By: Rich DeMuro Mar. 8, 2013 Virtual technology is changing the
ways we learn and play. A group of researchers at USC’s
Institute for Creative Technologies have developed applications
enhancing education and games. Glimpse, USC’s new digital
technology showcase, displays everything from holograms to
better voice recognition. The Mixed Reality Lab transports
people to new places straight from their phone. “What we’re
showcasing today is a series of immersive viewers that allow a
user to have a virtual experience just with the phone in their
pocket,” said David Nelson, the project manager for the Mixed
Reality Lab. “By using the camera on your phone you can look at
the world in front of you and add elements that aren’t really
there.” The viewer may be used for game development, education
and training applications in the future, Nelson said. A another
project, New Dimensions in Testimony in association with the
Shoah Foundation, allows people to have virtual conversations
across time by combining advanced voice,