Aiming to provide a training on teaching methods at undergraduate level for engineering college,in association with VRARA Association, Bangalore chapter, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE) conducted a 2-Days offline workshop entitled “Tech Tide” on VR/MR,held during 22nd Oct -23rd Oct 2021 by Juhi Rathi, a 3D Content developer and a member of VRARA Bangalore.Dr B Sadashive Gowda (Principal,VVCE) and Dr G.B. Krishnappa (Dean of RnD,VVCE) co-chaired the session with Dr. Gururaj HL (faculty coordinator).

The purpose of the workshop was to introduce a new concept, and to demonstrate, teach and encourage the practice and hands-on skills of actual methods of VR/AR/MR/XR using the Blender and Unity 3D softwares.

The workshop started with the introduction of the field and industry standards for VR/AR/MR/XR, explaining the concepts, its implementation and the development of 3D content for different use cases. Informative examples of the 3D content development were shared with the participants. This was followed by discussing the career opportunities and a doubt clearing session.

On the second day, Ms Rathi gave hands-on experience on the basics of 3D modelling,including importing- exporting 3d models, and the interface and tools of the Blender software. The basics of Unity 3D software were also discussed including the scene setup and explanation of the tools involved.A few example projects made for AR/VR were shown to the participants for better visualization of the content discussed.

The workshop ended with a doubt session between the participants and Ms Rathi, followed with a thank you note by Ms Rathi and VVCE.