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CXR

Center of eXtended Reality?



The recent advancements in hardware and computing power have led to new developments in virtual and augmented reality, computer graphics and vision, and machine learning. Imagine what would it be like living in 2030 and beyond, where the customer, who wants to buy a land from a real-estate company will be able to experience the land and its surroundings at the comfort of their home or experience the house that is about to be built. It is estimated by 2022 the XR market is expected to grow $209 billion, which is eight times what is today. This tremendous growth could mean the realities of our 2030 lives are beyond our imagination’s ability to grasp. To explore this new technology and its applications, the GITAM XR labs will offer hardware, support along with expertise, and dedicated workspaces to further the technology growth through research and development.




GITAM CENTER FOR EXTENDED REALITY



Vision for XR research lab

Our vision is to demonstrate research excellence by addressing strategically important challenges in the field of Extended Reality that have economic and social impact, through research, knowledge exchange and/or collaborations.


Aim for the research center

GITAM envision to be an influential player in Academics along with Research and Development. To produce effective leaders and effective workforce in a relevant field GITAM proposed to create and develop 5 centers of excellence within the campus.

XR Lab is one of them. We aim to make this XR lab a technological hub with the state-of-the-art virtual and augmented reality devices, much-needed computers, motion and gesture detection devices, haptics, 3D scanners etc. We intend to provide a space where researchers, graduate and post graduate students, start-ups, and industries come together and address the needs of XR.

The lab is intended to address the challenges of AR/VR which lies in several areas such as medicine, gaming, training, sports, storytelling, education, and demonstrations. This Extended Reality (ER) Lab is intended to put major emphasis on futuristic interaction technologies including virtual, augmented and mixed reality. The main focus is on promoting this ER Lab into a Center of Excellence by developing a community of empowered students and faculty in the area of Augmented, Virtual and mixed reality, through multiple collaborations with both well established Industry and Academic AR/VR centers.

This lab will engage in AR/VR curriculum development along with teaching, research, and services for developing advanced methods and algorithms for near-real 3D user interfaces and exploratory data analysis in virtual environments. Emphasis will also be laid on application-driven, interdisciplinary research by extending the collaborations in future with all the reputed institutions worldwide, and partners from industry, covering fields like medicine, defence, simulation science, production technology, product development, neuroscience and architecture.

We aim at providing a platform for students to work on this futuristic technology and also encourage them to join one of the available projects with our research and industry partners either through their curriculum or as a resident graduate student. Through XR lab, we aim to offer hardware and expert support for the researchers. This XR lab also plays a role in bringing the researchers and students into contact for collaborative work on some interesting projects.


Objectives of CXR

• To focus on the growth & development of Augmented and Virtual Reality solutions for achieving the digital transformation. This Lab aims at partnering with industry, academia, R&D Labs and innovators. The following are the major objectives of Extended Reality Lab, GITAM

• Giving a push to research, technology development, product development, technology incubation and entrepreneurship in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

• Develop a state-of-the-art research and development with a testing lab facility for advanced algorithms that involves mathematical modelling for simulating and tackling the real world engineering problems using AR/VR technology.

• Partnering with the industry and developing the application platforms for specific skill development programs based on the industry needs and relevance.

• Encouraging and producing enthusiastic new generation entrepreneurs who are ready to establish a start-up and reap the benefits of incubation and start-up facilities in collaboration with Venture development Cell (VDC).

• To create a core group of researchers in the area of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality.

• To train and encourage students to develop in-house needs like Virtual Science Labs, Virtual Anatomy Lab etc;

• To provide training to the faculty to handle courses and projects related to Immersive visualization, Augmented reality, AR/VR Gaming etc.