Building Virtual Worlds

Building Virtual Worlds commonly known at the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC for short) is the largest credit class we take our first semester. Sometimes it is called BVW for short because the ETC loves their acronyms. The class focuses on rapid development of immersive experiences leveraging new technologies in order to come up with new ideas of how to entertain. BVW is split into 4 'rounds' where we get a randomized group of people. Typically, each group consists of 2 programmers, 2 artists, and 1 sound designer. My role was of an artist as it was the closest fit to what I do professionally. The fun thing about the Rounds in BVW is that each one was to teach a specific type of thinking by having a goal. At the end of the semester all of our hard work was displayed at the ETC Festival. It was by far the most fun and hard class I have ever done in my academic career.