Press Releases

ICT and Law School Develop Virtual Tool to Train Child Interviewers

April 24, 2013

Conducting interviews with children who have witnessed a crime or have been victims of abuse or neglect represents some of the most challenging and sensitive …

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USC Researcher Uses a Robot as a Real Roving Reporter

April 3, 2013

Telepresence experiment studies how interview subjects in Spain will respond to questions posed by a robot being operated in LA Who/What: Researcher Nonny de la …

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ICT’s MxR Lab creates immersive viewers using 3-D printers, low-cost lenses and display panels at the IEEE VR conference in Orlando, Florida

March 20, 2013

The do-it-yourself (DIY) demonstration was part of the MxR Lab’s push to disrupt the virtual reality marketplace by making low-cost, high quality virtual reality (VR) …

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Professor Offers Keen Observations on Computing

January 15, 2013

When Paul Rosenbloom became the director of New Directions at USC’s Information Sciences Institute 15 years ago, he helped apply timely computing to a diverse …

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USC Invites You to Mars: Traverse the Red Planet at Virtual Viewing Party Tonight at SIGGRAPH

August 5, 2012

Portable virtual reality device from the MxR Lab at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies brings 3-D Martian landscape to your iPhone or Android. Contact: …

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ICT Computer Scientist Uses YouTube as a Research Tool

July 18, 2012

ICT Researcher Giving YouTube Views a Whole New Meaning Computer scientist Louis-Philippe Morency is analyzing online videos to capture the nuances of how people communicate …

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ICT Developing Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence Tools for Mental Health

April 12, 2012

Effort is part of a new DoD initiative to use telemedicine and virtual humans to address barriers to care and to provide better care for …

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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Debuts New Digital Double Pipeline Using ICT’s Light Stage

March 8, 2012

For the recent blockbuster Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, the ICT Graphics Lab collaborated with Icon Imaging Studio, Lightstage LLC and House of Moves (HOM) …

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Out of the Box: USC Researchers Debut Smartphone 3-D Virtual Reality Viewer Made Out of Cardboard

March 5, 2012

Easy-to-assemble fold-out viewer transforms smartphones into portable immersive virtual reality systems. First 100 do-it-yourself VR viewers being distributed at IEEE Virtual Reality Conference in Orange County, March …

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Local Vets Needed for $11 Million DoD-Funded Study of ICT-Developed Virtual Reality Therapy for PTSD

December 12, 2011

$11 Million DOD Grant Funds Study of Virtual Reality and Other Therapies for PTSD Multi-Center Clinical Trial to Recruit Military and Civilian Personnel With PTSD …

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ICT Virtual Humans Change the Face of Training

November 4, 2011

At a Naval training facility in Newport, R.I., gunner’s mate Jacob Cabrillo, a new junior sailor, sits hunched in his chair, fully outfitted in his …

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USC Institute for Creative Technologies Receives $135 Million Contract Extension From U.S. Army

September 1, 2011

Award allows for continued university-based research and development of interactive media for military training, health therapies and more. Sept.1, 2011 – The Department of Defense …

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ICT and USC School of Social Work To Demo Virtual Reality Educational Technologies at CES

December 22, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Dotty Diemer, DDK Communications 562.212.6014, dotty@ddk-communications.com Cindy Monticue, USC School of Social Work 213.740.2021, monticue@usc.edu Orli Belman, USC Institute for Creative …

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Press Release for ICT’s Grand Opening and Ten Year Anniversary

October 1, 2010

Contact: Orli Belman USC Institute for Creative Technologies 310 301-5006, 310 709-4156 belman@ict.usc.edu Bringing the Holodeck to Life – USC Institute for Creative Technologies Marks …

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MCIT Marks One Year and Over 15,000 Trained

July 12, 2010

Portable interactive system helps troops address improvised explosive devices – the most lethal element of combat today. Successful collaboration credited for rapid development and deployment …

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ICT Virtual Humans Ada and Grace Talk Science at AAAS in San Diego

February 26, 2010

NSF showcases science education collaboration with Museum of Science, Boston Ada and Grace, two bright and bubbly young women literally stopped visitors in their tracks …

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Academy Award® Honors Developers of USC ICT’s Light Stage Technologies

January 7, 2010

Used in films including Avatar , Benjamin Button and Spider-Man™ 2, award recognizes Institute for Creative Technologies’ visual effects systems that create believable digital actors …

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ICT Virtual Humans Debut at Museum of Science, Boston

December 10, 2009

On Tuesday, December 8, 2009, just in time for National Computer Science Education Week, the the USC Institute for Creative Technologies and the Museum of …

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ICT’s Bill Swartout Wins Major AI Award

July 13, 2009

Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence recognizes achievements and service of William Swartout, a USC expert who has redefined personal computing William Swartout, director …

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