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GAM 369 — VIRTUAL REALITY GAME DEVELOPMENT (CUR-094)

GAM 369 — VIRTUAL REALITY GAME DEVELOPMENT is a DePaul University catalog course in Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media. In this workshop students cultivate the skills to design, program, and develop VR (virtual reality) games. Students learn about the unique affordances and design opportunities inherent to the platform. Topics include the history of VR, VR art, as well as toy design and development. Students collaboratively develop cutting-edge VR toys and games using the studio model in which each student adopts a professional role on the team such as programmer, designer, and artist.

Summary 🟡 ✓

  • Resource type: course
  • College / school: Game Development
  • College/School: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
  • Curriculum section: Engineering / Computer Science / CDM
  • Catalog: GAM 369
  • Last Verified: 2026-05-28

Access (availability): 🟢 Green — open or routine · 🟡 Yellow — appointment or affiliation · 🔴 Red — restricted · ⚪/⚫ White/Black — not yet classified

Verification: ✓ confirmed · ~ likely · ? needs review · ✕ archived

Course access

  • Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation
  • Rationale: Catalog lists formal prerequisites, co-requisites, or program-status requirements.
  • Prerequisites:
  • GAM 244 is a prerequisite

Verification

Catalog description

In this workshop students cultivate the skills to design, program, and develop VR (virtual reality) games. Students learn about the unique affordances and design opportunities inherent to the platform. Topics include the history of VR, VR art, as well as toy design and development. Students collaboratively develop cutting-edge VR toys and games using the studio model in which each student adopts a professional role on the team such as programmer, designer, and artist. Class time consists of lectures, workshops, workdays, playtests, critiques, and class discussions. GAM 244 is a prerequisite for this class.

Resource relevance

Virtual reality game development with immersive hardware platforms.

Notes

Catalog course key: GAM 369. Course offerings and schedules are not verified in this pass.