1. History of VERG

2. Timeline
2003 – Discussed with Dr. Larry Hodges – could we train doctors with avatars?
Began work in Spring 2004
Can we improve people by having them talk to virtual people

3. 2004

4. No natural language…bullets

5. IPSViz

6. MRH

7. 2008 VPF

8. NERVE

9. ANDI

10. Names
DIANA
Edna
MANDI
SANDI
ANDI
VIC
Patrick

11. PhDs Kyle Johnsen (2008) – IPS Andrew Raij (2009) – IPSViz
John Quarles (2009) – MR
Aaron Kotranza (2009) – MRH
Brent Rossen (2011) - VPF

12. People Since 2003: Currently a team of over 30+ researchers
Over 100 people have contributed
Over 50 core researchers
Currently a team of over 30+ researchers
Computer science (3 PhDs)
Medicine (6 MDs)
Education (3 PhDs)
Simulation (1 PhD)
Psychology (2 PhDs)
Collaborators at: UF, UCF, Drexel, GHSU, UT-SA, Kent State, UVA
Using technology: USF, Creighton

13. VERG 2005