Does a degree in stereoscopic 3D interest you? Well thanks to the current trend in stereoscopic 3d and the demand that this has placed on appropriately skilled people in the entertainment industry. The University of Southern California has announced their new BA in stereoscopic 3D (at their school of cinematic art). USC has some major 3D industry partners in Sony, HP and EA Games. This is the same place where George Lucas, Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis and Pixar’s John Lasseter learned their trade (albeit not in 3D -Editor).

The Guardian reports - ‘Scott Fisher, chair of USC’s interactive media division, said the programme was a response to increasing demand from Hollywood studios for candidates with a strong grounding in 3D.’

“We’re getting so many requests from industry to provide them with this kind of background in stereoscopic imaging because they’re making more and more films and need that kind of talent to move things forward,” he said.

The Guardian goes on to say that ‘Rather than wow audiences with flashy visual techniques, USC professor Perry Hoberman said the course would teach students to mimick the way the brain naturally represents the visual field.’

“If it’s well done, you forget there’s anything unusual about it (3D),” he said. “It just broadens the gamut of what you can use to express things.”

This new stereoscopic 3D course is due to kick off October 2010.

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