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Erika Zhou, a senior computer science student and treasurer and Stuart Aldrich, MUVR President (right)

Birds of a feather: VirtualHacks 2023 inspires flock of students to explore extended reality

Have you ever wanted to fly like a bird, complete tasks as a goose, or step inside the 2013 viral game, “Flappy Bird?” Extended reality (XR) makes it possible, as more than two dozen students demonstrated at a recent XR hackathon.

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Researchers use simulated environments to train AI

A Mizzou Engineering team is hoping to lead artificial intelligence (AI) into a new era by foregoing real-world data in favor of simulated environments.