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The CGD program at GMU: where excellent young people design the technology of the future. Students can check here for updates about events and industry news.

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Congratulations to all of our graduates! Family and friends of grads are welcome to join us for Commencement on Friday, May 20th at 10AM in EagleBank Arena. Our degree celebration will take place on the same day at 3PM in the CFA concert hall. We can't wait to see you all!

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The Tencent Games Merit Undergraduate Scholarship application is open! Multiple scholarships of $2,000 to $12,000 will be awarded - made possible by a generous donation from Tencent Games.

Learn more and apply: https://t.co/3JO9koq8zo

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Attention students seeking an internship: The DCXR Lab at GMU is recruiting part-time interns for VR research. If you would like to learn more, click here:
https://t.co/eZnn8HCWAq

To apply: https://t.co/KxFfkWJzro

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Unreal continues to shine a spotlight on features in their new UE5. This week, we wanted to share some interesting developments of Mass, a program that helps the game engine process massive amounts of entities.

Learn more here: https://t.co/lS84FIAQJX

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Congratulations to our graduating seniors! We will be holding the Senior Game Design Expo on Thursday, May 5th in the JC Bistro from 10AM-1PM. Come celebrate our seniors and play their capstone games.

View last year's expo here: https://t.co/Rdgq61tq2E

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The MIX is hosting Maker's Market on Wednesday, May 4th in Horizon Hall 1408. Students will be showcasing and selling their crafts from 11:30AM to 3:30PM. Come out and support our student artists!

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Unreal Engine 5 is jam-packed with new features for all people of the entertainment industry to enjoy. This demo goes over creating and manipulating simulations in UE5, check it out!

https://t.co/GP3Oek5Gsh

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Unity 2021 boasts an extensive amount of features and systems to help make game building easier for people of all skill levels. This article will show you how to navigate and use the UI toolkit to put eye-popping, functional UI into your game.

https://t.co/FiN1sZm8Un

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Curious about new and improved features in Unreal Engine 5? This guided tour from Chris Murphy will go over building a scene from scratch and show you where to download the new Unreal Engine 5.

https://t.co/LENaJj0eZ4

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The College of Visual and Performing Arts will be hosting Mason Artist Alley this Saturday, April 16th! Come support student artists that will be selling their very own art work - admission is free to all!

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Goals statements should be no more than 300 words and attached as a separate document. Students may also be asked to participate in a brief interview.

If you have any questions, please reach out to [email protected].

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We will have a booth at the East Coast Game Conference this year (April 19 - 21) in Raleigh, North Carolina, and you have the opportunity to join us!

If you're interested, please email Professor Nam with a brief goals statement by midnight April 9th. Details in our comments!

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Unreal's MetaHuman allows for creation of hyper-realistic, readily rigged and animated human models. This tutorial shows you how to customize textures to make your own unique MetaHumans.

https://t.co/30BbaPNiDY

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Motion capture technology has come a long way, especially in the last decade. Unreal Engine showcases its software Faceware, a facial capture program that delivers smooth, accurate facial recognition for use on 3D characters. Learn more about Faceware:

https://t.co/NE2HMtEltu

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Latency is a problem that has been plaguing multiplayer games since the dawn of time. This article will give you some tips and tricks on minimizing latency in Unity.

https://t.co/6A8FfGZMnZ

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Optimization is key to getting your games to run smoothly. This Unreal Engine Tips and Tricks tutorial will walk you through optimizing your textures and usage of VRAM.

https://t.co/LyY9PoOXni

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Tell Me More is happening tomorrow (in-person and virtually). Attendees will explore eye tracking technology in video games known as EyeMine - devloped by the UK charity SpecialEffect that strives to make games more accessible for people of all abilities.

https://t.co/ydv5VJxuzI

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The GDC is right around the corner, and there are so many exciting things to look forward to! Unity has shared news about their Digital Human, and what to expect at their unveiling at the GDC on March 21st-25th.

Read more: https://t.co/Kd82yffsRj

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Tune in on Wednesday, March 23rd to hear from Tim Cotten an industry veteran explaining about the Metaverse.

Join us here: https://t.co/UitbXh4Bkg

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Our VSGI Speaker Series is back! Join us on Wednesday, March 23rd to hear from Tim Cotten an industry veteran explaining about the Metaverse.

Join us here: https://t.co/UitbXh4Bkg