#CelebratewithDE and join us as we tour Discovery Communication’s world headquarters and meet the men and women behind the world’s #1 nonfiction media company.
With five live-streamed career spotlights and accompanying hands-on STEM activities, your students will be immersed in the STEM skills needed to succeed in a variety of creative and technical fields.
Friday, May 6, 2016
Broadcasts at 10 AM, 11 AM, 12 PM, 1 PM, and 2 PM ET
Cory Key
Discovery Communications Vice President – Digital
Career: Virtual Reality Developer
Imagine swimming in shark-infested shipwrecks or freeboarding the windiest street in the world. Virtual reality can take you to new worlds like never before, immersing you in time, space and story. But who creates these immersive experiences, overseeing the creative design and technical development?
Cory Key is Vice President of Digital, overseeing creation of digital interactive experiences that align to Discovery brands. For example, with Skywire Live, daredevil Nik Wallenda walked a tightrope across the Grand Canyon. Viewers at home could go online to take a 360 degree panoramic digital “walk” themselves, seeing the hair-raising views from the wire 1,500 feet above the Little Colorado River Gorge.
Most recently, Cory has helped launch Discovery VR, a new brand of experiences combining the immersive power of virtual reality with Discovery’s 30-year history of engaging and exceptional content.
Hands-on STEM Challenge: VR Viewer – DOWNLOAD
Discovery Education Related Resources
Grades K-5
Shares more on the emerging field of virtual reality, including what it is, what it is like to experience it, and how it is produced.
Profiles of Scientists and Engineers: Virtual Reality Scientist
Grades 9-12
Explores the occupation of Jurgen Schultze, a virtual reality scientist. The program introduces the different fields of study that interact with virtual reality scientists, and evaluates the career path for individuals interested in virtual reality science.
