Glendale Community College in California opened its Dreamscape Learn Virtual Reality Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 16 October 2026. The center gives students and faculty a space to create open educational resources and prepares students for careers in the region's entertainment and technology industries.
The facility sits in the college's Camino Real building, its oldest. It has an immersive classroom with 30 headsets and a free-roam pod where students step inside cinematic, story-driven lessons, according to a college news release reported by the Glendale News-Press.
Teaching and content creation
College president Ryan Cornner said the VR technology will be integrated with the college's STEAM and entertainment technology programmes. Students would learn VR programming through real-time engines while building a portfolio for entry into the workforce. The college aims to develop learning materials in science, social sciences, arts, humanities and ethnic studies, and to offer them as open source to California public institutions.
Funding and partnership
The college partnered with Dreamscape Learn, and Campus Technology reported in November 2023 that the center would be funded by a $4.5 million California state grant. The grant was secured through the 2022-23 state budget as a five-year pilot programme exploring VR in science, creativity and education classes. Cornner said at the opening that it took four years to make the center a reality.
