Synthetic Training Environment Piques Partners Interest

The Army-funded Institute for Creative Technologies provides some of the virtual training capabilities. The institute has won awards for its hologram technology, and Gen. Gervais says holograms are a possibility for the STE in the future. “Is it in the realm of the...

Are VR Gamers Stumbling Onto a Mental Health Power-Up?

Skip Rizzo, a neuropsychologist at the Medical Virtual Reality Lab at the University of Southern California, is more interested in the therapeutic value of the tech. For years, he’s used VR to help treat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. “When we study...

Everywhere at Once

Ari Shapiro – USC Viterbi research assistant professor of computer science head of the Character Animation and Simulation research group at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) – has come up with a solution that allows harried, hurried...

Businesses Tap Virtual Reality to Train Workers

When the first modern virtual reality headsets came to market a few years back, it felt like we were on the cusp of the sci-fi future. But stand-alone VR headsets like the Oculus Quest are still pretty expensive, and there’s not that much content available for them....