‘Starmaze’ and ‘Maunaraagam’ at Laval Virtual 2025

At Laval Virtual 2025, (From left-top clockwise) Yash Karanjavkar, Hayat Tamboli, Sidharth Goutham, Yashwant Rawat, Tanmay Kuwalekar, Anumeha Patoria, Namit Tirkey

Our students presented their projects ‘Starmaze’ and ‘Manunaraagam’ at the international XR event Laval Virtual 2025, France, held in April 2025. The projects were invited to participate in the Student Demo Competitions at the event.

These academic projects was conceptualised, designed, developed and tested within a two-week timeframe. The prototypes was created during the two-week course ‘Design for Virtual Reality’, in the Autumn semester of 2024, under the guidance of Prof. Jayesh PIllai.

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StarMaze team and game poster

A brief explanation of the project is presented in the video below:

Starmaze – Explainer Video

The details of the project Starmaze are documented here: Starmaze.

Starmaze also won the best project award at India HCI 2024, in the Arts and Installation track.

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Maunaraagam team and VR film poster

A brief explanation of the project is presented in the video below:

Maunaraagam – Explainer Video

The details of the project Maunaraagam are documented here: Maunaraagam.

Maunaraagam also received an Official Selection at Animela 2025.