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Games and VR is a specialist pathway of the BSc in Immersive Systems Design. The programme provides graduates with a highly relevant skill set in practical software and immersive systems (Augmented and Virtual Reality) development, an understanding of how people and technology interact, combined with the creative insight essential to help create the future in immersive systems. This is a technology focused degree with a strong art-school foundation, combining rigorous taught components with studio based learning and critical thinking. Visualisation and Virtual Reality is now seeing a surge of rapid development and adoption worldwide. With the entertainment market driving costs down, new opportunities are emerging for VR in broadcast and entertainment, medical, engineering and other domains. Through the programme students will gain an understanding of major issues around application development for games and virtual reality alongside practical skills for creating engaging and immersive interactive experiences. Students will specialise in application development for Games and Virtual Reality, while gaining a broader range of technical skills for the emerging VR market. Students will combine knowledge of how software and hardware digital systems function with game design skills.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Art and Design
Degree
BSc
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Games and VR is a specialist pathway of the BSc in Immersive Systems Design. The programme provides graduates with a highly relevant skill set in practical software and immersive systems (Augmented and Virtual Reality) development, an understanding of how people and technology interact, combined with the creative insight essential to help create the future in immersive systems. This is a technology focused degree with a strong art-school foundation, combining rigorous taught components with studio based learning and critical thinking. Visualisation and Virtual Reality is now seeing a surge of rapid development and adoption worldwide. With the entertainment market driving costs down, new opportunities are emerging for VR in broadcast and entertainment, medical, engineering and other domains. Through the programme students will gain an understanding of major issues around application development for games and virtual reality alongside practical skills for creating engaging and immersive interactive experiences. Students will specialise in application development for Games and Virtual Reality, while gaining a broader range of technical skills for the emerging VR market. Students will combine knowledge of how software and hardware digital systems function with game design skills.
Admission Requirements
6+
30+
4 Years
Sep
Tuition fees
Domestic
9,535 GBP
International
24,350 GBP
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BSc (Hons) Immersive Systems Design (Games and Virtual Reality)
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, United Kingdom
# 12QS Subject Rankings
48 monthsProgramme duration
24,350 GBPTuition Fee/year
Art and DesignMain Subject Area
Programme overview
Main Subject
Art and Design
Degree
BSc
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Programme overview
Main Subject
Art and Design
Degree
BSc
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Admission Requirements
Tuition fees
Domestic
International
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