Today was our first time back at UEF since Friday. The first thing today was a lecture on Vietnamese culture dealing specifically with ethnic history. I found it a little strange that there is a significant Chinese based population in southern Vietnam, considering that China borders Vietnam to the north. The history lecture was followed by language class. We learned some more practical Vietnamese, including some important words to use in a restaurant. After lunch, we headed to a building called e.Town which houses Glass Egg Digital Media. Austin, Kim, and myself were responsible for the pre-departure presentation on this company as well as for taking the lead in the question and answer session. Glass Egg is an outsourcing firm which does 3D art for the video game industry. They have traditionally focused on modeling cars for use in games such as Forza Motorsport, but they have expanded to include racetracks and sometimes game characters also. A newer area for Glass Egg is online gaming. They are looking to become the Vietnamese leader in this area as its popularity is growing very quickly in Vietnam. The majority of Glass Egg’s employees are artists. Employment is highly competitive as there is not much in the way of competition for the company in Vietnam. Potential artists are put through an intensive internship program if they are deemed qualified. At the end of the six month trial period, a few of the artists are hired. The employees are artists who are taught to apply their skills through 3D modeling software, as opposed to computer savvy people attempting to create art. Glass Egg Digital Media is a very successful company and it appears they will continue to dominate in Vietnam for some time. The owners of the company also happen to have part ownership in a club called Lush, which is also successful if not completely unrelated to the video game industry.
No comments:
Post a Comment