An experience in the metaverse welcomes new students

News | Institutional | Academic
(13/09/2023)
Like every year, at the start of the academic year, the University of Barcelona offers a welcome activity for new students. This year it consists of a game in the metaverse of the Historic Building, in which participants must find five hidden objects corresponding to five different areas of knowledge.
News | Institutional | Academic
13/09/2023
Like every year, at the start of the academic year, the University of Barcelona offers a welcome activity for new students. This year it consists of a game in the metaverse of the Historic Building, in which participants must find five hidden objects corresponding to five different areas of knowledge.

The action will take place in prepared inflatables. Participants will have to put on virtual glasses to access the game and choose their avatar to enter the UB metaverse. They will have a maximum of 10 minutes to find the hidden objects. Up to 5 people can participate simultaneously in each location. In addition, in the metaverses, you will be able to visit the exhibition of the 150 years of the Historic Building.

There will be a coach who will encourage participation and a technician to solve any doubts and incidents that may arise.

All participants will enjoy a 20% discount on UB merchandising by applying the code #BenvingudaUB to the website shop.ub.edu or by presenting their student ID card at the UB Shop in the Historic Building (Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585).

The action will take place from 18 to 28 September, between 12:00 noon and 4:00 p.m., in thirteen locations that include the UB's seventeen faculties. As in previous years, the action will take place simultaneously in two different locations:

18 September:

  • Terrace of the Solar Atrium of the Faculties of Physics and Chemistry
  • Outside the vestibule of the Library of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences (Diagonal Campus)

19 September:

  • Era de Cal Feliu at the Faculties of Biology and Earth Sciences
  • Main vestibule of the Faculty of Fine Arts

20 September:

  • Main vestibule of the Faculty of Law
  • Main vestibule of the 696 building of the Faculty of Business and Economics

21 September:

  • Entrance vestibule to the Faculties of Geography and History and Philosophy
  • Montserrat Roig Courtyard of the Historic Building

26 September:

  • Vestibule of the Theatre building at the Mundet Campus
  • Masia Building at the Torribera Campus

27 September:

  • Vestibule of the Secretary's Office for Students and Teaching of the Faculty of Information and Audiovisual Media
  • Vestibule of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (Campus Clínic)

28 September:

  • Vestibule of the Secretary's Office for Students and Teaching of the Faculty of Information and Audiovisual Media
  • Entrance hall to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences lecture hall (Bellvitge Campus)

The welcome action, which is intended to be fun and approachable, is one of the activities of the events to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Historic Building. It has been developed by the company CBCat, which has developed the metaverse of the Historic Building, and is aimed at all UB students, especially first-year students, with the aim of creating a sense of belonging.