USC Institute for Creative Technologies

Digital Ira - our collaboration with Nvidia is avail for download

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:34:16 -0700

Digital Ira - our collaboration with Nvidia is avail for download:

Download Digital Ira, our collaboration with Nvidia!

ATTN: Undergraduates ICT Offers Summer Internship...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:44:00 -0700

ATTN: Undergraduates

ICT Offers Summer Internship Opportunity

ICT welcomes applications from students in computer science, as well as many other fields, such as psychology, art/animation, interactive media, linguistics and communications. Undergraduates will join a team of students, research staff, and faculty in one of several labs focusing on different aspects of interactive virtual experiences. Apply by March 31. http://ict.usc.edu/reu/

The New York Times Features MxR’s Open Source Head Mounted...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The New York Times Features MxR’s Open Source Head Mounted Displays

The open source designs of the MxR Lab at ICT are featured in a New York Times article on the Oculus Rift. The article quoted Mark Bolas, ICT associate director for mixed reality research and development, and noted that Oculus founder Palmer Luckey worked at ICT and that elements of the Oculus are based on Bolas’s research at USC.

President Obama Awards National Medal of Science to a Solomon...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

President Obama Awards National Medal of Science to a Solomon Golomb, ICT Advisory Board Member and USC Viterbi Legend

Apply to the 2013 USC Institute for Creative Technologies Summer...

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:47:01 -0800

Apply to the 2013 USC Institute for Creative Technologies Summer Intern Program!

http://ict.usc.edu/academics/internships/

Paul Rosenbloom Wins Kurzweil Prize for Best Paper at Artificial General Intelligence Conference 2012

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:20:23 -0800

Paul Rosenbloom Wins Kurzweil Prize for Best Paper at Artificial General Intelligence Conference 2012:

Congratulations to Paul Rosenbloom on another best paper award.

Make this film a fan favorite! Vote to shine a light on PTSD and...

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:05:47 -0800

Make this film a fan favorite! Vote to shine a light on PTSD and how our virtual reality therapy can help.

Register for the Technology & Innovation for the Prevention...

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:00:51 -0700

Register for the Technology & Innovation for the Prevention & Treatment of PTSD Conference — October 31 at USC ICT. Learn more and register at ptsdtech.ict.usc.edu

Fixes: For Veterans, a Surge of New Treatments for Trauma

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:26:03 -0700

Fixes: For Veterans, a Surge of New Treatments for Trauma:

The military has responded to the mental health crisis among veterans with more treatment, including alternative therapies and mindfulness training.

American Psychological Association’s Media Technology Division...

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:55:00 -0700

American Psychological Association’s Media Technology Division Features ICT’s H. Chad Lane and his work using virtual humans for education

AI Expert Paul Rosenbloom of ICT and USC Viterbi Joins Futurist...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:40:11 -0700

AI Expert Paul Rosenbloom of ICT and USC Viterbi Joins Futurist David Brin at this KPCC Event

NEXT: Our Inevitable Future | Science and Technology as Global Game Changers | Events | 89.3 KPCC

Paul Rosenbloom at NEXT: People | Science | Tomorrow on Thursday...

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:42:33 -0700

Paul Rosenbloom at NEXT: People | Science | Tomorrow on Thursday at the Crawford Family Forum

It’s free! Just be sure to RSVP.

Learn more here.

Virtual Patients Get Psychiatric Evaluations | LiveScience

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:43:16 -0700

Virtual Patients Get Psychiatric Evaluations | LiveScience

Fast Company: Meet The Research Scientist Who Is Turning YouTube...

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:30:19 -0700

Fast Company: Meet The Research Scientist Who Is Turning YouTube Into A Data Goldmine

Visit Mars at ICT's Virtual Viewing Party at #Siggraph2012

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:28:00 -0700

Visit Mars at ICT's Virtual Viewing Party at #Siggraph2012:

Contact: Orli Belman

USC Institute for Creative Technologies

310 709-4156, belman@ict.usc.edu

USC Invites You to Mars: Traverse the Red Planet at Virtual Viewing Party Tonight at SIGGRAPH

Portable virtual reality device from the MxR Lab at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies brings 3-D Martian landscape to your iPhone or Android.

What: Just before the Curiosity rover sets down on Mars, Siggraph attendees can explore the red planet themselves using only their smartphones and the FOV2GO, an award-winning do-it-yourself virtual reality viewer developed at the Mixed Reality (MxR) Lab of the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies.

This low-cost cardboard device, combined with software from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, enables people to navigate a detailed stereo model of the Mars Gale Crater, finding points of interest and unique facts provided by NASA. Images behind this immersive 3-D experience were provided courtesy of JPL-CalTech MultiMedia and NASA/JPL-CalTech.

When: 8:30 p.m., Sunday, August 5^th, immediately following Technical Papers Fast Forward.

Where: The Geek Bar, Room 404 in the Los Angeles Convention Center. The event will kick-off SIGGRAPH’s live feed of the Mars Rover landing, scheduled to take place at 10:30 p.m.

Who: The team behind this virtual voyage to Mars includes:

Mark Bolas, director of the MxR Lab at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies and associate professor in the Interactive Media Division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Perry Hoberman, associate research professor in the Interactive Media Division at USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he also heads S3D@USC, the Center for Stereoscopic 3D.

Thai Phan, ICT lead designer for the Viewing Party app, and

production team Nonny De La Pena, David Nelson, David Krum, Peggy Weil.

More: The FOV2GO was named Best Demo at the 2012 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference. CNET Senior Writer Daniel Terdiman called it, “one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen done on an iPhone.”

DIY: Dowload a free app on your iPhone or Android as well as plans to build your own cardboard viewer on the MxR Lab’s website.

http://projects.ict.usc.edu/mxr/diy/fov2go/

About the USC Institute for Creative Technologies

www.ict.usc.edu

An academic research institute, the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies brings film and game industry artists together with computer and social scientists to study and develop immersive media for military training, health therapies, science education and more.

The institute’s Mixed Reality Lab (MxR) focuses on immersive systems for education and training simulations that incorporate both real and virtual elements. Projects push the boundaries of immersive experience design, through virtual reality and alternative controllers. The Interactive Media Division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the MedVR and Graphics Labs at ICT are frequent collaborative partners.

Only a couple hours after launching, former ICT MxR...

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:56:06 -0700

Only a couple hours after launching, former ICT MxR Lab employee, Palmer Lucky, surpassed his $250,000 goal. A day after going live, Palmer Lucky’s Kickstarter fundraiser for his innovative virtual reality headset, Occulus Rift, has achieved nearly four times as much as the initial goal. Congratulations, Palmer! Check out the Kickstarter page.

ICT Researcher Gives YouTube Views a Whole New Meaning| USC News

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:34:00 -0700

ICT Researcher Gives YouTube Views a Whole New Meaning| USC News:

Louis-Philippe Morency has turned YouTube users into study subjects to advance his work recognizing, predicting and modeling human nonverbal behavior.

ICT’s MCIT (Mobile Counter-IED Interactive Trainer) is...

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:32:36 -0700

ICT’s MCIT (Mobile Counter-IED Interactive Trainer) is being used for training at West Point for cadets!

(via Counter-IED education strengthens West Point summer training program | Article | The United States Army)

militaryheroes: U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Epperson

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:00:40 -0700

militaryheroes:

U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Epperson

L.A. Cops Embrace Crime-Predicting Algorithm - Technology Review

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:59:41 -0700

L.A. Cops Embrace Crime-Predicting Algorithm - Technology Review:

One step closer to pre-cog crime prevention.

A recent study suggests that computers could be better than seasoned police analysts at predicting when and where crime will strike next in a busy city.

Software tested in Los Angeles was twice as good as human analysts at predicting where burglaries and car break-ins might happen, according to a company deploying the technology.