The studio's "Minecraft: Education Edition" has for the last few years played host to virtual curricula that have allowed students to visit and learn about global monuments, sharpen math skills, understand coding or take puzzle-filled explorations to places as varied as the human body or a NASA-approved jaunt into the International Space Station.
Read MoreUndergraduates celebrated later in the day with a second video game commencement at 2 p.m. Family and friends could watch a live stream on Twitch, a popular gaming platform. Sitting at home individually with their controllers, the graduates in the game did what they couldn't have in real life because of the virus: hugged their friends, walked across the stage and shook hands with their professors.
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