Virtual/Augmented/Mixed/Extended

Reality

Speaker: Kumar Mridul

Venue: HSB 209 (Seminar Hall)

Date: 31st January, 2020 (Friday)

Time: 5.30 p.m.

Abstract

Augmented Reality (AR) is the most advanced visualization technique which has been recently picked up by the scientific and academic community. The word "augmented" means transforming or changing into something greater. And Augmented Reality makes the real reality interesting by adding virtual content on top of it. As we follow Moore’s law, size of electronic chipset is decreasing while the processing power is increasing, and we are reaching to such a level where we can realise a wearable device having the power of a computer which is making AR headset possible. Big companies like Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook have placed their footsteps in AR. But do you know what it takes to create an AR experience? I will talk to you about Augmented Reality systems which can make us achieve an E.D.I.T.H. and Jarvis (Marvel reference) kind of Visual system.

About the speaker

Kumar Mridul is the founder and CEO of Ghost Vision. He completed his dual degree program from the Department of Engineering Design in 2016, and joined the MS program in Entrepreneurship in ED. He founded Ghost Vision in 2017 and has been working on it since. He has been doing research on AR for the past 5 years and has published a couple of papers on VR and AR. Other than technology and entrepreneurship, he likes sports, philosophy, universe, and travelling.