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Audio deepfake detective developing new sleuthing techniques
Thu, 09 Nov 2023
A National Institute of Justice fellowship allows Rochester graduate student You “Neil” Zhang to develop novel defenses against deepfake scams.
Continue ReadingSensory processing—in a virtual Kodak Hall
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
A multidisciplinary team from Arts, Sciences & Engineering and River Campus Libraries builds a virtual reality replica of Kodak Hall to be used in studies of how the brain processes light and sound.
Continue ReadingCheck out these immersive tech gadgets at Rochester’s extended reality hub
Wed, 27 Apr 2022
Studio X’s existing technology library was built to grow as the University community’s needs and the extended reality (XR) market evolve.
Continue ReadingAnxiety cues found in the brain despite safe environment
Mon, 15 Nov 2021
Rochester researcher Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez and his colleagues used virtual reality to better understand how anxiety effects the brain in a ‘real-world-like’ environment.
Continue ReadingDigital history project will create virtual visits to an African slave fort
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
Funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, “Black Past Lives Matter: Digital Kormantin” builds on history professor Michael Jarvis’s work as part of the Ghana summer field school.
Continue ReadingA new way to make AR/VR glasses look more like regular glasses
Fri, 30 Apr 2021
Rochester researchers are combining freeform optics and a metasurface to avoid ‘bug eyes’ in AR/VR glasses and headsets.
Continue ReadingNew training in AR/VR tech gives Rochester doctoral students an edge
Wed, 18 Sep 2019
A $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will establish a structured, well-rounded training program for University scholars applying augmented and virtual reality in health, education, design, and other fields.
Continue ReadingUniversity co-presents 2019 Light and Sound Interactive Conference
Tue, 11 Jun 2019
The LSI Conference’s 2019 lineup features guest speakers from Facebook, Microsoft, the Department of Defense, and demonstrations from companies including Bose, Harman, and Amazon.
Continue ReadingFrom a dancer’s form to freeform optics
Sun, 14 Apr 2019
Jannick Rolland, director of the Center of Freeform Optics, has 35 patents to her name and is listed among the top women pioneers in augmented and virtual reality.
Continue ReadingSeniors show beauty of urban art with augmented reality
Fri, 11 May 2018
Four Rochester students saw the beauty of graffiti art in abandoned city subway tunnels. Banding together as the ExSpace Artist Collective, they designed an augmented reality project to share that beauty with others.
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