Design for VR - Autumn 2025

Welcome to the course homepage of DE677 - Design for Virtual Reality.
(18 Aug - 29 Aug 2025)

Schedule

Below is the course schedule for the two weeks and the corresponding venues.

Updates

  11 Aug 2025  

The outcomes from this Autumn 2025 course will be updated here: Project Showcase - Design for VR 2025.

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  10 Aug 2025  

The development sessions for VR and AR will be taken by Elvira Mishra, Shiva Teja Banda and Aditya Sirsat.

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  9 Aug 2025  

The invited speakers this time are:

1. Yashwant Rawat, Hayat Tamboli, Anumeha Patoria & Tanmay Kuwalekar - XR Projects (STARMAZE, Dive)
   Friday, 22 Aug, 4PM – 5PM
2. Khusboo Kumari - EaseIn: VR based patient support for MRI
   Monday, 25 Aug, 10AM – 10:45AM
3. Herold P Charles (Assistant Professor, School of Design Innovation, Mahindra University) - PERSPECS: Perspective-taking in VR
   Monday, 25 Aug, 11AM – 12PM

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  8 Aug 2025  

Student projects from the previous courses:

• Project Showcase - Design for XR - Spring 2025
• Project Showcase - Design for VR (Elective) - Autumn 2024
• Project Showcase - Design for XR - Spring 2024
• Project Showcase - Design for VR (Elective) - Autumn 2023
• Project Showcase - Design for VR (Elective) - Autumn 2022
• Project Showcase - Design for VR (Elective) - Autumn 2021

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Lectures - Outline

1. History
   • Evolution of Communication Media
   • Evolution of VR
2. Present
   • VR & Technology
   • How & Why VR Works
   • Understanding XR
   • Design Process:
     a. Interactive Experiences
     b. 360 / Spatial Narratives
3. Future
   • Applications of XR
   • Potential of XR

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