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18 Jan 2022

Second runner up – Samsung Innovation Awards 2021

Samsung Innovation Awards are organized annually by the Samsung R&D Institute India in Bangalore, which aims to identify, encourage and reward innovative ideas and projects. Student teams were invited from the same institute to participate, innovate and present their best work on the 2021 theme ‘Metaverse: Realizing the Virtual World’. Our Master of Design students – Anshul Chole, Pooja Verma, Tito Sumi, and Vibhuti Sagar won the second runner-up prize for their project “Space_d: A Virtual Reality Experience”. The project was guided by Prof. Prasad Onkar. It aims to understand the effectiveness of virtual reality to relax a user. Following the design process, a holistic experience was constructed and tested with users. Overall, the experience received positive feedback from the participants and showed the potential of virtual reality in relieving stress and promoting relaxation.