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February 18, 2020
Could machines that look, act and sound human replace psychologists and psychiatrists? Probably not — that possibility is limited so far by a lack of …
February 17, 2020
The clip, while fun to imagine the recasting, shows how good deepfake technology has become, leaving some concerned that what voters see this political season …
February 12, 2020
With more advancements in technology, we can expect to see more VR applications in the field of medicine, healthcare, crisis management, and other industries. Continue reading …
February 5, 2020
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie speaks at a National Press Club Newsmaker on Wednesday, February 5 announcing new initiatives designed to better serve America’s …
February 4, 2020
“More than just sights and sounds,” explains Dr. Rizzo, “Bravemind uses a virtual reality headmounted display, directional 3-D audio, vibrations, and smells to generate a …
January 31, 2020
Two thirds of people with mental health disorders will never see a health-care professional. Here’s how VR can draw people to therapy. Watch the full …
January 29, 2020
A House Veterans Committee panel Tuesday reviewed programs from across the country, including one from the Natural State, that are helping to lower suicide rates …
January 29, 2020
Clinicians are training this week on the StrongMind system, donated by the charitable organization SoldierStrong. North Texas is one of 13 VA facilities across the …
January 27, 2020
“If done in the hands of a well-trained clinician, at a pace that the patient can handle, we can really help a patient to go …
January 27, 2020
Two years ago, the Army recognized the need to rapidly and persistently modernize our force to stay ahead of technological change and national competitors. Continue …
January 24, 2020
The Army’s building a detailed VR map of the planet and the service’s CIO sees JEDI as the logical place to host such a massive …
January 23, 2020
Live from the World Economic Forum, BBC talks deepfakes with Hao Li.
January 22, 2020
From the World Economic Forum in Davos, ICT’s Hao Li talking about deepfake technology , its potential implications on society, and how we need to …
January 22, 2020
“We use AI to actually synthesize digital humans.” Developers of deepfakes are making huge advances, allowing people to digitally change faces in real time. Via …
January 20, 2020
The video presents a state-of-the-art demo of a real-time DeepFake face-swapping technology. What we see is both amazing and terrifying. The demo was set up …
January 15, 2020
A key collaborator who has helped guide development of the Architecture of Scent is Albert “Skip” Rizzo, a research professor at the University of Southern …
January 9, 2020
As police forces in the US and elsewhere wrangle with accusations of bias and brutality, a quiet effort is underway using VR to boost empathy …
January 8, 2020
This report from The Brookings Institution’s Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology (AIET) Initiative is part of “AI Governance,” a series that identifies key governance and …
January 7, 2020
Deepfakes, a specific form of disinformation that uses machine-learning algorithms to create audio and video of real people saying and doing things they never said or did, …
December 13, 2019
Consumers have been slow to purchase VR headsets, largely due to price and limited content. But several start-ups are making devices that will give people …
December 11, 2019
For more than twenty years, Skip Rizzo, a clinical psychologist and the director for medical virtual reality at theUniversity of Southern California’s Institute for Creative …
December 3, 2019
Virtual Reality headsets are used to give gamers the experience of a virtual word using video and sound. Now three different companies are coming out …
December 3, 2019
Members of the Synthetic Training Environment Cross Functional Team are working with the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation, or PEO STRI, and …
December 2, 2019
The final episode of an 8-part docu-series for AOL’s “In the Know” featuring ICT’s Director for Mixed Reality, Jessica Brillhart. Live on AOL and Yahoo!
November 29, 2019
For years, Albert Rizzo at USC has studied the technology’s use in treating people with military backgrounds. Rizzo is associate director of the medical virtual …
November 25, 2019
The Army is creating a high-resolution virtual world realistic enough to help prepare troops for battles across the globe. The Synthetic Training Environment, or STE, …
November 24, 2019
Artificial intelligence is spreading into health care, often as software or a computer program capable of learning from large amounts of data and making predictions …
November 22, 2019
The use of simulation and virtual reality in education and training today is widespread and expanding. Where will the next generation of “simulationists” come from …
November 21, 2019
A monopoly on film-making gives LA the lead in emerging industries. Watch the full segment, via Economist-Pictet.
November 21, 2019
The United States has already faced and defeated enemies both in and under cities. Across the Department of Defense (DoD), however, there’s an acknowledgment that …
November 15, 2019
US Army soldiers are evaluating the latest iteration of Microsoft’s modified HoloLens 2 headset as part of the service’s effort to inject augmented reality (AR) …
October 31, 2019
Updated geospatial data is needed more and more in order to enhance the situational awareness of soldiers at the field. One World Terrain (OWT) is a …
October 30, 2019
Even before deepfakes, voters have needed to sort through disinformation, which has even come from campaigns themselves. “You don’t need deepfakes to spread disinformation,” says …
October 29, 2019
Researchers have designed a virtual environment to test how building features in schools and offices help or hurt occupants during active shooter incidents. Continue reading …
October 28, 2019
We have very strong intuitions about what emotions like happiness look like when displayed on other people’s faces. From childhood, we are taught these associations …
October 27, 2019
At the moment, Facebook does not have any plans for this new technology. However, the research is particularly important due to the proliferation of deepfakes. Dr. Hao …
October 24, 2019
Via Rochester Beacon. At this point only a few VR systems specifically designed for medical purposes are commercially available. A company called Floreo Inc., headed and …
October 23, 2019
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 …
October 23, 2019
A private research university based in Los Angeles, USC has strong ties to Hollywood and significant expertise in digital entertainment. The university’s Institute for Creative …
October 20, 2019
The next steps for One World Terrain include expanding the system’s database. Some of the challenges include improving latency and bandwidth so that the fidelity …
October 16, 2019
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 field, senior …
October 16, 2019
New study says we’ll listen to virtual agents except when goings get tough, via USC Viterbi News.
October 15, 2019
Celebrating 10 years of achievement in entertainment technology, the Advanced Imaging Society today named 10 female industry innovators who will receive the organization’s 2019 Distinguished Leadership Awards …
October 13, 2019
The Army’s One World Terrain software was intended to build 3D battle maps for training simulations. But an early version has already proven so useful that special …
October 8, 2019
USC wants to make mental health resources more accessible to students. So they built an app for it. It’s called Ask Ari, and it’s designed to …
October 7, 2019
Carrying only a backpack and a drone, Soldiers could capture and eventually re-create entire sections of forests and steep mountains. Joe Lacdan explains for Army …
October 3, 2019
Hao Li talks with TechTarget about deepfake technology.
October 2, 2019
Professor Hao Li used to think it could take two to three years for the perfection of deepfake videos to make copycats indistinguishable from reality. …
October 2, 2019
Virtual reality gives doctors a safe place to learn surgical techniques and helps patients overcome PTSD. Read the full article featuring Dr. Skip Rizzo and …
September 28, 2019
ICT’s Hao Li talks with BBC about the technology, listen here.
September 27, 2019
Continued deepfake coverage in USC Annenberg Media.
September 23, 2019
Futurism‘s coverage of deepfake technology, featuring ICT’s Hao Li.
September 20, 2019
CNBC’s “Power Lunch” team discusses the onslaught of ‘deepfakes’ and their impact with Professor Hao Li, a top ‘deepfake’ artist. Watch the segment here.
September 18, 2019
Veterans suffering from trauma from their time in combat might soon be using technology from video games to help the heal. Donations from a veterans …
September 18, 2019
Virtual reality is bringing veterans back to battle, giving the Syracuse VA another way to work with patients living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, working to reduce …
September 18, 2019
ICT’s Hao Li sees deepfake technology as moving quickly toward being indistinguishable from reality. Read the full piece in MIT Technology Review.
September 18, 2019
Artificial intelligence took center stage at this year’s Emtech conference, presented by MIT Technology Review. The conference began with a demo of a deepfake from ICT’ s …
September 16, 2019
Army Recognition features One World Terrain in their article about new Army training devices. Read the full piece here.
September 13, 2019
ICT’s David Krum provides some insight and thoughts about the new iPhone for WIRED. Read the full article here.
September 13, 2019
Defense Blog covers new tool the Army is using, featuring the One World Terrain prototype in its piece. Click here to read the full article.
September 13, 2019
To help Soldiers achieve the Army’s ambitious readiness goals, the service has made advances in its training. The Army Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, …
September 5, 2019
EdTech features organizations, startups, projects and research that are innovating in the educational tech sector. Read the full article which includes ICT’s work here.
September 4, 2019
Though algorithms are increasingly being deployed in all facets of life, a new USC study has found that they fail basic tests as truth detectors. …
September 4, 2019
VR may help ease conditions from pain to phobias to PTSD. This article is based on reporting that features expert sources including ICT’s Dr. Skip …
August 28, 2019
The U.S. Army is undergoing a major technology shift affecting how soldiers prepare for battle through the implementation of a Synthetic Training Environment. Continue reading …
August 23, 2019
The Army-funded Institute for Creative Technologies provides some of the virtual training capabilities. The institute has won awards for its hologram technology, and Gen. Gervais says …
August 22, 2019
August 22, 2019 – LOS ANGELES – USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) is celebrating its 20thanniversary this year. What began as a Department of …
August 22, 2019
Skip Rizzo, a neuropsychologist at the Medical Virtual Reality Lab at the University of Southern California, is more interested in the therapeutic value of the …
August 22, 2019
Ari Shapiro – USC Viterbi research assistant professor of computer science head of the Character Animation and Simulation research group at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) – …
August 21, 2019
When the first modern virtual reality headsets came to market a few years back, it felt like we were on the cusp of the sci-fi …
August 21, 2019
Virtual reality (VR) is quickly working its way out of the gaming space and into the medical field, with experts trying this technology in areas from …
August 21, 2019
Given that most health concerns are inseparable from one’s environment, Rizzo calls VR “the ultimate Skinner box,” meaning it can create safe yet emotionally evocative …
August 18, 2019
Engineers and computer scientists are exploring building design and technology seeking ways to protect people. Recent innovations offer many possibilities, from placement of exits to …
August 17, 2019
Virtual Reality (VR) technology is all the rage at the moment, with industries across the UK and the world using virtual and augmented reality to …
August 16, 2019
As a pioneer of digital fakery, Li worries that deepfakes are only the beginning. Despite having helped usher in an era when our eyes cannot …
August 8, 2019
A new psychedelic virtual reality experience has some questioning if VR can provide the same psychedelic experience as the real thing. Continue reading in The Fix.
August 7, 2019
Virtual reality is an “emotionally evocative technology,” says Skip Rizzo, director for medical virtual reality at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies, “because …
August 5, 2019
Can you learn empathy through interacting with a computer—even though, by definition, the skill requires understanding and sympathizing with real people? EdSurge speaks with experts, …
August 1, 2019
The technology lets veterans practice answering standard interview questions—as well as some uncomfortable and offensive questions—in hyper realistic virtual reality. Interviewees put on a headset …
August 1, 2019
The August issue of Communications of the ACM features a piece on SimSensei. Read the full article here.
July 30, 2019
The U.S. Army website features a story on the ICT prototype, Digital Survivor of Sexual Assault (DS2A). Read the full article here.
July 24, 2019
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has named Hao Li to the Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Study Group .
July 20, 2019
CIO Applications Europe features a piece investigating XR in healthcare, mentioning some of ICT’s projects and efforts. Read the full article here.
July 18, 2019
The STE CFT has developed two important digital tools for soldiers, One World Terrain (OWT) and the Reconfigurable Virtual Collective Trainer (RVCT), explained the STE …
July 18, 2019
Carrying only a backpack and a drone, Soldiers could capture and eventually re-create entire sections of forests and steep mountains. They can map 3D data …
July 17, 2019
Am update on the Army Futures Command initiative and the One World Terrain Project. Continue reading in Task & Purpose.
July 17, 2019
The Army has enlisted the help of some of the brightest minds in the tech industry to test and evaluate crucial decision-making skills of tank …
July 15, 2019
Spectrum News 1 reports on One World Terrain. Watch the full segment here.
July 10, 2019
Learn from experts like USC Institute for Creative Technologies R&D director Arno Hartholt and others, about cutting-edge topics like how VR is being used in …
July 8, 2019
When you’re watching a modern blockbuster such as The Avengers, it’s hard to escape the feeling that what you’re seeing is almost entirely computer-generated imagery, …
July 4, 2019
Built In follows one Veterans journey through treating PTS symptoms through exposure therapy, featuring Bravemind and its benefits.
July 3, 2019
As VR literally transports your vision and hearing to another dimension, the tech was found to be useful in treating patients with psychological diseases. In …
June 28, 2019
The awards mark big progress in developing the STE — essentially a virtual world in which to train soldiers for war and aims to move the service …
June 28, 2019
SoldierStrong, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides hyper-advanced medical devices and treatments to America’s wounded veterans, is working with four major universities and multiple federal …
June 25, 2019
A Forbes exclusive about USC ICT’s new director for the Mixed Reality Lab.
June 25, 2019
LOS ANGELES (June 25, 2019) — The USC Institute for Creative Technologieshas appointed Jessica Brillhart, as the Mixed Reality Lab’s new director, effective September 16, 2019. Brillhart will …
June 25, 2019
Film colorization might be an art form, but it’s one that AI models are slowly getting the hang of. In a paper published on the preprint server …
June 24, 2019
Experts used to worry that virtual reality (VR) would damage our brains. These days, however, VR seems more likely to help our gray matter. A new …
June 22, 2019
Any disturbance in human behavior has immediate and future consequences and costs. So, when a growing number of humans from across nations suffer from some form …
June 21, 2019
More soldiers soon would be able to train in a broader array of scenarios without leaving their home bases or armories. Under the Army’s “One …
