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Surviving the First ‘Deepfake’ Election: Three Questions
Even before deepfakes, voters have needed to sort through disinformation, which has even come from campaigns themselves. “You don’t need...
Can a Building Help Thwart the Next Active Shooter?
Researchers have designed a virtual environment to test how building features in schools and offices help or hurt occupants during active shooter...
Amazon’s A.I. Emotion-Recognition Software Confuses Expressions for Feelings
We have very strong intuitions about what emotions like happiness look like when displayed on other people’s faces. From childhood, we are taught...
Can AI Also be Used to Mask Someone’s Identity?
At the moment, Facebook does not have any plans for this new technology. However, the research is particularly important due to the proliferation...
A Market That’s Virtually Unlimited
Via Rochester Beacon. At this point only a few VR systems specifically designed for medical purposes are commercially available. A company...
VR May Change the Future of Therapy
Researchers are discovering that virtual reality (VR) is more than just a fancy way to play video games. It’s proving useful in therapy. “What does...
Reuters Ranks USC #8 in The World’s Most Innovative Universities
A private research university based in Los Angeles, USC has strong ties to Hollywood and significant expertise in digital entertainment. The...
Army Leaders See Virtual, Augmented as the Future of Training
The next steps for One World Terrain include expanding the system’s database. Some of the challenges include improving latency and bandwidth so that...
3D Mapping for Army Hinges On Bandwidth
Mapping in 3D will revolutionize both Army ops planning and training, if ways can be found to deliver sufficient bandwidth to move that data to the...