The University of Aveiro (UA) was present at the Aveiro TechWeek event, with a permanent display and highlighted at the fair, showing the best of the research produced by the UA in the area of ​​video games.

The exhibition organized by the direction of the Master’s in Digital Game Development, in partnership with the rectory of the UA, featured a display of dozens of academic works by master’s students, the demonstration of numerous research projects of several research units and departments at the UA, as well as functional Virtual Reality prototypes that could be explored by the public present at the fair.

The TechWeek, dedicated to the theme Videogames, was held in the two pavilions of the Aveiro exhibition park, from 4th to 6th October. The Gaming TechWeek had the participation of various stakeholders in gaming culture, from streamers, players and many curious people, with several lectures and sports tournaments held.

The Master’s Degree in Digital Game Development is an advanced training offer that results from a joint venture between the Department of Communication and Art and the Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and IT, with teachers and researchers from DigiMedia, IEETA and IT.