Embodied Companion AI Agents & Society

Embodied Companion AI Agents & Society

Spencer Lin is an AI & XR researcher/developer at ICT, with a passion for building embodied socially interactive AI agents. He holds both Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science and a minor in Immersive Media from USC. In this essay Lin discusses his...
Lighting Precision: Building the Next Light Stage

Lighting Precision: Building the Next Light Stage

By Stanley Lin, Cinematographer, Imaging Researcher (volunteering at the Vision & Graphics Lab on our next Light Stage) When I first visited the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, it was out of genuine interest — not as a wide-eyed tourist, but as someone...