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These headsets will be used by my 90+ Game Development students to test out music and sound effects in their games. Simulating a real gaming environment, these headsets will help my students understand how players will hear their game so that they can make sound design improvements as necessary. Though I have 32 students in a class, starting with a set of 12 headsets will allow each game development team to have one person work on the sound for their game. Right now I have three headsets that barely work and are very old. It will be extremely difficult for my students to work with sound and music in their games without newer gaming headsets, and it will be impossible for more than three of them to work on sound simultaneously without them having to bring headsets from home. I will use these headsets in my game development classes for years to come. These headsets will also be able to be used by our school's esports team.

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These headsets will be used by my 90+ Game Development students to test out music and sound effects in their games. Simulating a real gaming environment, these headsets will help my students understand how players will hear their game so that they can make sound design improvements as necessary. Though I have 32 students in a class, starting with a set of 12 headsets will allow each game development team to have one person work on the sound for their game. Right now I have three headsets that barely work and are very old. It will be extremely difficult for my students to work with sound and music in their games without newer gaming headsets, and it will be impossible for more than three of them to work on sound simultaneously without them having to bring headsets from home. I will use these headsets in my game development classes for years to come. These headsets will also be able to be used by our school's esports team.

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