The Canadian gaming industry is growing fast ... And it’s always looking for VR and AR specialists
When NORCAT’s chief technology officer Ed Wisniewski heard that Algoma University was partnering with tech giant Unity to develop a pool of talent in Northern Ontario, his reaction was succinct:Wisniewski, who has been creating virtual reality programs with NORCAT for over a decade, said recruiting new employees has been a challenge in recent years.
The company says that 70 per cent of the most popular 1,000 mobile games — including Pokemon Go and Call of Duty mobile — use the platform, and on a yearly average, over 3,000 new projects were started daily using Unity. Algoma’s next generation of coders Miguel A. Garcia-Ruiz, director of the school of computer science and technology at Algoma’s Sault Ste. Marie campus, said he was excited by the opportunity to provide his students with access to the Unity platform, the company’s expertise and to potentially have a first look at any new tech in development.
In a 2022 report, the Entertainment Software Association of Canada said 937 videogame companies called Canada their home, with the bulk of the recent growth centred in Ontario and Quebec. Garcia-Ruiz said he sees a lot of potential on the VR and simulation side with local steel manufacturer Algoma Steel.
“That got us global recognition as being one of the best developers for developing interactive training for education,” he said. “That snowballed into now, where we're almost the only game in Canada when it comes to developing interactive material to the scale that we're doing it and at the quality that we're doing it.”
Although Algoma said the partnership with Unity — including its Centre of Excellence — is slated to serve its Brampton campus, students in Sault Ste. Marie and Timmins will also have access to the courses and instructors. “It really became a great connection for us with Algoma. We looked at how we develop future creators, and how do we ensure that these skills around real time 3D technologies are available for everyone to learn?”
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