Design in the Metaverse

The global immersive platform, Roblox, and leading design school Parsons have partnered on a Metaverse Fashion Trend Report and new course and curriculum for students to learn digital fashion design.

Students are learning to create hyper-realistic, 3D digital apparel on Roblox where millions of users can wear it on their avatars. Parsons faculty worked with creative, education and marketing executives from Roblox on the course collaboration, which debuted during the Spring Semester.

Described as “The New School’s next wave of fashion design for Roblox,” the 16-week course challenges future designers to “explore the intricate relationship between digital and physical fashion set in an immersive future,” according to the announcement. They will research and prototype both digital and physical fashion, with proof-of-concept prototypes developed on the Roblox platform, and eventually create retail experiences for their clothes and accessories at Parsons and in the Roblox Avatar Marketplace.

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