MUST-have film and gaming equipment now take pride of place inside University Centre Colchester's new state-of-the-art learning zones.
The suites, decked out with games consoles, 3D cameras and production equipment, were launched last week exclusively for digital media students to help prepare them for their future careers.
Mark Backler from the Games Hub and Innovation Centre at Essex University cut the ribbon.
Phil Toms, head of digital media, music and performing arts at the University Centre Colchester, said: “Having developed a very strong diploma course in interactive media and games over the last three years at Colchester Institute, we’re excited to offer this new computer games degree, supported by £42,000 of equipment for the students to develop their own games businesses and prototypes so they are already working before graduation.”
The game zone features Playstation and Xbox consoles, HTC Vive virtual reality equipment, a 360-degree/ 3D video camera and other Canon-sponsored camera equipment.
Inside the film suite, students will find top-of-the-range PCs suitable for producing film, animation and computer game coding.
Film and gaming students attended the launch to show guests the work they have produced so far this year.
One of those was Georgie Peck, who is on a degree course in digital film production and showcased her 360 virtual reality videos of the UCC rooms at the event.
“This is a great asset for our learning and it enables us to become more creative," she said.
"We can now produce things we couldn’t before and this will really help me with my final year assignments.”
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