Road to VR
AUGUST 26, 2017
Skip Rizzo heads the Medical VR Research Group at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies , which has been exploring how to use VR for psychological treatments, cognitive assessment, motor rehabilitation therapy, as well as interactions with virtual humans.
AllThingsVR
MAY 20, 2016
Introducing “RecoVR Mosul”, The Economist’s first VR experience ON FEBRUARY 26th 2015, the militant group known as Islamic State posted a video online showing the destruction of antiquities in and around the city of Mosul in Northern Iraq. The militants said they were “ordered by our prophet to take down idols and destroy them”.
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VRScout
AUGUST 18, 2017
Virtual Iraq VRET was developed from 2005-2007 as an answer to the military’s problem at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies. Over time, Virtual Iraq VRET advanced and morphed into project BRAVEMIND , which yielded exceedingly positive results through clinical trials.
Mashable VR
MARCH 30, 2022
The group helped develop a story accurate to the identity, movements, and devices used by actual children with disabilities. "We Ameera was launched through the IRC's own Ahlan Simsim program, which reaches children in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, and was funded with support by the MacArthur and LEGO Foundations.
VRScout
DECEMBER 23, 2019
. “In 2014 the sleepy agrarian community of Chibok (Borno State, North East Nigeria) was thrust into the global spotlight when the dreaded, anti-women education, terrorist group Boko Haram stormed the town at night and abducted 276 teenage schoolgirls from their dormitories. It features the music of Gold Panda.”
Mashable VR
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Irreverent documentarian Penny Lane aims to enlighten by training her keen eye on the modern Satanic Temple in this challenging 2019 film, which follows the group's political battles. Then, he introduces a wealth of footage, shot over three years around the borders between Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria, and Lebanon.
XR for Business Podcast
DECEMBER 2, 2019
He’s developed and launched online platforms, websites, mobile products across the world, and joined Immerse from his role as global director of the Internet Yellow Pages for Yell Group. Immerse Virtual Enterprise Platform enables enterprises to create scale and measure virtual reality training content and programs.
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