AR/VR

Lesson 1
DEMYSTIFYING
EXTENDED REALITY
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The Information Age

• Activity: Back to the Future!

• Close your eyes for a moment and think about everything you did last
evening after reaching home.
• Did you send someone a message?
• Did you video call a friend
• Did you buy something online?
• Did you play an online game?
• What else?

• Now try to imagine how your parents might have done the same
things when they were kids. Does it look any different? Discuss these
differences with your class.

• The digital devices are transforming the way we live, work,

learn and play.

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The Information Age

• Can you name 5 digital devices that you use at your home?
• Our digital devices connect us to people around the world.
• Internet is the heart of our digital lives.
• Advancements in the internet and computers allow us to experience
fascinating virtual worlds, as well as an augmented real world, through
our digital devices.

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The Information Age

Check out the fascinating virtual universe of Roblox created by kids like you!

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The Information Age

But there is still a gap

between our digital
and physical worlds!

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The Information Age

• Activity - My digital world

• Write down 5 use cases of digital
devices in which you see around
yourself. Get creative!

• Example – Using google maps for

navigation. (
https://www.google.com/maps)

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The need for an eXtended Reality

• Activity - Say Hello

• What do you think these
different bubbles say?

• We can translate these

languages into a language of
our choice using Google
Lens (https://lens.google/)

• Do you agree that technology

made our task of translating
these words into our preferred
language extremely easy and
quick?

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The need for an eXtended Reality

• There is a fundamental disconnect
between the data and the physical
world in which we apply it. This
• Limits us from taking full advantage
of billions of smart and
interconnected digital devices
worldwide.
• Keeps us from exploring the
possibilities in the virtual universe.
• eXtended Reality (XR) technologies
promise to bridge this gap.
• It can transform the way

• We learn • Make decisions • Interact with our physical world

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The need for an eXtended Reality

Column A Column B

Eg: Eg: 10% discount on combo meal!

1. Ball trajectory

• Activity - Lay it over

• Match the images in column A 2. Engineer, 5 years of experience in IT sector
with the appropriate data in
column B. One has been done as
3. 4. 3. INR 57/dozen
an example.

4. 5. 4. 83 miles per hour

5. 6. 5. 47°C

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What is eXtended Reality?

• Activity - Virtual Trial

• Check out this amazing feature from lenskart which lets you try
out cool eyewear designs on their website.

• (https://www.lenskart.com/compare-looks)

• This is an example of eXtended Reality (XR).

• Can you think of more similar experience and share with your class?

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What is eXtended Reality?

• XR is a term used for “extending” our reality with the help

of technology.

• An umbrella term including

• Augmented Reality (AR)

• Virtual Reality (VR)

• Mixed Reality (MR)

• XR is paving way to concepts such as “Metaverse”.

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What is eXtended Reality?

Here are some exciting use cases!

Shopping Training

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What is eXtended Reality?

Here are some exciting use cases!

Entertainment Gaming

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What is eXtended Reality?

• Activity - Augment your world with Data
• Watch this video
below and imagine
yourself to be the main
lead of the video as
you enact the scenes
and situations
imagining it to be real.

• Understand and
observe the elements
that aid us to augment
reality.

• (Creed: Rise to Glory

Virtual Reality)

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Introduction to Metaverse

• Do you like music?

• Imagine attending a
mega-concert of your
favourite music star, with
millions from all over the
world, in a virtual
universe, and as a digital
avatar! Too hard to
believe? Well, look at this!

• This is a video of Daler

Mehndi's virtual concert

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Introduction to Metaverse

• A metaverse is considered to
be the next generation of the
internet.

• It is a virtual environment where

users can interact with each
other in a digital space, similar
to the real world.

• It combines physical reality,

gaming, social interactions, and
digital currencies to enable
users to live virtually.

• Check out this intriguing

introduction scene from the
movie Ready Player One which
is set in one such Metaverse -
The Oasis.

• (Ready Player One)

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Introduction to Metaverse

In a
Metaverse,
you can

2 4
watch a movie watch your favourite
with your virtual sports team in their
friends virtual stadium

Can you imagine what else would

you like to do in the Metaverse?
1 3
shop in a virtual buy virtual sneakers Discuss with your class.
supermarket from Nike or Samsung
mobile phones
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Introduction to Metaverse
Play single-
player and 3
Here are a few things that 2 multiplayer
games Change
are possible in a Metaverse 1 Explore stores, your virtual
Interact with museums, appearances
other people games, 4 .
through chat houses, etc. 5
or voice. Listen to music
and experience
6 art created by
other users.
Build your
own world,
like in
Minecraft.

and much more!!!

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Elements of Metaverse

Digital
Currencies Gaming Workplace

Online Non-Fungible Concerts, Digital

shopping Tokens Social, and Humans
Entertainment
events

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Activity: Create your

Metaverse Avatar

Go to “Ready Player Me” and click on ‘Create Avatar’

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Activity: Create your

Metaverse Avatar

Choose your body type by clicking on the appropriate option

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Activity: Create your

Metaverse Avatar

ck an avatar to get started. You can customi se it lat

In this step, we recommend that you ‘Continue without a photo’. You may choose
other options after taking permission from your teacher/parents.

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Activity: Create your

Metaverse Avatar

Pick an avatar to get started. You can customise it later on.

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Activity: Create your

Metaverse Avatar

Explore the various options to customise your avatar using the available features. Change your hairstyle,
your dress, try on a headgear, and more to come up with an avatar you like! You can also move your avatar
around using the mouse button. Once you are done, click on ‘ENTER HUB’
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Activity: Create your

Metaverse Avatar

Congratulations, your avatar is ready! Click on ‘Share’ to download the avatar image and share it with your
class, and check out how your classmates will look in the digital world!

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