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Will Autonomous Vehicles Make Us Better People?
Pacific Standard covers new research from ARL and ICT.
Saving Lives with Virtual Reality
Spectrum News 1 interviews Skip Rizzo about how virtual reality isn't just for gamers, medical professionals use it to train for life-saving...
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...