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Foundation Course on Virtual Reality by NPTEL , IIT Madras commences Aug 2025

Foundations of Virtual Reality
Duration 21-July-2025 to 10-Oct-2025

Virtual reality (VR) is a powerful technology that promises to transform our lives. The purpose of this course is to provide you with a deep understanding of the fundamentals of VR. Because VR tricks our brains by presenting synthetic stimuli to our senses, it is extremely challenging to develop and analyze VR systems that are both effective and comfortable. To get a handle on these issues, this course will fuse together knowledge from a variety of relevant topics, including basics in human physiology, neuroscience, and perceptual psychology, and illustrate how they impact the development of VR hardware, software, and content.

COURSE INSTRUCTORS

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Prof. M.Manivannan

Dr. M. Manivannan, Faculty at IIT Madras is renowned for his expertise in haptics, biomechanics, VR,and computer graphics, and has a rich background in teaching VR courses at the IIT Madras.

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Prof. Anna Lavalle

Dr. Anna LaValle, University of Oulu & IITM Visiting Faculty, is also an early Oculus founder,has extensive experience teaching large-scale courses on VR and other computer science topics at the University of Oulu, Finland, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

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Prof. Steven Lavalle

Dr. Steven LaValle, University of Oulu & IITM Visiting Faculty, is an early Oculus founder and a renowned researcher in Robotics, Motion planning and VR. Prof. Steven LaValle has also authored the textbook for the course