Dr. Paul Debevec is the director of the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies. On this page of his Web site, he presents some of his recent work that involves simulating light sources for a virtual environment. This is done with a sphere of different colored lights that can produce lighting effects representative of the virtual conditions. His most recent addition...

The Biomedical Simulations Resource (BMSR) is operated by the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California. The BMSR has four main research areas that focus on developing modeling and simulation techniques "for the advancement of scientific knowledge and improvement of clinical practice." Detailed descriptions and papers of each of the four core projects are given...

The National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) is housed at the University of Iowa and is associated with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Visitors to the NADS Website can see a slideshow overview of the facility, read about the experimental program, and view simulations (QuickTime). Multi-body dynamics, software engineering, tire soil, simulation technology, and electrical...