Several current MoU employees and alumni including myself, Lauren Lamonica, and Adrian Herbez studied “Building Virtual Worlds” and did research work and independent studies for Stage 3 under Randy Pausch at Carnegie-Mellon University. Though he’s now famous for his celebrated speech and autobiographical bestseller “The Last Lecture” about his battle with cancer, he should also be remembered and cheered for his pioneering work in virtual reality and 3-D social experience research.

I believe it’s no coincidence that so many of my colleagues in that class went on to become leaders in our industries of creating bold new virtual experiences and innovations in entertainment. It is my strong belief that they will carry on Randy’s legacy.