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Could Talking to a Bot Help You Feel Better?
Research from the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies, for example, found that U.S. veterans returning from...
Facing the Harsh Realities of PTSD
A look at how stepping into a virtual war zone helps war veterans face PTSD. Watch full segment on Spectrum News 1.
VR Breakthroughs in Autism
Watch Skip Rizzo use virtual reality to help a teenager on the spectrum read social cues and practice interview skills, via Spectrum News 1.
SciTech Awards: Scanning Hollywood with Paul Debevec
Creating photo-real digital actors is one of the biggest remaining challenges in feature film visual effects. Digitally rendered faces must achieve...
The Next Frontier of Wearable Tech: Your Shoes
Would you be tempted to spend the money for some smart shoes? Is the extra technology worth the higher price tag? Or, is this taking wearable...
The 5 Biggest Tech Challenges to Building a Commercial Avatar
Here’s a look at some of the biggest tech barriers facing avatar systems – and how researchers think we can overcome them, from ANA Travel...
Smart Buildings May Soon Deploy AI Avatars to Improve Energy Efficiency
New research shows that the human-machine dynamic will be important to achieving the potential for smart buildings in the near future. Continue...
Digital Influences and the Dollars that Follow Them
Today, there are generally three types of virtual avatar: realistic high-resolution CGI avatars, stylized CGI avatars and manipulated video avatars....
A Virtual Human Teaches Negotiating Skills
Whether it’s haggling for a better price or negotiating for a higher salary, there is a skill to getting the most of what you want. Voice of...