ARVR Center to open in Bhubaneswar, India
A recent article on KNN India revealed that the Centre of Excellence for Virtual and Augmented Reality will open on the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus in Bhubaneswar.
The purpose of the Centre is to promote research, product development, and technology incubation to benefit the tech industry as well as society in general. It will also provide facilities to ARVR entrepreneurs and startups, in addition to ARVR courses and skill-specific development programs for students.
Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Odisha. It is the largest city in Odisha and is a centre of economic importance in Eastern India
Prafulla Samal, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister, is quoted to have said that Bhubaneswar will pay most attention to AR and VR, and that the MSME Department and State Government will both work towards their goal of meeting the needs of 1000 startups by 2020.
The article concludes by stating that the initiative will give enthusiasm and encouragement to startups graduating from IIT Bhubaneswar.
A view of the main gates to the campus of the IIT – source is the IIT website.