Samsung India has gone into a relationship with UNESCO MGIEP to dispatch 360 video and Virtual Reality (VR) substance of two brilliant Indian inheritance goals, Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh and the Sun Temple in Konark, Odisha.
A MoU for the substance was set apart between Samsung India and UNESCO MGIEP inside seeing Shri Satya Pal Singh, Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Shri Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Minister of Human Resources Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
The first of the two 360 videos and VR content, on the Sun Temple in Konark, was uncovered 16th of December 2017 at the Transforming Education Conference for Humanity (TECH) 2017 in Visakhapatnam, dealt with by UNESCO MGIEP.
"Learning must be fun and what better approach to realize and construct comprehension of the diverse narratives and societies of mankind than through virtual reality encounter. It certainly beats simply utilizing course readings. MGIEP puts stock in changing instruction for building serene and feasible social orders. It sees immersive encounters, for example, VR as an indispensable piece of socio passionate learning for our more youthful ages as they confront 21st-century difficulties to manufacture a quiet and practical planet," said Dr. Anantha Duraiappah, Director, UNESCO MGIEP.
The 360 video and VR content exhibiting the magnificence, legacy, and wonder of the building wonder Sun Temple in Konark was appeared to understudies and dignitaries at a uniquely set up Samsung Smart Class at the gathering set.
The task will give experiential instructive substance to understudies the nation over. The immersive substance will likewise be accessible to understudies at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), where Samsung Smart Class have been set up in more than 500 schools since 2013. This push to utilize VR for teaching understudies will go far in taking forward Government of India's vision of advanced India.
"Samsung has confidence in changing networks and making a superior life for individuals with its creative items and arrangements. We are cheerful to band together with UNESCO to offer experiential instructive substance with the successful utilization of innovation. Today there is a requirement for youngsters to secure profound comprehension of our national legacy locales. At Samsung, we trust this association will help give numerous more school going kids simple access to such substance in a connecting with and energizing configuration, for example, VR," said Mr. Deepak Bhardwaj, Vice President, CSR, Samsung India.
There are 36 UNESCO Heritage Sites in India today. Samsung India may take up more locales to create 360 videos and VR content in future.
Samsung Smart Class program has so far profited more than 2.5 lakh understudies and has prepared more than 8,000 educators on the best way to successfully utilize intuitive innovation in the Samsung Smart Class to instruct understudies. The program expects to connect the computerized hole amongst rustic and urban India and give meet chances to a quality instruction to youngsters from all foundations. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya schools are controlled by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
The substance on Indian legacy destinations will be accessible unreservedly over every social medium diverts in both 360 and VR designs. VR substance will likewise be given to the Union Ministry of Tourism and State Tourism Boards to be utilized for tourism advancement in India and over the world.
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