Posts Tagged ‘Virtual Reality’

Using Virtual Reality to Relieve Phantom Limb Pain of Veterans Living with Amputations Via NBC5 DFW — Local veterans living with an amputation are getting a chance to use virtual reality in a way they likely had never imagined. A clinical trial of a therapy to alleviate phantom limb pain is underway at The University of […]

Going beyond goggles: Dallas senior living community explores VR with dementia patients Beyond its recreational aspects, staff at the community say virtual reality is helpful in stimulating memories in residents with dementia. Via Dallas Morning News | Written by Claire Tweedie — The expanse of space before 91-year-old Russell Craig seems endless as he gazes at the […]

UT Dallas CS Student Earns IEEE AIVR Best Presentation Award Last Winter, UT Dallas Ph.D. Student Yu-Yen Chung was awarded the Best Presentation Award by the IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR) for his research paper titled “High-Quality First-Person Rendering Mixed Reality Gaming System for in Home Setting.” The paper was written by […]

Jobs of the Future: The Hottest Areas of Tech Education Via Dallas Innovates || By Tara Nieuwesteeg — Here’s a list of some of the area’s most exciting programs, with the universities across North Texas that are shaping the talent of the future. Dallas-Fort Worth has more than 40 higher learning institutions, each with programs that incorporate on-the-job training […]

UT Dallas CS Ph.D. Grads Find Work in Prestigious Universities, High-Tech Companies, Government, and Top-Tier Research Facilities When UT Dallas was established in 1961, the institutional emphasis was solely on research. In fact, when the UT Dallas Computer Science program first started in the 70s, it granted only Ph.D. degrees. The UT Dallas Computer Science […]

Mixed Reality for Managing Phantom Pain in the Multimedia Lab Via UT Dallas Jonsson School Magazine — A person wanders into a mixed reality environment. A 3D mirror image avatar of the player appears, surrounded by a series of 3D games to choose from. Smashing brightly colored bubbles as they emerge from the floor is entertaining […]

U.S. Congressman Colin Allred Visits the UTD CS Department with STEM Scholars In today’s world of technology, the importance of STEM education, and its role in the future of innovation in science and technology is growing rapidly. To address the growing need for STEM education, U.S. Congressman Colin Allred created the STEM Scholars Program for […]

‘The Future of Police Training’: SURVIVR Uses Virtual Reality to Prep Officers for the Real World Via Dallas Innovates || By Payton Potter  Founded by a recent UT Dallas CS grad, Brian Hoang, VR training startup SURVIVR is working to change how law enforcement trains its officers, while cutting costs and saving lives along the way. […]

Computer Science Teams Win Big at the 12th Annual UT Dallas Big Idea Competition (BIC) Student teams from The University of Texas at Dallas showed recently that winning a business pitch competition — or launching a successful business, for that matter — requires having not just a great idea but also the preparation, passion and […]

UT-DIISC Organizes the Third International Workshop on Interactive and Spatial Computing (IWISC) The UT Dallas Institute of Interactive and Spatial Computing (UT-DIISC) held its third International Workshop on Interactive and Spatial Computing (IWISC) in Dallas, Texas, on April 12thand 13th. IWISC is an international workshop that provides a forum for international researchers and practitioners from […]