"University Professor Utilizes Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to Teach Engineering and Design"

The University of Maryland has introduced a new engineering course that incorporates the popular video game, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, as a means of teaching machine design. The course, titled "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to Machine Design," allows students to gain experience in designing, prototyping, and testing vehicles, robots, and machines within the virtual world of the game. The course exemplifies a new approach to teaching in higher education, incorporating immersive media such as virtual, augmented, and mixed reality. The melding of gaming and machine design has garnered significant interest, with a high demand for the course and plans to offer it every semester.