Augmented reality and streetwear fashion join hands in Chennai

Augmented reality and streetwear fashion join hands in Chennai

A virtual reality headset that showcases Biskit, Adyar’s collection while also allowing shoppers to take a look at their simulated 1,500 sq feet online store. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement On the two days she was in Chennai, Meenakshi Singh, co-founder, Capsul, a multi-brand streetwear platform, spent time heading out to the newest cafes in […]

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Visit Kolkata’s AI and VR powered Durga puja pandals infusing tradition with tech

Visit Kolkata’s AI and VR powered Durga puja pandals infusing tradition with tech

Durga Puja is here. Social media is abuzz with reels and photos of the grandiose theme pujas of Kolkata. Sourya Roy, an IT professional is confused with all this information coming his way. The solution? He asks ChatGpt to make him a four-day pandal hopping itinerary covering exhibits from all parts of the city. In […]

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Chennai’s Biskit Studio launches a new collection at its VR and AR-enabled virtual store

Chennai’s Biskit Studio launches a new collection at its VR and AR-enabled virtual store

Snapshots of the newly launched VR and AR-enabled digital store It is Saturday night and a party is underway at Chennai’s Biskit studio. Millennials groove to house music as they peruse a wide range of abstract, futuristic fashion. Here, the age-old concept of shopping is redefined. In one corner someone is desperately pinching the air […]

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From Chennai to Paris through Virtual Reality: digital experiences take over Alliance Francaise of Madras

From Chennai to Paris through Virtual Reality: digital experiences take over Alliance Francaise of Madras

One of the AR artworks when viewed through the smartphone | Photo Credit: Gowri S Hanging from the ceiling at Alliance Francaise de Madras’ white cube gallery, are curtains of art that revel in motion. They invite the viewer to walk through a labyrinth of art enhanced by Augmented Reality (AR). As one goes forth […]

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A Virtual Reality experience at this Chennai library examines the evolution of life

A Virtual Reality experience at this Chennai library examines the evolution of life

At this library, instead of borrowing a book, you can dive into an interactive Virtual Reality installation and examine the birth of our planet, aided by a snake  At this library, instead of borrowing a book, you can dive into an interactive Virtual Reality installation and examine the birth of our planet, aided by a […]

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MeitY, Meta launch programme to support 40 startups

MeitY, Meta launch programme to support 40 startups

The Ministry of Electronics and IT’s (MeitY’s) Startup Hub Tuesday signed an agreement with social media giant Meta to launch an accelerator programme to offer grants to startups building services for the metaverse, a digital world which is a combination of virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) accessed through a browser or headset. The […]

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Project Cambria: What’s known about Meta’s upcoming mixed reality headset

Project Cambria: What’s known about Meta’s upcoming mixed reality headset

Meta has announced that it will host the annual Connect event on October 11. The conference will be closely watch because Meta is expected to showcase its next-generation AR/VR headset codenamed Project Cambria at this event. In October last year, the company shared a short video suggesting it was working on a new virtual reality […]

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IIT-Kharagpur researchers develop no-code 360 VR platform for teachers

IIT-Kharagpur researchers develop no-code 360 VR platform for teachers

Virtual Reality (VR) might be touted as the future of learning, but at the moment teachers find themselves excluded from this ecosystem. This was the fundamental problem a group of IIT-Kharagpur researchers had in mind when they started working on developing a 360-degree VR educator platform. “The basic problem is that teachers are dependent on […]

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Meta, Qualcomm sign pact on custom virtual reality chips

Meta, Qualcomm sign pact on custom virtual reality chips

Meta Platforms Inc signed an agreement to have chip-maker Qualcomm Inc produce custom chipsets for its Quest virtual reality (VR) devices, the companies announced at a consumer electronics conference in Berlin on Friday. Engineering and product teams of both companies will work together to produce the chips, powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon platforms, they said in […]

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Meta to launch new Virtual Reality headset in October: What we know so far

Meta to launch new Virtual Reality headset in October: What we know so far

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently confirmed that the company will be launching a new VR (Virtual Reality) headset in October this year. According to a report by The Verge, Zuckerberg made comments on the same during Joe Rogan’s podcast. The CEO also suggested that the headset will be launched during the company’s annual Connect event. […]

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