Samsung teams up with IIT-Jodhpur to set up AR-VR Innovation Lab | HT Tech

Samsung teams up with IIT-Jodhpur to set up AR-VR Innovation Lab

Curriculum at the lab at IIT-Jodhpur will now go on to include AR, VR and Mixed Reality, with special emphasis on touch, haptic, taste, smell, robotic interfaces, telepresence and brain-machine interfaces. 

By: HT TECH
| Updated on: Nov 20 2020, 16:43 IST
The Samsung AR-VR Innovation Lab at IIT-Jodhpur was virtually inaugurated today. 
The Samsung AR-VR Innovation Lab at IIT-Jodhpur was virtually inaugurated today.  (Pixabay)
The Samsung AR-VR Innovation Lab at IIT-Jodhpur was virtually inaugurated today. 
The Samsung AR-VR Innovation Lab at IIT-Jodhpur was virtually inaugurated today.  (Pixabay)

Samsung India has inaugurated the Samsung AR-VR Innovation Lab at IIT-Jodhpur which is a part of the Samsung Digital Academy initiative. The new lab will train students on new technologies such as Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) etc.

The courses at the lab would be run by Samsung engineers in conjunction with the faculty of IIT-Jodhpur and will be offered to B.Tech, M.Tech and PhD students by the Department Computer Science and Engineering at IIT-Jodhpur. A batch of 30-35 bachelor students will be trained per year and part of this lab would be used by research fellows to conduct their experiments.

The Samsung AR-VR Innovation Lab at IIT-Jodhpur was virtually inaugurated by Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India and Dr Mugdha Sinha, Secretary to Government, Art, Literature, Culture and Archaeology and Director General, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Rajasthan.

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The curriculum at the Samsung AR-VR Innovation Lab at IIT-Jodhpur will include Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality, with special emphasis on touch, haptics, taste, smell, robotic interfaces, telepresence and brain-machine interfaces. 

The course will be taught over 14 weeks through classroom lectures, assignments and lab room sessions, self-study and mini projects. Extensive tutorials and approach documents will also be provided to students to facilitate practical exercises.

Samsung has so far set up six Samsung Innovation Labs in IIT-Delhi, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Hyderabad, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Roorkee and IIT-Guwahati as part of its Samsung Digital Academy program with the first one starting at IIT-Delhi in 2017. These labs have trained over 800 IIT students to date.

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First Published Date: 20 Nov, 16:43 IST
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