Countdown begins for the Conference on Virtual Reality (VR)/ Augmented Reality (AR), which is to be organized in cooperation with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT), WB and industry experts. A grand meet will be organized at ITC Sonar, Kolkata on the 19th of December. That will be followed by a Faculty Development Program (FDP) spanning over 10 days, which will be arranged at the Salt Lake Campus of MAKAUT, which is open to all interested College Faculties. It will not be restricted to faculties of MAKAUT affiliated Colleges, but all other Colleges.

The Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor of MAKAUT, Prof. (Dr.) Saikat Maitra will inaugurate the Program on the 19th December at ITC Sonar. Prof. Samir Mukherjee and Prof. Prasanta Narayan Dutta of MAKAUT will be the Joint-Coordinators of the event. 

In fact the use of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) is growing across sectors by leaps and bounds. The organizations and institutions involving entertainment, media, education, retail, real estate, automobiles etc are using these technologies to involve their core audience, Customers or users. The faculties teaching in different colleges can never keep themselves aloof from this emerging technology, as they are the key persons entrusted with the task of nation building and influencing the minds of the young generation. In fact, VR/AR technologies are becoming more and more important as media of instruction in the teaching-learning process. It is needless to mention that through this mode of instruction the learner can penetrate in the subject matter lucidly and vividly.

It is in this perspective that Maulana Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT), West Bengal is going to arrange the Faculty Development Program (FDP) for 10 days, pertaining to a Training for Virtual Reality (VR)/ Augmented Reality (AR), commencing on 19^thDecember 2019. It will be arranged at the City Campus of the University at BF-142, Sector I, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700064 in Saturdays and Sundays, for the convenience of the faculties It may be mentioned at this point that MAKAUT is the nodal State University in the field of Engineering, Management and other Technical areas with more than 200 affiliated colleges.

The Course Co-ordinator is Prof. Samir Mukherjee, the Head of the Department of Emerging Technology & VR/AR/MR/XR, MAKAUT. An eminent personality in this field, Prof. Mukherjee is the Founder and Creative Technologist of VR AR Academia, India. His field of interest is amalgamation of art, culture and technology into a distinct bend of novelty. He is the Ambassador of World VR forum, Geneva, Director of International VR Foundation, Beijing, China and Chapter President ARVRA, USA.

Day by day it is being widely accepted that VR/AR technologies are becoming more and more important as media of instruction in the teaching-learning process. It is needless to mention that through this mode of instruction the learner can penetrate in the subject matter lucidly and vividly. It is in this perspective that MAKAUT is arranging this FDP.

The standee at the Salt Lake Campus of MAKAUT, with the names of different speakers to be present at the inaugural day.

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Augmented Reality(AR) adds digital elements to a live view often by using the camera on a smart phone. Virtual Reality (VR) implies a complete immersion experience that shuts out the physical world. Extended Reality (XR) refers to all real-and-virtual environments generated by computer graphics and wearables. Mixed Reality (MR) experience, which combines elements of both AR and VR, real-world and digital objects interact.

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A view of the standee at the Salt Lake Campus