Conferences

Destiny Cardentey, a Wildlife Ecology and Conservation senior, and METL student, presented research at the 2019 Science By the Shore Event at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience in St. Augustine.

By Brock Shine

METL's latest project - "Decision-making Under Duress (DUD)" - seeks to harness the interactive power of virtual reality (VR) to prepare aspiring journalists for "pressure cooker" scenarios.

By Destiny Cardentey

VR remains a compelling media platform with potential to contribute to social good initiatives, and continues to be a primary focus of the METL as it emphasizes the use of immersive storytelling to build towards one or more of the United Nation's (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One of the most prominent venues to showcase emerging applications of VR in such contexts is at the Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineering Virtual Reality (IEEE VR) conference, where hundreds of industry and academic researchers convene to share and discuss ongoing interdisciplinary research. This year, the METL presented two research projects at the IEEE VR conference in Osaka, Japan.

An METL-built virtual reality (VR) simulation takes you to Antarctica to rehabilitate oil-slicked penguins. The simulation is being used in a variety of studies to examine how virtual interactions with endangered animals can contribute to conservation outcomes.

Since the 1980's, Major League Baseball (MLB) players have had the opportunity select music to accompany their at-bat. However, can their song selection influence their actual performance? A recent study by Daniel Pimentel, Ricardo Amaya, and Dr. Sri Kalyanaraman finds that it does.

The Media Effects and Technology Lab and the Department of Journalism was well represented at ICA 2017. We also hosted a very popular reception where we highlighted the Media Effects and Technology Lab. Here are the papers and posters presented by METL members at ICA 2017: Author: Sriram Kalyanaraman, Ph.D., Professor – Department…