Teaching for the Future of VR

The London College of Communication is teaching VR skills for the future immersive industry.

Anyone with their finger on the pulse of immersive technology or even someone with a passing interest in all the subtle flavours of MR will be aware that immersive experiences are the future for many industries. There is simply no question about this, from entertainment to manufacturing and education, immersive tech is rewriting the rules faster than the actual hardware is developing. Right now, as a range of industries begin to realise the potential of immersive experiences the MR skills gap is yawning and unless we teach the next generation the right skills, that gap will continue to grow.

Tech Trends has visited some of the relatively few, excellent, higher education immersive teaching facilities around the globe, notably the awesome Full Sail University VR Lab in sunny Florida but it turns out we need not look so far from home. Last year the London College of Communication, situated just south of the Thames at Elephant and Castle, launched their first VR specific course, and the LCC MA in VR is just the start.

The MA Virtual Reality (VR) at London College of Communication provides the opportunity to explore and develop the application of VR technologies across filmmaking, visual effects (VFX), animation, games and immersive augmented reality (AR)…