As video games become more realistic, it’s the job of designers to create virtual rooms that match the layout and functionality of actual spaces, in part to help players easily navigate their way around games. That means getting down to the minutiae like making sure electrical outlets are carefully placed and that doors all have knobs. Some larger companies like Microsoft and Epic Games are even building teams of in-house designers, though North Cook warns that to land jobs like these, in addition to a design résumé, you must also have complementary experience, including “sophisticated 3-D modeling skills and a background in architecture and layouts.”īoth gaming and interior firms use renderings to create rich interiors that feel real and authentic. “All the things you do at a traditional interior design firm-instead of doing that for physical spaces, you’re doing it for virtual ones,” says Doug North Cook, assistant professor of immersive media at Chatham University in Pittsburgh. With so many technological advances in the way of 3-D visualization, there’s been a big push for gaming and virtual entertainment companies to hire design professionals to lay out and create spaces and work on material design for games like Spider-Man and World of Warcraft. A bedroom from Fortnite Courtesy of Epic Games
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