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Tech Labs Mobile App scores Best Demo at BNAIC 2018

Posted on November 13th, 2018 by Marco Otte

The Babbeltruc app (see here for more) made by Computer Science VU and the Tech Labs of the Network Institute, won the Best Demo at this year’s Benelux AI Conference!

Posted in Game Cella, News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute

Using Virtual Reality to train bus drivers

Posted on October 15th, 2018 by Marco Otte

In collaboration with the Rotterdam public transport organisation (RET), Allerto and the Artificial Intelligence group (Tibor Bosse & Romy Blankendaal) at the VU, the Network Institute developed a virtual reality training application to help bus drivers cope with aggressive passengers. … Continue reading →

Posted in Game Cella, News, Tech Labs, VRblog

Anti-scam training app in the news

Posted on October 15th, 2018 by Marco Otte

Over the past two weeks there’s been a lot of media attention about the Babbeltruc App. This tablet app was created by the Network Institute in collaboration with Artificial Intelligence (Tibor Bosse & Laura van der Lubbe) at the VU … Continue reading →

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