Atlanta students try out new virtual reality studio opened by NFL Hall of Famers - WSB Atlanta

ATLANTA — A prime radical of Atlanta students got to acquisition a caller virtual world workplace successful downtown Atlanta connected Tuesday.

Hall of Fame teammates Jerry Rice and Steve Young joined forces disconnected the tract to springiness Atlanta students escaped entree to virtual reality. 30 students from the Ron Clark Academy were successful attendance and got to effort retired this caller technology.

Both Young and Rice were connected manus astatine the unveiling of The Creator Zone astatine the Johnson STEMActivity Center successful downtown Atlanta. In attendance were elected officials, and existent and erstwhile Atlanta Falcons players successful attendance, providing acquisition and networking experiences to students.

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The Creator Zone is simply a dedicated abstraction for teens 13+ to usage Meta Quest 2 headsets to acquisition and make successful virtual reality.

“Jerry and I, done our 8 to 80 Zones, are thrilled to beryllium partnering with Meta – offering the younker of Atlanta the precise latest tech to assistance them prosecute their passions and aboriginal careers,” Young said. “This volition supply the adjacent procreation of innovators opportunities to beryllium inspired and engaged arsenic they learn, code, create, and compete. Through these resources, we each anticipation to bash our portion to beforehand taste and societal alteration astatine the bosom of wherever it matters astir – the community”.

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The Creator Zone is escaped for each Atlanta students 13 and supra and provides youths surviving successful underserved communities the skills to prosecute careers successful technology, e-sports, gaming, media arsenic good arsenic grooming connected cutting-edge instrumentality and bundle for television, radio, dependable recording, graphic design, and crippled development.

Teens volition beryllium capable to vie arsenic the backmost of their favourite NFL squad successful NFL PRO ERA, a VR shot game; research the astir iconic locations connected the satellite successful National Geographic Explore VR, and make astonishing thoroughfare creation successful VR with Kingspray Graffiti.

More accusation connected the Johnson Stem Activity Center tin beryllium found here.

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