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Using VR in Psychiatric Care: ‘This time, we have the technology’
VR has suffered cycles of hype and deflation as people puzzle over which sectors it has the potential to transform: could it replace the whiteboard...
“My heart broke”: Some People Develop an Emotional Response with Their Robots
When a robot “dies,” does it make you sad? For lots of people, the answer is “yes” — and that tells us something important, and potentially...
News from ITEC: Army’s ‘Google Earth on Steroids’ to Include Inside of Buildings
The Synthetic Training Environment intends to train all warfighting functions as well as the human dimensions of warfare, which include interacting...
How Virtual Reality Can Help the Global Mental Health Crisis
Dr. Albert Rizzo is a research professor at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technology (ICT). The research institute,...
How Simulation Games Prepare the Military for More Than Just Combat
Before signing up for active duty, today's generation of armed forces recruits have usually played hours of branded RPGs such as Call of Duty. But...
US Military Developing Google Earth on Steroids That Can Map Inside Building
Google Earth allows us to navigate the world through our computer or phone screens, zooming into cities and communities all over the world...
Be Wary of Robot Emotions; ‘Simulated Love is Never Love’
“When we interact with another human, dog, or machine, how we treat it is influenced by what kind of mind we think it has,” said Jonathan Gratch, a...
How Intelligent Workstations Will Use AI to Improve Health and Happiness
Do you want to be warm or cold? Is it time to stand rather than sit? An interdisciplinary team - made up of designers and USC professors - is using...
DCS 2019: Saving Soldiers Using Clinical VR
The virtual approach not only was accepted by soldiers with PTSD, it seemed to have won the day over real humans, in dramatic results shown to the...