{"id":162101,"date":"2022-07-19T12:02:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T22:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=162101"},"modified":"2022-07-19T12:02:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T22:02:44","slug":"waipahu-esports-tech-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/19\/waipahu-esports-tech-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> students help launch esports, tech lab in Waipahu"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Members of the 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa and 糖心Vlog官方 West Oʻahu<\/span> esports teams played an exhibition match against HPU<\/abbr>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new state-of-the-art technology facility that will help build valuable game and software development skills for Hawaiʻi<\/span>\u2019s residents in the skyrocketing esports industry was launched by University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> and 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span><\/a> esports players.<\/p>\n

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Players preparing for the match<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The TRUE<\/abbr> Esports + Tech Lab at Waipahu Public Library by the Technology Readiness User Evaluation<\/a> (TRUE<\/abbr>) initiative of the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Executive Collaborative was unveiled at an event on July 14. To promote the lab, players from 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa and 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> showcased their talents through an exhibition match against Hawaiʻi<\/span> Pacific University (HPU<\/abbr>), which was televised live on ʻ\u014clelo<\/span> Community Media.<\/p>\n

“Participation by the 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> esports teams highlights how vital our university’s program is to broader community planning for esports,” said Nyle Sky Kauweloa<\/strong>, a spring 2022 communication and information sciences<\/a> PhD<\/abbr> graduate and head of the 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Esports Task Force in the College of Social Sciences<\/a>. “The TRUE<\/abbr> esports initiative will collaborate with the 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> esports program by our providing instruction, mentorship and support to students from the Waipahu community, many of whom are underserved, with the technologies industry and through the relationships built between students who may never have imagined that they could attend college through esports.”<\/p>\n