[Jobinfo] Fwd: Internship Opportunities at the Institute for Creative Technologies

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Subject: 	Internship Opportunities at the Institute for Creative 
Technologies
Date: 	Mon, 9 Jan 2012 16:00:32 -0800
From: 	Evan A. Suma <suma@ict.usc.edu>
Reply-To: 	Evan A. Suma <suma@ict.usc.edu>
To: 	IEEEVRLIST@LISTSERV.UNCC.EDU



Dear Colleagues,

The MxR Lab at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies is inviting 
applications for two paid summer internships.  Please feel free to 
forward this email to any of your students that may be interested.

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*Research Assistant, Stretching Space in Virtual Reality*

This project involves developing and testing new redirected walking 
techniques - perceptual illusions that enable users to walk through 
expansive immersive virtual environments in relatively limited physical 
spaces.  Duties will involve brainstorming and rapid prototyping of 
novel VR interaction/locomotion techniques, developing virtual 
environments using the Unity3D game engine, running user studies, and 
analyzing experiment data.

Preferred Skills:
- Programming in either C++ or C#.
- Familiar with experimental design and user study procedures
- Prior experience with virtual reality technology (e.g. head-mounted 
displays, motion tracking) and game engines is preferredtion tracking, 
game engines) is preferred.
- Ability to analyze basic statistical data with SPSS (e.g. t-test, 
ANOVA) is a plus, but not necessarily required

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*Research Assistant, Virtual Human Displays*

Research and development of display techniques and technologies for 
presenting virtual human characters in immersive environments. Virtual 
human characters play an important role in immersive training, but it is 
still difficult to realistically represent virtual characters in terms 
of visual display, audio, and haptics. We are particularly interested in 
developing and refining display techniques and technologies to better 
elicit naturalistic social, cognitive, and emotional reactions in trainees.

The intern would assist on tasks such as developing new presentation 
technologies for virtual characters, implementing virtual human 
interaction scenarios, designing and conducting user studies, and 
preparing results for publication. Use our lab's tools, such as the 
depth sensing cameras, motion capture systems, head mounted displays, 
large projection screens, and a fabrication lab to help develop new 
methods of presenting virtual characters.

Additionally:
- Design and implement new interaction scenarios with virtual human 
characters to test those new presentation techniques and technologies.
- Help design and conduct user studies investigating human-virtual human 
interaction.
- Help derive and present results for publication for a relevant 
conference or journal.

Preferred Skills:
- Familiarity with Unity or similar game engines.
- Programming experience in languages like C/C++, C#, or Python.
- Development experience with Android or iPhone iOS is a plus.
- Prior experience with conducting and designing human subjects research 
is a plus.

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There are also many other internships available with other groups at the 
ICT.  More details can be found at: http://ict.usc.edu/internships

The deadline to apply is February 19, 2012.

-- 
Evan A. Suma, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Institute for Creative Technologies
University of Southern California
www.evansuma.com

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