Unity Center of Excellence | Vishwakarma University Pune

Introduction

Vishwakarma University, in collaboration with “Unity Technologies”, the world’s leading cross-platform real-time game engine, sets up a Centre of Excellence in Immersive Technologies (Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality) & Tools, at Vishwakarma University Campus. This unique centre proposes to offer an interactive immersive experience (2D / 3D) in varied domains viz. engineering, art and design, architecture, film-making, entertainment, psychology, management, travel and tourism through simulations and visualizations

Unity is used to create half of the world’s video games. It is also used for creating non-gaming mixed reality immersive experiences in various domains mentioned above. “Vishwakarma-Unity Centre of Excellence” will pioneer in training, development and research in Immersive Technologies (AR/VR/MR).

Vision

To be the Global Centre of Excellence for Training, Development and Research in Immersive Technologies (AR/VR/MR)

Mission

Creating creative, competent and valuable pool of skilled human resources in Immersive Technologies (IT)
Providing quality professional services of training/development in IT to industries/individuals around globe.
Building a world-class experience centre in Immersive Technologies
Empowering the skilled resources in maximizing their career opportunities and academic pursuits in IT.
Making effective use of IT for solving problems in education, healthcare and other sectors etc.. having social relevance and national interest.
Providing eco-system for incubating stat-ups in IT

Trainings Conducted

Faculty training on Unity Platform by Unity
Unity for Beginners - 72 students
Introduction to Gaming for B.A. Animation - 25 students
Online Training in XR Development -22 students by Unity

Workshop on Game Development
Expert Lectures through student club
Sessions by national and global experts
Workshop on Getting Real with AR and VR

Organized Events

Offline Community Building – Unity Developer Day
Workshop - 2D Game Design Using Unity
Participation and presentation at Unite 2019 - Conference
Participation in Unity Game Developers Meet at SuperGaming

Student Projects

Number of Students 4
Industry/Institute Name - FireBirdVR

Abhishek Deshmukh
Samyak Jain
Rutuj Chordiya
Siddhant Kulkarni

Number of Students 4
Industry/Institute Name - Sattvarise

Jhanvi Pandya
Yash Wayase
Sanil Shah
Atharva Burade

Research & Development

Research projects

Virtual Reality based Immersive Techniques For Rehabilitation of Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy Children by Ms. Sarita Sapkal

A study of efficacy of VR-enabled therapies for mentally ill person
– an HCI perspective by Rajashree Akolkar

Student projects & Publications

PROJECT TITLE	INDUSTRY NAME	TOTAL STUDENTS
AR Image Projection apk	Sattvarise	4
VR Escape Room	Sattvarise	4
DEFTXR Interactive Human Anatomy in VR- materials, line rendering and component creation, UI for VR and WebGL environments	Sattvarise	4
Backend and module designing in AR	FireBirdVR	4
Space Voyage (APK/VR)	FireBirdVR	4
Mini Game Room Chess , Billiards Table Tennis , Tetris Darts , Ball Toss	FireBirdVR	4

Expanding Unity Centre of Excellence (Future Projects)

Ajnalens

● Create virtual application that will replicate hospitality or mental well being as a use case

VU Psychology Department

● Do study and create VR exercises to increase concentration and focus of a students

Schizophrenia Awareness Association

● Using VR as cognitive based therapy

● Research problem for PhD Candidate

CDAC Research Lab

● Moon LiDAR scans conversation to VR experience

PSSCIVE - PSS Central Institute of Vocational Education, Bhopal

● Vocational Education working with NCERT

● Vocational education thru VR textbooks

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Introduction

Roadmap

Our Team

Prof. (Dr.) Yogesh Deshpande

Mrs. Mrunmai Ranade

Mr. Akshay Polas

Courses offered

Fundamentals of Unity Engine

Game Development In Unity

XR Development Using Unity

Diploma in Immersive Technologies