by Orli Belman | Jan 18, 2016 | News
A story about Google Cardboard’s new ability to support spatial audio quotes Mark Bolas on the importance of sound in both traditional film making and in the emerging medium of virtual reality. “Audio is as important as it has always been,” says Mark Bolas,...
by Orli Belman | Jan 11, 2016 | News
A story in the Guardian cites Ellie, the virtual interviewer used to help detect depression and post-traumatic stress disorder as part of ICT’s SimSensei project, as an example of the ways that technology can be put to good use by helping improve people’s mental...
by Orli Belman | Jan 8, 2016 | News
USC News covered findings from a collaboration between the USC Dornsife Brain and Creativity Institute and Andrew Gordon and Kenji Sagae at ICT. The story covered the team’s research, published on Jan. 7 in the journal Cerebral Cortex, showing that stories that...
by Orli Belman | Jan 8, 2016 | News
An article on VR’s need for delusions, as much as detail, featured Evan Suma of ICT’s MxR Lab. Evan Suma, a research assistant professor at ICT (Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus, is an alum), says he worries that virtual reality, once the novelty has...
by Orli Belman | Jan 8, 2016 | News
A news story about virtual reality being used in therapy featured ICT’s Skip Rizzo and noted his work using VR to treat soldiers and veterans with post-traumatic stress. “We can put people back in these simulations and help them to confront and process very...
