Summary:
Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) has launched the country's first Consortium for Virtual Reality called 'Consortium for VR/AR/MR Engineering Mission in India' (CAVE). The main objective of this consortium is to enable members to create new advanced technologies and applications in Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Mixed Reality (XR) and haptics together. The consortium will promote best practices dialogue with all stakeholders government policymakers and research institutions. It aims to become a resource for industry academia consumers and policymakers interested in virtual augmented and mixed reality. The CAVE's Engineering Mission is to promote engineering of XR and haptic technology development not just using XR and haptics and adoption of XR and haptics globally particularly in India..