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Virtual Human Role Players for Studying Social Factors in Organizational Decision Making
A perspective with a sketch for research paradigm(s) to study how different factors might interact w/ differential social power dynamics of...
1,000 Reactions – Can virtual audiences make you a better public speaker?
New research designed to help people overcome the fear and anxiety typically associated with public speaking. Cicero works with virtual reality...
Anne Frank’s Stepsister Shares Holocaust Insights
Continued expansion of the New Dimensions in Testimony project featured in the Star Tribune.
Can Shoot ‘Em Ups Influence Army Recruitment?
The US Army has long used games as a way to teach tactics to troops and recruits, starting with tabletop war games. In the 1980s the US Defense...
Oscar-Nominated VFX Supervisor John Nelson on Blade Runner 2049
Some insight into all of the visual effects behind Blade Runner 2049, from Studio Daily.
Fake Videos Are On the Rise. As They Become More Realistic, Seeing Shouldn’t Always Be Believing
All it takes is a single selfie. From that static image, an algorithm can quickly create a moving, lifelike avatar: a video not recorded, but...
Here’s Where the Pentagon Wants to Invest in Artificial Intelligence in 2019
From Amazon’s Alexa to self-driving cars, artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly improving and promises to soon transform almost every aspect of...
How the Army Plans to Use Virtual Humans Powered by Artificial Intelligence
The Human-Virtual Human Interaction program is run out of the Army’s Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) at the University of Southern...
‘I really never thought that we could heal so many hearts’: Heroes Hall veterans museum marks first anniversary
Heroes Hall offers year-round educational programs, performances and rotating exhibitions. During its first year of operation, it drew more than...