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Marine Training May Take More Mental Than Physical Grit
Keck Medicine of USC study identifies psychological measures that may predict who is more likely to complete – or quit – a demanding marine training...
How to Motivate Workers Who Are Managed By an Algorithm?
USC researchers investigate crowdwork — assigning mundane tasks via a website — and determine how to help these workers feel invested in their...
USC Institute for Creative Technologies Celebrates 20 Years
August 22, 2019 – LOS ANGELES – USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) is celebrating its 20thanniversary this year. What began as a...
USC Institute for Creative Technologies Names New Mixed Reality Lab Director
LOS ANGELES (June 25, 2019) -- The USC Institute for Creative Technologieshas appointed Jessica Brillhart, as the Mixed Reality Lab’s new...
Programming Autonomous Machines Ahead of Time Promotes Selfless Decision Making
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Feb. 11, 2019) -- A new study suggests the use of autonomous machines increases cooperation among individuals....
USC Research Fosters Communication Between Smart Buildings and People
USC researchers found people connect better with a computer-generated avatar that represents building management -- and small talk helped, too When...
US Army-Funded Technology Wins Oscar
ADELPHI, MD. (December 17, 2018) - Creative geniuses behind digital humans and human-like characters in Hollywood blockbusters Avatar, Blade Runner...
Hate Negotiating? There’s a Virtual Human for That.
By Sara Preto Fall '18 Emmanuel Johnson, a Fulbright Scholar and computer science Ph.D. working with USC Viterbi’s Jonathan Gratch, is collaborating...
USC ICT and The Dan Marino Foundation Partner with Magic Leap to Deliver Spatial Computing Experience for Individuals with Autism and other Developmental Disabilities
Next-generation virtual human job interview practice system soon available on Magic Leap One. For more information, please contact Sara Preto,...