IIT Madras to Start Virtual Reality Course in 2022. Engineering students in India will be able to learn and train themselves in virtual reality (VR) at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, starting next year.
IIT Madras and Japanese firm Monolith have join hands to launch an advance diploma programme on VR for the first time in India.
This course will be available both online and offline.
VR is a computer-generated environment that appears to be real, making the user feel they are immerse in their surroundings.
The motive behind launching the course is to skill individuals in a new technology to build capacity and serve the needs of the industry.
There is a growing need for highly skilled professionals in VR, augmented reality (AR), extended reality (XR), and haptics technology, IIT Madras said in a statement.
The first batch will commence in January 2022, and students can apply for the programme starting November.
Fifty students will be admit to the course annually, as per institution.
Anyone with an engineering programme, including students currently enroll in engineering degrees anywhere in India, can apply for it.
Those who want to enhance there skill can also apply.
There is a growing demand for professionals skill in VR in IT companies, animation industries, architecture, engineering, healthcare, and media production.
Prof. M. Manivannan, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras Said :
“Virtual reality is inherently a practical and an interdisciplinary course. Offering such an experiential and interdisciplinary course online is quite challenging. Both IIT Madras and Monolith have taken this as a challenge to offer this course for the first time in India,”
IIT Madras and Japan’s Monolith Research and Training Labs recently signed an MoU for this collaboration.
The Centre of Excellence on Virtual Reality and Haptics will coordinate the course.
Yathirajan Varadharajan, director of Monolith, Said :
“Experiential and immersive technology is rapidly developing and transforming key industries, from architecture and engineering to healthcare and media production.”
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