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2tor brings prestigious university degrees online, raises $26M
Online degree program 2tor announced a new $26 million round of funding Monday. The company partners with universities to offer online courses and degree programs. Getting a degree online has become...
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How USC built one of the top video game schools in the country
Above: Mike Zyda of USC GamePipe LaboratoryImage Credit: Dean TakahashiLOS ANGELES — Mike Zyda, a professor at USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s computer science department and director of the...
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USC’s game students’ 2015 projects include demonic puberty, Bob Ross-like VR,...
FEATURE:The most exciting part about being in a room full of students and their video game projects is that any one of them might turn out to be the next big developer. I went to the University of...
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New USC program helps students form their own game studios
The No.1 game design program in the U.S. is known for its innovative student projects. But starting this year, the University of Southern California will go one step further by helping some of its...
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USC students’ games are ready for graduation
FEATURE: May is a hectic time for college seniors. They’re staying up all night to study for finals, saying goodbye to friends they may not see for a while, and figuring out which relatives they can...
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USC Games builds a Bridge between students and professional developers
FEATURE: For most college students, the summer months offer a brief escape from endless lectures and exams. But for a small group of young game developers at the University of Southern California, the...
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How USC built one of the top video game schools in the country
LOS ANGELES — Mike Zyda, a professor at USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s computer science department and director of the GamePipe Laboratory at USC Games, has counted the number of games that have...
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Amazon creates Alexa Fund Fellowship to support voice technology education...
Amazon today announced the creation of the Alexa Fund Fellowship, an initiative to fund university research and curricula related to voice technology. The Alexa Fund Fellowship will fund fellows who...
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AI is targeting some of the world’s biggest problems: homelessness,...
Making AI models at the University of Southern California (USC) Center for AI in Society does not involve a clean, sorted dataset. Sometimes it means interviewing homeless youth in Los Angeles to map...
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The IndieBeat: Genderwrecked’s witty, weighty take on trans identity debuts...
Genderwrecked is playful, poetic, lonely, beautiful, and gross. It’s a brilliant visual novel about a post-apocalyptic journey of self-discovery and gender. And also kissing, fighting, and talking to...
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The IndieBeat: Rhapsody of Swing is a 1940s New Orleans rhythm brawler
Rhapsody of Swing celebrates the rhythms and history of jazz. It’s set in a magic realist version of 1940s New Orleans where music is power. Historical figures like the iconic poet Langston Hughes...
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USC Games Expo shows off more than 80 games
Two days before commencement at the University of Southern California, the campus was buzzing with energy, not least of which was because of the first-ever USC Games Expo. Though the school’s...
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Catastropieces shows the art of Rube Goldberg machines
Catastropieces is a game all about making mistakes, getting messy, and playing with physics. It’s a 3D puzzler where you construct a makeshift Rube Goldberg machine out of items lying around the room...
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Tales of the Knight Errant is a ‘quasi-fairy tale of Europe’ without levels
Tales of the Knight Errant is a role-playing game without levels, boss fights, and experience points. Instead, it’s all about the decisions your character makes and how they affect the story as it...
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Haptic armband lets you feel the sensation of stroking in VR
Virtual reality has a long way to go before it feels like reality. The visual part is getting more immersive with the new VR headsets, but things like the sense of touch are missing. Heather Culbertson...
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How researchers are designing smart desks of the future
Around 81 million office workers spend about 11.6 hours per day in sedentary activities in the U.S. That’s not healthy for anyone, as it leads to more obesity, musculoskeletal disorders, and an...
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USC students’ games are ready for graduation
FEATURE: May is a hectic time for college seniors. They’re staying up all night to study for finals, saying goodbye to friends they may not see for a while, and figuring out which relatives they can...
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