An examination of skill requirements for Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality job advertisements

TL;DR

This paper analyzes online AR/VR job postings to identify key skills required, providing a classification framework and skill ranking to inform education and hiring practices in the rapidly growing AR/VR industry.

Contribution

It offers a novel content analysis of AR/VR job ads, creating a skill classification framework and ranking the most relevant skills for these positions.

Findings

Technical skills like UI/UX design and graphics rendering are highly sought after.

The study provides a ranked list of skills relevant to AR/VR jobs.

Insights can help tailor curricula and HR strategies for the AR/VR market.

Abstract

The field of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) has seen massive growth in recent years. Numerous degree programs have started to redesign their curricula to meet the high market demand of such job positions. In this paper, we performed a content analysis of online job postings hosted on Indeed.com and provided a skill classification framework for AR/VR job positions. Furthermore, we present a ranking of the relevant skills for the job position. Overall, we noticed that technical skills like UI/UX design, software design, asset design and graphics rendering are highly desirable for AR/VR positions. Our findings regarding prominent skill categories could be beneficial for the human resource departments as well as enhancing existing course curricula to tailor to the high market demand.