At the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) leaders in artificial intelligence, graphics, virtual reality and narrative advance low-cost immersive techniques and technologies to solve problems facing service members, students and society.
Established in 1999, ICT is a DoD-sponsored University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) working in collaboration with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. UARCs are aligned with prestigious institutions conducting research at the forefront of science and innovation.
ICT brings film and game industry artists together with computer and social scientists to study and develop immersive media for military training, health therapies, education and more. Learn more about USC ICT at http://ict.usc.edu
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The ICT Graphics Laboratory develops new techniques for creating and displaying photorealistic computer graphics of people, objects, and environments. We specialize in developing image-based methods for acquiring shape, reflectance, and motion from digital photography and video. The results are computer-generated virtual models which look and behave as realistically as possible, viewable from any viewpoint and in any illumination conditions.
ICT’s Character Animation and Simulation seeks to understand human movement, behavior and physical interaction in order to generate animation models that can be used on a 3D digital character. Such models include animation for interactive movement, grasping and touching, lip syncing to speech, gesturing, emotive expression and other nonverbal behavior. In addition, the groups seeks methods and techniques for rapidly modeling people in 3D for purposes of simulation, training and entertainment.
Learn more about the USC Institute for Creative Technologies at http://ict.usc.edu/.
ICT's games and immersive allows individuals to interact with realistic and engaging characters. ICT's leadership in artificial intelligence, virtual worlds, computer animation and graphics is moving us from the realm of science fiction to reality.