A top-down camera in a Ganek Innovation Showcase trailer.

USC Ganek Immersive Studio to unveil student showcase

USC School of Cinematic Arts’ Ganek Immersive Studio, a creative hub dedicated to expanding the current boundaries of immersive storytelling and world building, has announced the line-up for its annual student Immersive Showcase.

The event will feature a slate of projects in various stages of development highlighting the groundbreaking work emerging from the Studio, said USC associate professor and studio director Jordan Halsey. The event will take place on the SCA campus on April 24.

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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.