IIT Madras collaborates with ISRO to develop astronaut training module

IIT Madras collaborates with ISRO to develop astronaut training module

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: February 08 2023

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  • The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras announced a collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to curate a training module for Indian Spaceflight Programme.
  • A MoU was signed between ISRO and IIT Madras for collaboration on the application of Extended Reality (XR) and other technologies in Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. 
  • This training module will be created on the basis of Augmented Reality (AR)/ Virtual Reality (VR) / Mixed Reality (MR).
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