Institute for Creative Technologies

Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT)

Established	1999
Location	Playa Vista , California , U.S.
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Affiliated With The University of Southern California

The Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) is a research institute of the University of Southern California located in Playa Vista, California. ICT was established in 1999 with funding from the US Army.^[1]

The Institute's facilities as of April 2021.

Dr. Mike Andrews, chief scientist of the US Army is described as "founder of and inspiration behind" the ICT. He followed up on discussions between US Army leadership (four-star general Paul J. Kern) and Disney Imagineering president Bran Ferren, on how to gain access to Hollywood entertainment industry expertise in high-technology areas such as computer-based Modeling & Simulation, and Virtual Reality.^[2] The name was derived from Ferren's title at The Walt Disney Company.^[3]

It was created to combine the assets of a major research university with the creative resources of Hollywood and the game industry to advance the state-of-the-art in training and simulation. The institute's research has also led to applications for education, entertainment and rehabilitation, including virtual patients, virtual museum guides and Academy Award-winning visual effects technologies.^[4] Core areas include virtual humans, graphics, mixed-reality, learning sciences, games, storytelling and medical virtual reality.

Honors and awards

• Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO)/National Training Systems Association (NTSA) Outstanding Achievement in Modeling and Simulation Training Award given to the ICT (2000).
• Army Modeling and Simulation Awards FY08. Distribution Management Cognitive Trainer(DMCT) and Bi-lateral Negotiation (BiLAT) Simulation.
• The Interactive 360 degree Light Field Display (3D Display) was demonstrated at Siggraph 2007, and won the award for "Best Emerging Technology.
• ICT's virtual reality exposure therapy treatment for PTSD was honored with the Best Medical Application award at the 10th Virtual Reality International Conference in Laval, France.
• USC's Standard Patient - 2015 Serious Play Conference Winner of Gold Medal in Healthcare
• ELITE SHARP CTT - 2016 Office of Personnel Management Federal Executive Board (FEB) Innovation of the Year Award.

Army Affiliation

Established in 1999, ICT is a DoD-sponsored University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) working in collaboration with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to further advance research and development efforts for societal benefit in areas including veterans issues, mental health support, rehabilitation and job training.

See also

• United States Army Simulation and Training Technology Center
• Immersive technology

References

External links

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• ICT research projects

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