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Hundreds of universities want to teach VR development, but few have the equipment

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Hundreds of universities have expressed an interest in teaching virtual reality development to students, but few are equipped to do so, according to a survey by German game engine maker Crytek.

To address the problem, Crytek has created a VR First initiative that makes tools for VR development freely available to universities. Since January, 14 universities from North America, Europe, and New Zealand have joined the program.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.