INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES (ICT)
Abstract
This project supports simulation and training technology research at the Army's Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. The ICT was established as a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) to support Army training and readiness through research into simulation and training technology for applications such as mission rehearsal, leadership development, and distance learning. The ICT actively engages industry (multimedia, location-based simulation, interactive gaming) to exploit dual-use technology and serves as a means for the military to learn about, benefit from, and facilitate the transfer of applicable entertainment technologies into military systems. The ICT also works with creative talent from the entertainment industry to adapt concepts of story and character to increase the degree of participant immersion in synthetic environments and to improve the realism and usefulness of these experiences. In developing a true synthesis of the creativity, technology, and capability of industry and the research and development community, it is revolutionizing military training and mission rehearsal by making it more effective in terms of cost, time, range of experiences that can be trained or rehearsed, and the quality of the result. The cited work is consistent with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering science and technology priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in Adelphi, MD.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- J08_0601104A_1_2040_PB_2013
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