June 30, 2025, Filed Under: Events, Press Releases, Showcase, Student WorkLeveling Up: Showcasing Student Works Through UT Game Development and Design’s Digital Demo Day On Thursday, May 1, 2025, UT Game Development and Design (GDAD) hosted its semesterly Digital Demo Day event, highlighting the work of dozens of students interested in pursuing careers in the digital media, game, and VR/AR industries. Through GDAD’s multidisciplinary curriculum, students showcased skills developed from studies in Arts and… Continue Reading Leveling Up: Showcasing Student Works Through UT Game Development and Design’s Digital Demo Day
June 23, 2025, Filed Under: Events, Press ReleasesPowering Texas Game Studios: Inside UT Game Development and Design’s Texas Power Hour On Thursday, May 1, 2025, UT Game Development and Design hosted the Texas Power Hour, an invitation-only event for executives, directors, and senior managers in both game and game-related companies. Throughout the event, these individuals discussed strategies to forge long-term growth and resiliency in Texas studios. The event opened with… Continue Reading Powering Texas Game Studios: Inside UT Game Development and Design’s Texas Power Hour
July 9, 2024, Filed Under: Events, Press Releases, Student Success“Elysian Heights”: Texas Immersive Institute’s Groundbreaking AR Experience Longlisted for Yugo Student BAFTA Awards From April 11 to April 13, the Texas Immersive Institute (TXI) – a program under UT’s Moody College of Communication and within the Game Development and Design (GDAD) Program – invited guests to enjoy their student explorers’ Capstone Project titled “Elysian Heights,” an in-person immersive experience tying augmented reality to… Continue Reading “Elysian Heights”: Texas Immersive Institute’s Groundbreaking AR Experience Longlisted for Yugo Student BAFTA Awards
