How surfing could help alleviate chronic pain
USC researchers are scanning patients’ brains after they catch waves — and constructing a virtual reality surfing experience.
USC Rossier grads team up to reimagine military training
Victor Castro and Richard DiNinni are creating educational programs at West Point that blend VR and game-based training technologies with research-based concepts.
What will 2072 look like? Recorded dreams and AI friends
When USC’s Information Sciences Institute launched in 1972, the video game, pocket calculator and floppy disk were new and the internet as we know it did not exist. What will the next 50 years bring?
To the moon and back: Augmented reality meets space exploration
Rylan Pozniak Daniels of the USC Iovine and Young Academy is using augmented and virtual reality make astronauts’ work easier.
USC students compete in NASA augmented reality challenge
The team of USC and Arizona students was one of 10 selected to design an AR interface for lunar and Martian exploration.
Ice Age animals again roam the L.A. Basin thanks to USC, Natural History Museum collaboration
Researchers create new augmented reality paleoart to shed light on the extinct species of the region. Learn how you can “see” these animals up close.
Trojan team has plans for simple, intuitive VR design tool
Playbook VR would allow anyone to build virtual reality experiences, without requiring coding or other background knowledge.
USC researcher envisions Siri-like assistants and VR travel for older people and their caregivers
Professor Skip Rizzo’s 89-year-old mother test-drives his innovations.
Stunning Virtual Reality Project Takes You to the Arctic — and Into Climate Change
Think caribou in the arctic tundra have nothing to do with you? USC students use immersive technology to explain their urgent message for us all.
Playing a VR game during medical procedures can reduce pain and anxiety in children
USC’s Jeffrey Gold has been investigating the use of virtual reality for nearly two decades as a technique to help children undergoing painful medical procedures.
USC experts explore new technologies to combat COVID-19
From virtual reality and machine learning to smartphone apps and supercomputing power, researchers are determining which technologies will be the most useful in the battle against the coronavirus.
Can intuitive building design help stop an active shooter?
USC researchers have created virtual environments to test how certain design features could increase safety in the event of a mass shooting.
This grad student’s VR tool can help prepare people for active shootings
With help from the USC Iovine and Young Academy, Neilda Pacquing has founded a company that wants to save lives via virtual reality.
Through special effects and MRI scans, scientists develop realistic virtual human hand
Due to their complex musculoskeletal systems, animating human hands has been one of the biggest challenges in computer graphics. Now, a team of USC researchers has cracked the code.
Innovators of USC: Doctors have an eye on GIBLIB, the ‘Netflix of medical education’
USC alums create an online library of studio-quality, on-demand educational videos in 4K or 360 virtual reality. (One in a three-part series.)
3 Ways Tech Helps Heal the Mind and Body
Mixed-reality experiences use immersive technology to help humans deal conditions ranging from injuries to PTSD.
Virtual reality tool designed at USC corrects errors in brain scan data
The Virtual Brain Segmenter turns a tedious step in the scientific process into an immersive experience.
USC’s Bravemind gives OC Fair attendees firsthand look at how VR can help with PTSD
A special VR installation at Heroes Hall from the USC Institute for Creative Technologies lets visitors experience what veterans see when they’re being treated.
Fear of public speaking could be solved with a virtual audience
A project designed at USC enlists avatars that register hundreds of lifelike reactions. If your speech is good, so is the reception.
Bias-busting app from USC team excels at Facebook Global Hackathon
Known as Cue, the app uses virtual reality to eliminate gender bias in the workplace.
Using virtual reality — and mom’s sewing machine — for stroke rehab
Sook-Lei Liew builds a prototype with a laptop, an off-the-shelf VR rig, a $9 swim cap and a brain-computer interface system.
Young minds meet new technology at STEM-focused after-school program
USC’s Joint Educational Project introduces fourth- and fifth-graders to virtual reality, 3-D printing and drones.
Disney CEO Robert Iger talks tech and entertainment at USC event
USC Marshall’s Greif Center and USC Annenberg co-host their first summit on VR, artificial intelligence, digital media, gaming and e-sports.
USC Annenberg team uses virtual reality to tell a potentially disastrous story
The advanced techniques help to create a VR experience based on an investigative project in Houston.