CS50 is Harvard University’s “introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming“. CS50x is the same class offered on edX. It is also edX’s largest class with over 1 million enrollments. It is also one of Class Central’s Top 50 MOOC of All TIme. You can read our in-depth review of CS50x here.
The course is taught every fall by David Malan and sometimes features guest lectures from tech luminaries like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and the previous CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer. Currently this class is also being taught in parallel at Yale.
But this year, the CS50 team is trying something different. They had previously announced the class will be shot in virtual reality. The lectures are shot in stereoscopic 360º on Nokia OZO VR camera (each camera costs $45,000).
The first lecture videos in VR finally went live a couple of hours ago. Now anyone in the world can get a front row seat to probably one of the largest classrooms in the world.
See the full story here: https://www.class-central.com/report/harvard-cs50-vr/