The advent of virtual humans

A CNET article about the growing application of virtual humans quotes Jon Gratch, ICT’s director of virtual humans research. “In general, AI is moving into more artificial social intelligence,” he says. Gratch defines that as the ability “to...

Virtual Reality, Real Change

An article in Medical Daily quotes Jon Gratch and cites his research on virtual reality’s role in emotion and disclosure. The story states that a future in which machines augment our emotions much like they boost our physical abilities is looking increasingly...

How VR Is Helping Soldiers With PTSD

A PC Magazine article features ICT’s Bravemind virtual reality exposure therapy system for treating post-traumatic stress and SimCoach, a virtual human that can interact with users over the web. Rizzo notes that people can reveal more to virtual humans than to...