Program Highlights
CreateAccess augments a tech skills training program with sustained 3D creation education and internships
CreateAccess is the 3D education provider for Launchpad, a “learn-and-earn” workforce development program that prepares students from traditionally underrepresented groups for well-paying careers in tech. CreateAccess adds 3D creation education to Launchpad’s core programming with a 6-session summer program, during which students can choose between a CAD/3D Printing Track and a Game Development Track, both hosted at Temple University.
Launchpad students who show sustained interest and promise in 3D have the opportunity to join 3D Clubs, which enable ongoing, deeper dives into 3D tech and connections to industry.
CreateAccess hires Launchpad students each summer through dedicated internship positions. Interns help develop and facilitate programs for the next cohort of Launchpad students, and beginner creators from CreateAccess' other programs.
Launchpad Game Dev Track Creator Showcase: Transformational Games in Unreal Editor for Fortnite
Launchpad CAD/3D Printing Track Student Projects: Trophies for Launchpad's Ignite Program Winners
Students use AI, photogrammetry, and game technology to build excitement about a new arts, education, and technology center in their community
CreateAccess collaborates with the Upper Darby Arts & Education Foundation to provide innovative programming that celebrates the intersections of 3D technology and the arts. CreateAccess will deliver programming at UDAEF's SPARC Center, scheduled to open in summer 2026. To help introduce the SPARC to the community, CreateAccess worked with students from UDAEF to build a fantastical version of the SPARC (complete with flying planets overhead and waterfalls on the wall!) in Unreal Editor for Fortnite.
Students used AI-empowered 3D model generation and photogrammetry to make custom content to populate the digital SPARC Center, and learned that nearly anything is possible in 3D!
See how our creator uses AI and foundational skills in Blender and Unreal Editor for Fortnite to help his vision come to life in 3D.
Teens learn game development and 3D printing, and some become facilitators for 3D Creator programs for their peers
Beginner creators from the Upper Darby Township Library Municipal Branch's Youth-Led Humanities Teen program are introduced to 3D creation during after school sessions throughout the year. Sessions focus on game development, photogrammetry scanning, and CAD modeling/3D printing.
During summer 2025, students who showed sustained interest and promise in 3D had the chance to be selected to participate in a 3D Facilitator Training. The training helped deepen existing 3D skills; introduced new 3D skills including animation, digital sculpting, and AI-empowered 3D model generation; built skills in technical troubleshooting and engaging beginners; and provided opportunities to practice developing and delivering presentations.
Following the training, the Facilitators are prepared to co-design and co-facilitate future programs for other teens at the Library with support from CreateAccess.
The first of these programs will focus on using AI to generate personalized 3D characters, which can be edited to the creator's specifications and 3D printed.
Creators build 3D content in a web browser at Heights
Heights provides in- and out-of-school time programs in Philadelphia. While in school, many 3D software programs that require user accounts are not accessible to students, so CreateAccess and Heights worked together to build 3D creator programs using only fully open software, including SculptGL and FlockXR. Students modeled 3D-printable keychains and got to tap into their artistic sides with the "digital clay" accessible in SculptGL, and were introduced to foundational skills for creating interactive 3D experiences on the web with FlockXR.
CreateAccess introduces 3D modeling, printing, and animation to individuals with disabilities at Integrate for Good - and works with creators and staff to host a digital dance party!
New creators made original 3D models with Tinkercad, and added materials and animations with Spline.
During breaks, they were introduced to 3D printing basics, and helped CreateAccess make a digital dance party for our second birthday with participants' and staffs' real-life dance moves using Deep Motion and Unreal Editor for Fortnite.
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Fortnite Dance Party
CreateAccess partners with Philadelphia Children's Foundation and Malvern Preparatory School to put hardware in creators' hands
3D creator labs that included computers and/or 3D printers were installed at four of CreateAccess' collaborating schools and community organizations.
These devices enable CreateAccess to provide more impactful programs, give each creator more hands-on time with 3D creation tools during the programs, and allow them to keep creating after the programs end.
Creators bring their interests to life in 3D
Beginner creators at Delco Boxing Academy learned how they can incorporate their own lives and interests into virtual experiences.
Learners ages 9-13 were introduced to 3D creation by creating photogrammetry models of objects in their environments, including boxing equipment, and importing them into a 3D experience. CreateAccess Co-Founder Patrick Cozzi facilitated an experimental "Animation Station" that allowed creators to rig an avatar that mimicked their own real-life boxing moves!
College students discover new options for game development
CreateAccess microcourse materials introduced students to a new 3D creation platform for Rowan University's ACM Game Jam.
CreateAccess Co-Founder & Executive Director Liz Dailey visited an event hosted by Rowan University's ACM-W club, where she introduced students to Unreal Editor for Fortnite and ways to create personally-relevant Fortnite experiences using UEFN and photogrammetry. She shared CreateAccess microcourse materials as a resource to help interested students get started with these tools to build a game for Rowan's ACM Game Jam. Two students - Kat Saburova and Mary Moor - built a "Winter at Rowan" themed Fortnite experience with support from the Microcourse Learning Guides.
"Winter at Rowan" student-created Fortnite experience
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CreateAccess microcourse materials provided students with new options for game development at Rowan University's ACM Game Jam.
CreateAccess Co-Founder & Executive Director Liz Dailey visited an event hosted by Rowan University's ACM-W club, where she introduced students to Unreal Editor for Fortnite and ways to create personally-relevant Fortnite experiences using UEFN and photogrammetry. She shared CreateAccess microcourse materials as a resource to help interested students get started with these tools to build a game for Rowan's ACM Game Jam. Two students - Kat Saburova and Mary Moor - built a Rowan-themed Fortnite experience with support from the microcourse Guides. Check out a demo of their game here! (link to video: )