 minutes immersive AR narrative built from real accessibility experiences.
Burning Away the Past / 2024
Eat your bitter melons, and our bitter past will be awakened.
Invites audiences to feel this lingering memory through 5 senses—transforming history’s absence into a tangible presence.
Audio-Visual Immersive Stories / 2025
Story begins from the darkness, with the curated setlist by DJ Kao. With the songs and BPM, the stories move on.
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3D Visualization
Blender / Maya / MAX / TouchDesigner
Audio-Reactive, Body-Reactive.
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