Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC) and the Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) @cmuetcOfficial launch the first virtual glassblowing experience. PGC worked with a team of ETC graduate students for 15-weeks to design a virtual experience that educates, engages, and inspires middle and high students about the glassmaking process.
“As a truly interdisciplinary program since its inception nearly a quarter of a decade ago, the ETC is thrilled to develop a project alongside the experts at PGC that fuses cutting edge technologies with a truly historic art form which can hopefully spark interest and curiosity around both mediums. We look forward to continued collaboration with PGC in building an expansive learning ecosystem sharing all the amazing resources our region offers,” said John Balash, ETC Director of Educational Outreach .
To experience virtual glassblowing, a headset is worn that projects a 3D virtual hot shop and makes the participant feel like they are immersed in a glassblowing studio. Blaze, an animated flame and PGC’s mascot, guides participants through the steps of making a blown glass orb from holding a blow pipe and gathering molten glass to adding color and knocking the orb off of the pipe.
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