VR Foundations

The world of Virtual Reality (VR) offers incredible opportunities to combine creative and technical skills to create cutting-edge content. Demand for skilled VR developers and designers is growing at an unprecedented rate—VR developer job openings are up 800% year-over-year—and there has never been a better time to enter the field. In this program, you’ll learn the foundational skills necessary to start creating high-quality VR content, and gain the valuable experience you’ll need to advance your studies, and put yourself on the path to a rewarding VR career. If you’re ready to start creating memorable and compelling experiences using the very latest virtual reality technologies, then this is the program for you!

This program focuses on foundational knowledge as opposed to career-ready skills. It affords you an excellent opportunity to build proficiency with the key tools and techniques you’ll need to progress your studies, and ultimately launch and advance your VR career.

If you have a long-term interest in VR, and ultimately see yourself pursuing advanced studies, and a career in VR, then it's critical you learn the foundations that are taught in this program. So this is a great launchpad for your future in VR.

The VR Foundations program is an entry-level program. You’ll learn the core skills, tools, techniques, and concepts you’ll need to pursue more advanced studies, and get on the path to a career as a VR Developer. There are no prerequisites required to enroll. The VR Mobile 360 Developer and VR High Immersion Developer Nanodegree programs are both advanced, career-ready programs. To enroll, you must meet certain prerequisites, and have either completed our VR Foundations program, or acquired equivalent skills and experience. Each of these two advanced programs focuses on a different specialization within the larger field of VR, and which you should choose is dependent on your ultimate learning and career goals, and the kind of creative content you want to develop.