Students don MetaQuest headsets to experience dorm life during Celebrate UCI 2025. Tony Hwang/UCI June 24, 2025By Antu Nguyen At this year’s Celebrate UCI, hundreds of admitted students stepped into the future of campus life through the new Digital Innovation...
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Design-a-thon Winners: Celebrating Innovation in VR and Imagination at UCI
This past spring, the Office of Data and Information Technology (ODIT) partnered with the student group Design at UCI to offer a special VR track as part of their 2024 Design-a-thon competition, ‘True to You.’ Thanks to ODIT’s sponsorship and the leadership of Jessica Sotelo, Design-a-thon Director, and Keri Albers, Digital Innovation at UCI, nine students gained access to Meta Quest headsets and the opportunity to learn how to create immersive environments.