by ICT Admin | Nov 1, 2017 | News
Stories are effective because they appeal to a hardwired way that the human mind works. It’s our natural impulse to impose order and attach meaning to our observations. In a 1944 psychology experiment, participants watched a short animated film in which three...
by ICT Admin | Oct 31, 2017 | News
The University of Southern California (USC) Institute for Creative Technologies has developed “virtual humans” that look, move, and speak like real humans, albeit on large screens. These virtual humans employ MBE science and ITS technology to create learning...
by ICT Admin | Oct 30, 2017 | News
Voice of America’s Elizabeth Lee investigates cutting-edge technologies to better prepare military for war. By attending the USC Center for Body Computing’s annual Body Computing Conference and visiting ICT’s Mixed Reality Lab, this piece explores...
by ICT Admin | Oct 28, 2017 | News
United States Army Spc. Jarett Wright was hazed and sexually assaulted while deployed to Iraq in 2010. Students from the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Academy had the opportunity to interview Wright Oct. 12, even though he wasn’t speaking to them...
by ICT Admin | Oct 27, 2017 | News
New brain research by USC scientists shows that reading stories is a universal experience that may result in people feeling greater empathy for each other, regardless of cultural origins and differences. And in what appears to be a first for neuroscience, USC...
