#Virtual Reality Solutions India

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India's virtual reality landscape is thriving, with several companies leading the charge in innovation and immersive experiences. Here’s a list of notable VR companies, including Simulanis Solutions:

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Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), combined with artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, have altered content strategies and revolutionized the way organizations create information.

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AR/VR services, Virtual Commerce for Business have been used in products, processes, and, most significantly, training content to provide a more contextual and visual experience to end users. AR/VR content provides consumers with a tactile experience, allowing them to better understand and learn. Today, AR/VR applications are used across sectors and companies to improve content user experience.

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TechVoyager provides a wide range of Virtual Reality Services India across industries, with competence in computer vision, machine learning, deep learning, and 3D Virtual Reality Walkthrough Service. We assist in the creation of rich, immersive, and interactive user experiences using AR-triggered content. Personalized content is tailored to a user's personal requirements and is adapted to distinct user roles. Users can fully connect with the released material thanks to the interactive experiences.

End to End 3D Scanning Service

TechVoyager also provides 3D Services in India. Users can visualize the equipment or hardware, examine it in 360 Degree 3D Animation Company in India, and learn how to use and troubleshoot it as a result. The solution is highly customizable, allowing it to be fitted to any sector or purpose.

Here are some of the benefits we provide to consumers with our AR-based content offerings:

Creating immersive and interactive VR-based walkthroughs by converting input product information into 3D.

Integration of solutions with existing CRM/ERP systems.

Creating virtual reality locations/scenarios to increase customer interaction.

Creating single and numerous product visualizations in augmented reality.

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[caitchercatlady]

Sleeping Over at Ramshackle w/Idia

Never leaves his room? You take that as a challenge, and you know just the answer to Night Raven College’s biggest riddle.

Idia…I wanna play a fighting game. You down?

Which one? I can connect you.

How about the one you left at Ramshackle with me?

I can literally mod that.

But you can’t eat my freshly baked cookies from your dorm.

(I want it emoji) Fine, you win.

Idia can never resist your baked goods, no matter how hard he tries. He needs them to function on that console of yours.

When he comes over, you don’t expect him to have a bag of spare clothes with him, but you remember that when it comes to gaming, it’s going to be a long night. India immediately goes for your choco cookies.

“Power up!” he cheers after eating two of them.

Then, you two are duking it out for the virtual champion title.

The both of you spend three long hours blistering your thumbs on your controllers. The health bars on the corners of the TV screen are at the chokehold. You and Idia don’t notice how a storm has brewers outside. It’s storming so much that it brings on the thunder. One large crack is all it takes for the power in Ramshackle to drop from fifty percent to zero. India and you take a few seconds to adjust to reality, but you also realize how dark the dorm is without any source of light.

“Good Seven, this would never happen in Ignihyde,” mutters Idia.

You, on the other hand, don’t comment. You point out how late it is instead. You offer to make up Idia’s room as he takes a shower. He might as well. You’ve never had to do this in the dark though. Not that it’s impossible, but your limbs are quaking as you hold your phone as a flashlight under your chin and tighten the sheets onto the spare bed.

You are in the middle of fluffing the pillows when Idia exits the washroom. He peers into the room, watching you shaking like a leaf. He’s all too familiar with the sensation. He clears his throat, alerting you of his presence. You can’t be happier to see Idia in his unexpectedly athletic looking pajamas. The contradiction makes you snicker.

“What? If you were going to catch me in anime tees, that’s never going to happen,” he says.

“Why not? You rarely leave your room anyway. Not like anyone would care.”

“Incorrect. I learned my lesson during my first year. I’ve been wearing my STYX night gear ever since.”

You frown at this. “Sorry.”

Idia suggests that you get a candle or two to light up the place. It would help you sleep better than having your flashlight from your phone beaming in both of your faces. You explain that you tried looking for candles the other day, but Ramshackle doesn’t have any, and Sam doesn’t provide candles unless it’s for the main school building’s events. Idia remarks that he should’ve expected that.

“What? You’re not gonna say anything?” you ask, notioning that Idia knows about your fear of the dark.

Of course, he does, but…“Not really. A NEET like me calling someone like you a baby for a fear of darkness is the most “pot calling the kettle black” scenario some airhead with no creative RPG ideas could ever come up with.”

There’s no argument that you can come up with to combat that.

“As much as I wish I could fix this problem, there is no one-hit solution for that.”

“Gee, thanks.”

“But uh…”

You elevate an eyebrow.

Idia unzips the jacket to reveal a gray, Premo shirt underneath, revealing how Idia still has his interests, but he has told the truth about no anime related clothing. His face begins to pinken, and the tips of his long blue hair fade into blush as well. “I’ve seen this corny thing a ton of times, but I heard it works. If you wanna…then…I guess…”

You carefully step around your bed to prevent yourself from stubbing your toe, and when you are in the clear, you take Idia’s offer to hug into his night jacket. Having you touch him is already nerve-wracking for the introverted Housewarden, but then, to have him wrap you in the jacket folds turns the pale third-year into an overheating furnace. He suggests that you guys hide under the covers before he’d faint onto the floor.

You’re not too pleased with having to turn the flashlight of your phone off, but as you are not alone this evening, both you and Idia suppose that safety is in both of your corners tonight. 

[beardedmrbean]

March 18 (UPI) -- Poland and three Baltic states Tuesday announced their intention to withdraw from the 1997 Ottawa Treaty banning the use of anti-personnel mines to give their forces a critical defensive edge amid a "fundamental" deterioration of the security of NATO member states bordering Russia and Belarus.

In a joint statement, the defense ministers of Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said that with a significant increase in military threats and the unstable security situation marked by Russia's aggression and the ongoing threat it posed to the Euro-Atlantic community, the decision was aimed at sending an unequivocal message they were ready and able to take "every necessary measure to defend our territory and freedom."

"We believe that in the current security environment, it is paramount to provide our defense forces flexibility and freedom of choice to potentially use new weapons systems and solutions to bolster the defense of the Alliance's vulnerable Eastern Flank," they said. "In light of these considerations, we unanimously recommend withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention."

The ministers vowed the move would not weaken their respective countries' commitment to international humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians during armed conflict, saying they would continue to uphold IHL principles "while addressing our security needs."

They insisted the move was warranted by the "dire security challenges" confronting them, asking Allies and partners who recognized that reality to "respect our decision in this matter."

The announcement came two weeks after Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said his country, which saw parts of its territory annexed by Russia after World War II and the rest of the country forcibly subsumed into the Soviet-controlled communist-Eastern Bloc, would begin the process of quitting the landmines convention.

The war in Ukraine has seen Russia turn its neighbor into virtually the most mined country on Earth, according to the United Nations.

Ukraine, a signatory to the convention that has been provided with anti-personnel mines by the United States, has previously warned it cannot guarantee full compliance amid a battle for its very survival.

However, with no pressing military imperative to bring the banned mini-weapons, which are specifically designed to maim and kill troops as opposed to mines targeting tanks or ships, the ministers of the four countries said they would consult with allies and neighbors.

"Decisions regarding the Ottawa Convention should be made in solidarity and coordination within the region. At the same time, we currently have no plans to develop, stockpile, or use previously banned anti-personnel landmines," said Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur.

Latvian defense staff chief Major General Kaspars Pudans told Politico recently that currently anti-tank mines and artillery were a higher priority for Latvia's defense.

Notably, Finland, which has a remote 830-mile-long eastern border with Russia, did not sign onto Tuesday's declaration but Defense Minister Antii Hakkanen said it was also thinking about quitting.

The United States, Russia, China, India, Pakistan and South Korea are among more than 30 countries that have never signed the treaty.

[fatehbaz]

At Vauxhall Gardens, [...] giant paintings were erected in the “Pillared Saloon” of seemingly geographically opposed colonial wars: one painting of The Battle of Plassey (1757), which secured Bengal for the British East India Company, hung next to another symmetrical work that portrayed the British capture of Montreal and, later, Canada itself. That these and other sizable aesthetic works were “designed to be an immersive virtual-reality experience” testifies to Cohen’s larger claim in The Global Indies that 18th-century fashion, rank, sociability, and class were intimately bound up with race and colonialism, particularly through the period’s joint imaginary of the  “Indies.”

The Indies describes a shared fantasy - and unquestionable material reality - of wealth accumulation that yoked together the “West” (the Caribbean and North America) and “East” (the Indian subcontinent) Indies in late 18th-century British culture, a conceptual proximity so thorough and unrelenting that its effects reverberate [today] throughout the contemporary [...].

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The prelude to Ashley L. Cohen’s The Global Indies opens in a pleasure garden - not just any such garden, but the largest and most spectacular of these 18th-century sites of fashionable culture [...]: London’s Vauxhall Garden. At Vauxhall, Londoners who could afford the entrance fee were treated to an array of wonders and excesses. A well-known chapter entitled “Vauxhall” in William Makepeace Thackeray’s Vanity Fair (1847–’48), for example, finds Jos Sedley, an “indolent” officer of the East India Company recently returned to London, drunk off the garden’s signature "rack punch.”  “Everybody had rack punch at Vauxhall,” [...]. Lest a reader mistake punch for a mere artifact of the pleasure garden or a one-off comedic incident, “that bowl of rack punch was the cause of all this history,” the narrator stresses about his unfolding novel. [...] Punch, an alcoholic drink popular with colonial officers of the East India Company, was usually made with a combination of five ingredients including sugar cane and spices, and probably derives from the Sanskrit word “pancha,” meaning five (and invites an etymological link with the Persian panj and with Bengali five-spice mix, panch phoreen). Rack punch’s association with Vauxhall, with India, and with Vanity Fair’s narrative construction was hardly a stretch for Thackeray’s Victorian readers, and probably registered as quite natural, though it carried more than a whiff of the unseemly. But then again, to 18th-century Britons, “natural and a little unseemly” could easily describe the “worldwide empire that stretched from the East to the West Indies” [...].

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It’s tricky business to think seriously inside of the 18th-century’s analytic tools, but The Global Indies pulls it off, not least because Cohen is appropriately blunt [...], reminding readers of the everyday racism of the Georgians and their fashionable sociability. The book benefits, too, from a rich body of existing work [...] [by] scholars like Edward Said and Srinivaas Aravamudan. [...] [T]he “Indies mentality” enters a critical landscape that has lately taken up the connections between geographically far-flung events in modernity: North American settler colonialism, Atlantic slavery, colonialism in India, and the migration of Chinese and South Asian indentured labor.

Lest these all seem like separate histories that have produced separate discursive notions of race, critics like Lisa Lowe, Jodi Byrd, Tao Leigh Goffe, and now Cohen assure us that they are not, and that our modern ideas about race are intimately shaped by the interconnected and forced movements of Black and brown people across the world. [...]

Cohen spells out how British liberal reformers and abolitionists found a solution to ending West Indian slavery in the continuation of so-called “free” wage labor in Bengal. Sugar produced by Bengali peasants laboring under the threat of starvation came to replace sugar produced on West Indian plantations well into the 19th and 20th centuries. One only has to look up the multiple Bengal famines (1769–1770, and 1943) to calculate its effects. [...] 

[T]he architects of the [American transcontinental] railroad “imagined a new era of US hegemony in a mold cast by the imaginative geographies of British imperialism.”

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All text above by: Ronjaunee Chatterjee. “The Colonial Mentality, Past and Present.” LA Review of Books. 3 September 2021. Published online at: lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-colonial-mentality-past-and-present/ [Bold emphasis and some paragraph breaks/contractions added by me. Presented here for commentary, teaching, criticism purposes.]

[colonelrajyavardhanrathore]

Inauguration of IIM Udaipur’s Behavioural Lab by Col Rajyavardhan Rathore in Jaipur

IIM Udaipur Inaugurates Cutting-Edge Behavioural Lab in Jaipur, Boosting Research and Innovation in Collaboration with Government of Rajasthan

Introduction

In a significant stride towards fostering innovation and academic excellence, IIM Udaipur marked a historic moment with the inauguration of its state-of-the-art Behavioural Lab in Jaipur. This pioneering initiative, graced by the esteemed presence of Colonel Rajyavardhan Rathore, showcases the institute’s commitment to advancing research and education in the realm of behavioural sciences.

IIM Udaipur’s Behavioural Lab in Jaipur — Rajasthan

Unveiling a Modern Technology Facility

The newly inaugurated Behavioural Lab at IIM Udaipur stands as a beacon of cutting-edge technology and research infrastructure. Nestled in the vibrant city of Jaipur, renowned for its cultural heritage and academic pursuits, this facility is poised to redefine the landscape of behavioural studies in India.

Features of the Behavioural Lab

IIM Udaipur’s Behavioural Lab boasts an array of sophisticated features designed to facilitate comprehensive research in behavioural sciences:

Advanced Technology Integration: Equipped with the latest in research technology, including eye-tracking devices, virtual reality setups, and biometric sensors, the lab enables detailed analysis of human behaviour across various contexts.

Modular Design: The lab’s layout is meticulously crafted to accommodate diverse research methodologies, from controlled experiments to observational studies, ensuring flexibility and scalability in research pursuits.

Data Analytics Capabilities: Leveraging big data analytics and machine learning algorithms, researchers can derive deep insights into human behaviour patterns, contributing to evidence-based decision-making in academia and industry.

The Role of Col Rajyavardhan Rathore

Honouring a Distinguished Guest

Colonel Rajyavardhan Rathore, a decorated veteran and former Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, graced the inauguration ceremony with his esteemed presence. His unwavering support for academic excellence and innovation underscores the lab’s significance as a national asset in behavioural research.

Impact on Academic Excellence

Catalysing Research and Education

The establishment of IIM Udaipur’s Behavioural Lab not only reinforces the institute’s commitment to academic rigour but also paves the way for interdisciplinary collaborations. By fostering a conducive environment for rigorous experimentation and scholarly inquiry, the lab is set to attract top-tier researchers and faculty members from around the globe.

Bridging Theory and Practice

Through collaborative initiatives with industry partners and governmental bodies, the lab aims to bridge the gap between theoretical insights and real-world applications. This synergy promises to yield actionable solutions to contemporary challenges across sectors, from healthcare and education to public policy and beyond.

Future Prospects and Collaborations

Global Outreach and Partnerships

IIM Udaipur’s strategic location in Jaipur, coupled with its robust infrastructure and academic prowess, positions the Behavioural Lab as a hub for global collaborations. By forging partnerships with leading international institutions and research centres, the lab seeks to drive global discourse in behavioural sciences and establish itself as a frontrunner in academic excellence.

Nurturing Future Leaders

The lab’s multidisciplinary approach not only enriches academic curricula but also nurtures a new generation of thought leaders and change-makers. By offering students hands-on experience with state-of-the-art technology and research methodologies, IIM Udaipur equips them with the skills and insights needed to tackle complex societal challenges in an increasingly interconnected world.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the inauguration of IIM Udaipur’s Behavioural Lab by Col Rajyavardhan Rathore marks a pivotal moment in the landscape of behavioural research in India. This cutting-edge facility not only embodies excellence in academia but also promises to drive innovation and societal impact on a global scale. As IIM Udaipur continues to push the boundaries of knowledge and research, the Behavioural Lab stands as a testament to the institute’s unwavering commitment to academic leadership and transformative education.

[mariacallous]

In the early weeks of 2023, as worry about ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools was ratcheting up dramatically in the public conversation, a tweet passed through the many interlocking corners of Book Twitter. “Imagine if every Book is converted into an Animated Book and made 10x more engaging,” it read. “AI will do this. Huge opportunity here to disrupt Kindle and Audible.”

The tweet’s author, Gaurav Munjal, cofounded Unacademy, which bills itself as “India’s largest learning platform”—and within the edtech context, where digitally animated books can be effective teaching tools, his suggestion might read a certain way. But to a broader audience, the sweeping proclamation that AI will make “every” book “10x more engaging” seemed absurd, a solution in search of a problem, and one predicated on the idea that people who choose to read narrative prose (instead of, say, watching a film or playing a game) were somehow bored or not engaged with their unanimated tomes. As those who shared the tweet observed, it seems like a lot of book industry “disruptors” just don’t like reading.

Munjal is one of many tech entrepreneurs to ping the book world’s radar—and raise its collective hackles—in recent months. Many were hawking AI “solutions” they promised would transform the act of writing, the most derided among them Sudowrite’s Story Engine (dubbed in a relatively ambivalent review by The Verge’s Adi Robertson as “the AI novel-writing tool everyone hates”). Story Engine raised frustrations by treating writers as an afterthought and, by its very existence, suggesting that the problems it was trying to bypass weren’t integral to the act of writing itself.

Last month, Justine Moore, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, provided a sort of bookend to Munjal’s “AI-animated books” proposal. “The three largest fanfic sites—[Archive of Our Own], Fanfiction.net, and Wattpad—get 3 billion-plus annual visits in the US alone,” she wrote. “Imagine how much bigger this market could be if you could chat with characters vs. reading static stories?” The thread was likely a reference to Character.ai, a startup that lets users chat with fictional heroes and villains; Andreessen Horowitz led a $150 million funding round for the company in March. The comment also came after the revelation that large language models (LLMs) may have scraped fanfiction writers’ work—which is largely written and shared for free—causing an (understandable) uproar in many fan communities.

Setting aside the fact that fandom role-playing has been a popular practice for decades, Moore’s statements felt like a distillation of tech’s tortured relationship with narrative prose. There are many kinds of fanfiction—including an entire subgenre in which “you” are a character in the story. But those are still stories, sentences deliberately written and arranged in a way that lets you lose yourself in an authored narrative. “Imagine having such a fundamental misunderstanding of the appeal of reading fanfiction—let alone reading fiction more broadly,” I wrote in response to her thread. What’s so wrong with people enjoying reading plain old words on a page?

The tech world has long been convinced that it understands the desires of readers better than they do themselves. For years, VCs have promised to upend books and the structures around their creation and consumption. Some came from within the publishing industry, but like their counterparts “disrupting” other sectors, including film and TV, many more did not. And for the most part, despite tech’s sometimes drastic (and often negative) effects on other industries, book- and reading-related startups failed to alter much at all. People are still buying books—in fact, they’re buying more than ever. Pandemic lockdowns brought a perhaps unsurprising boom in sales, and even though numbers slipped as restrictions lifted, print sales were still nearly 12 percent higher in 2022 than they were in 2019, and sales of audio books continue to increase dramatically year over year.

One reason books haven’t been particularly disruptable might be that many of the people looking to “fix” things couldn’t actually articulate what was broken—whether through their failure to see the real problems facing the industry (namely, Amazon’s stranglehold), or their insistence that books are not particularly enjoyable as a medium. “It’s that arrogance, to come into a community you know nothing about, that you might have studied as you study for an MBA, and think that you can revolutionize anything,” says writer and longtime book-industry observer Maris Kreizman. “There were so many false problems that tech guys created that we didn’t actually have.”

Take, for example, the long string of pitches for a “Netflix for books”—ideas that retrofitted Netflix’s original DVDs-by-mail model for a different medium under the presumption that readers would pay to borrow books when the public library was right there. Publisher’s Weekly keeps a database of book startups that now numbers more than 1,300; many of them are marked “Closed,” alongside a graveyard of broken URLs. There were plenty of practical ideas—targeting specific demographics or genres or pegged to more technical aspects, like metadata or production workflows. But many more proposed ways to alter books themselves—most of which made zero sense to people who actually enjoy reading.

“I don’t think they’re coming to that with a love of fiction or an understanding of why people read fiction,” Kreizman says. “If they were, they wouldn’t make these suggestions that nobody wants.”

The “10x more engaging” crowd has come in waves over the past two decades, washed ashore via broader tech trends, like social media, tablets, virtual reality, NFTs, and AI. These tech enthusiasts promised a vast, untapped market full of people just waiting for technology to make books more “fun” and delivered pronouncements with a grifting sort of energy that urged you to seize on the newest trend while it was hot—even as everyone could see that previous hyped ventures had not, in fact, utterly transformed the way people read. Interactive books could have sound effects or music that hits at certain story beats. NFTs could let readers “own” a character. AI could allow readers to endlessly generate their own books, or to eschew—to borrow one particular framing—“static stories” entirely and put themselves directly into a fictional world.

AI isn’t remotely a new player in the book world. Electronic literature artists and scholars have worked with various forms of virtual and artificial intelligence for decades, and National Novel Generation Month, a collaborative challenge modeled after NaNoWriMo, has been around since 2013. Even now, as much of the book world loudly rejects AI-powered writing tools, some authors are still experimenting, with a wide range of results. But these bespoke, usually one-off projects are a far cry from the tech industry’s proposals to revolutionize reading at scale—not least because the projects were never intended to replace traditional books.

“A lot of interactive storytelling has gone on for a very long time,” says Jeremy Douglass, an assistant professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara, citing everything from his early career work on hypertext fiction to the class he’ll teach next year on the long history of the pop-up book to centuries-old marginalia like the footnote and the concordance. “These fields are almost always very old, they’re almost always talked about as if they’re brand-new, and there haven’t really been a lot of moments of inventing a new modality.”

To VC claims that AI will totally alter books, Douglass takes what he calls a “yes, and” stance. “What people are actually doing is creating a new medium. They’re not actually replacing the novel; they created a new thing that was like the novel but different, and the old forms carried on. I’m still listening to the radio, despite the film and game industries’ efforts.”

Tech entrepreneurs rarely pitch “yes, and” ideas. In their view, new technologies will improve on—and eventually supplant—what exists now. For all of his interest in the many forms of interactive fiction, Douglass doubts that most books would benefit from an AI treatment.

“There are extremely pleasurable aesthetic systems that aren’t intentional,” he says. “But how often when I’m reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X or The Joy of Cooking do I think, ‘If only a chatbot could augment this on the fly’? And it’s partly the fact that some communication is deeply intentional, and that’s part of the pleasure. It’s handcrafted, it’s specific, there’s a vision.”

That isn’t to say that Douglass thinks there’s zero appetite for AI in literature—but it’s “probably a very small slice of the pie. So when you say ‘all books’? Almost certainly not. For the same reason that we’re not reading 100 percent pop-up books, or watching all of our books on YouTube, or anything else you can imagine. People are doing that too, but it’s extra.”

The exact size of that small pie slice remains to be seen, as does the general public’s appetite for instant novels, or chatting with characters, or hitting a button that will animate any book in your digital library. But those desires will likely need to come from readers themselves—not from the top down. “If you just give the tools to everybody, which is happening in spite of venture capital, as well as because of it, people will figure out what they want it for—and it’s usually not what the inventors and the investors think,” Douglass says. “It’s not even in their top-10 list of guesses, most of the time. It’s incredibly specific to the person and genre.”

The recent history of publishing has plenty of examples in which digital tools let people create things we couldn’t have predicted in the analog days: the massive range of extremely niche self-published romance, for example, or the structural variation and formal innovation within the almost entirely online world of fanfiction.

But when the tech industry approaches readers with ways to “fix” what isn’t broken, their proposals will always ring hollow—and right now, plain old reading still works for huge numbers of people, many of whom pick up books because they want to escape and not be the main character for a while. “That’s a good thing,” Kreizman says. And as AI true believers sweep through with promises that this technology will change everything, it helps to remember just how many disruptors have come and gone. “In the meantime, tech bros will still find VCs to wine and dine and spend more money on bullshit,” Kreizman predicts. But for the rest of us? We’ll just keep on reading.

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Charting India's AI Revolution: Ascent to Becoming a Leading AI Integration Specialist

Introduction:

In the vast cosmos of the digital realm, where data dances and algorithms sing, lies a pivotal role: the AI Integration Specialist. India, echoing its aspiration of becoming a tech titan, sees a growing need for these specialists. As the country strides forward, integrating artificial intelligence into its societal and industrial fabric, mastering this role becomes increasingly lucrative. If you're envisioning a future of artificial intelligence in India, this guide is your stepping stone.

The Lure of AI in India:

The Indian subcontinent is rapidly evolving into an AI powerhouse. Investments are pouring in, startups are mushrooming, and the government is keenly promoting AI-led innovations. This buoyant landscape makes the journey of an AI Integration Specialist in India not just promising but also rewarding. Given the country’s technological appetite, the path is brimming with opportunities.

Roles Across Industries:

Healthcare: Employing AI for diagnosis, patient care, and drug discovery.

Finance: Automating risk assessment, fraud detection, and financial forecasting.

E-commerce: Enhancing customer experience and streamlining operations.

Manufacturing: Improving production quality and predictive maintenance.

Entertainment: Content recommendation, virtual reality, and gaming enhancements.

An AI Integration Specialist finds relevance across a multitude of sectors, making the role versatile and impactful.

Challenges En Route:

Technical Hurdles: Adapting to evolving AI frameworks and platforms.

Data Management: Ensuring data privacy while integrating AI solutions.

Interdisciplinary Integration: Melding AI with diverse industrial landscapes.

Skill Upgradation: Constantly updating oneself with AI trends and breakthroughs.

By acknowledging these challenges, one can craft strategies to navigate effectively.

Top Employers in India:

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Infosys

Wipro

Accenture India

IBM India

Reliance Jio

Zebra Medical Vision

Microsoft India

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Flipkart

These giants continually seek skilled AI Integration Specialists to spearhead their AI-driven ventures.

The Significance of Contextual Decisions:

Choosing to pursue a career as an AI Integration Specialist in India isn’t solely about mastering the technical nuances. One must comprehend India's unique digital ecosystem, cultural context, and economic aspirations. An integration specialist doesn’t merely amalgamate AI into systems but intertwines it with the very ethos of the organization and, by extension, the nation.

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Conclusion:

As AI casts its promising shadow across industries in India, the role of an AI Integration Specialist emerges as a lighthouse guiding these advancements. It's a journey that demands technical prowess, continuous learning, and an understanding of India's AI aspirations. The road might be challenging, but the destination promises immense growth, innovation, and recognition.

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In recent years, the realm of virtual reality (VR) has experienced a transformative evolution, establishing itself as a cornerstone of innovation across various industries. One of the trailblazers in this dynamic field is Simulanis, a VR development company based in India. With a focus on harnessing the power of immersive technology, Simulanis is not just creating virtual experiences; they are reshaping how businesses, education, and entertainment engage with audiences.

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Top 10 Mobile App Development Companies in Gurgaon | Top 10 Company 2023

Gurgaon, often referred to as the "Millennium City," is a hub of technological innovation in India. The city is home to numerous software development companies, including some of the best in mobile app development. If you're on the lookout for a trusted mobile app development partner in Gurgaon, you're in the right place. We've curated a list of the top 10 mobile app development companies in Gurgaon to help you make an informed decision.

1. Antino Labs

Antino Labs is a prominent player in the Gurgaon mobile app development scene. They offer end-to-end app development services, including design, development, and deployment. With a focus on user-centric design and robust functionality, Antino Labs has gained recognition for delivering high-quality mobile solutions. Website: https://www.antino.com/

2. Rajmith

Rajmith is a well-established mobile app development company known for its commitment to excellence. They specialize in crafting custom mobile apps that cater to diverse industry needs. Rajmith portfolio boasts a wide range of successful projects, making them a trusted choice for businesses seeking innovative mobile solutions. Website: https://www.rajmith.com/

3. Yuasa Software Labs

Yugasa Software Labs is a dynamic player in the mobile app development arena. They are renowned for their expertise in developing mobile apps for various platforms, including iOS and Android. Yugasa focus on quality and innovation has earned them a reputation as a go-to choice for businesses looking to transform their ideas into reality. Website: https://yugasa.com/

4. Quytech

Quytech is a name synonymous with cutting-edge technology solutions. They are known for their expertise in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) app development. Quytech's commitment to pushing the boundaries of innovation has positioned them as leaders in the emerging technology space. Website: https://www.quytech.com/

5. Orange Mantra

Orange Mantra is a trusted partner for businesses seeking mobile app development services. Their team of skilled developers and designers collaborates to create engaging and user-friendly mobile applications. Orange Mantra's client-centric approach sets them apart in the competitive app development landscape. Website: https://www.orangemantra.com/

6. Infodart Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Infodart Technologies is a global player with a strong presence in Gurgaon. They offer end-to-end mobile app development services, along with consulting and digital transformation solutions. Infodart ability to deliver complex projects with precision has earned them accolades from clients worldwide. Website: https://www.infodartglobal.com/

7. Infosys Infosys, a global tech giant, has a significant presence in Gurgaon. While they are known for their diverse array of services, mobile app development is a notable part of their portfolio. Infosys leverages its vast resources and expertise to deliver comprehensive mobile solutions to clients across industries. Website: https://www.infosys.com/

8. Wama Wama Technology is a rising star in Gurgaon's mobile app development landscape. They specialize in crafting mobile apps that offer seamless user experiences. Wama Technology's commitment to staying updated with the latest industry trends positions them as innovators in the field. Website: http://www.wamatechnology.com/

9. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Tata Consultancy Services, a global IT services giant, has a significant presence in Gurgaon. They offer a wide range of technology services, including mobile app development. TCS leverages its extensive experience and resources to provide scalable and robust mobile solutions to clients worldwide. Website: https://www.tcs.com/

10. Mobibiz Mobibiz is a Gurgaon-based mobile app development company known for its focus on user-centric design and functionality. They cater to a diverse clientele and have a strong track record of delivering successful mobile solutions. Website: https://www.mobibiz.in/

In conclusion, Gurgaon boasts a thriving ecosystem of top-notch mobile app development companies. Whether you're a startup with an innovative app idea or an established enterprise looking to enhance your digital presence, these companies have the expertise to turn your vision into a reality. It's important to conduct thorough research and select the company that aligns best with your specific requirements. With the right mobile app development partner, you can transform your app dreams into a successful reality and drive your business to new heights. Related: Pioneering Mobile App Development in Gurugram Delhi NCR

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Real Estate Photography and Videography Services | Virtual Reality Services India

Exploring the Uncharted

The Indian real estate market is witnessing a remarkable technological revolution, and one of the most exciting innovations taking center stage is VR360 (Virtual Reality 360). TechVoyager ( best virtual reality development company ), a pioneer in immersive technology solutions, is leading the way by harnessing the power of VR360 to transform the real estate industry in India. In this blog post, we will dive into the world of VR360 in Indian real estate and explore how TechVoyager is shaping the future of property buying and selling.

Breaking Geographical Barriers:

India's vast geography poses a challenge for buyers and sellers who are often located far apart. 3D Virtual Tour Service for Real Estate technology eliminates this hurdle by providing virtual property tours that bridge the gap between remote buyers and sellers. With TechVoyager's Real Estate Photography and Videography Services, potential buyers can explore properties across India from the comfort of their homes, transcending physical boundaries and expanding their options.

Realistic Property Visualization:

Visualizing properties based solely on floor plans and static images can be a daunting task for buyers. TechVoyager's matterport 3d virtual tours offers a lifelike experience, enabling buyers to virtually walk through properties, examine details, and get a genuine sense of space. From the architecture to interior design, VR360 tours provide an immersive and realistic understanding of properties, empowering buyers to make informed decisions.

Elevated Marketing and Sales:

TechVoyager's Videography Photography Solutions provide a cutting-edge marketing and sales tool for real estate developers and agents. By integrating VR360 experiences into their marketing strategies, developers can showcase properties more effectively and leave a lasting impression on potential buyers. The immersive nature of 360 virtual tours for business not only attracts attention but also enhances the perceived value of properties, leading to increased inquiries and faster sales.

Transforming VR in the Real Estate Business

Traditionally, property visits involve considerable time and expense, both for buyers and sellers. TechVoyager's Virtual Reality Architectural Walkthrough technology streamlines the process, saving time and costs for all parties involved. Buyers can eliminate the need for multiple physical visits, and sellers can showcase properties to a wider audience without the logistical challenges of traditional open houses. This efficiency accelerates the sales cycle and reduces unnecessary expenses.

Enhanced Collaboration and Decision-making:

TechVoyager's VR Real Estate Solutions also facilitate seamless collaboration between buyers, sellers, and real estate professionals. Multiple stakeholders can virtually explore and discuss properties in real-time, regardless of their physical locations. This level of collaboration empowers buyers to make confident decisions and allows sellers to address queries and concerns effectively, leading to smoother transactions and increased customer satisfaction.

Conclusion:

TechVoyager's VR360 technology is revolutionizing the Indian real estate industry by introducing a new era of immersive property exploration. Through breaking geographical barriers, realistic property visualization, elevated marketing and sales, time and cost efficiency, and enhanced collaboration, TechVoyager is transforming how buyers and sellers interact in the market. As 360 degree service provider gains momentum, TechVoyager's innovative solutions promise to reshape the future of real estate in India, creating a more accessible, efficient, and engaging property buying experience for all.

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The Impact of 5G on Android App Development: Opportunities and Challenges

With the advent of 5G technology, the world is witnessing a significant transformation in various industries.  One such area that is experiencing a profound impact is Android app development.  As the demand for faster and more reliable connectivity grows, Android app developers and companies are presented with new opportunities and challenges.  This article by Nivida Web Solutions explores the impact of 5G on Android app development, specifically focusing on the opportunities it brings and the challenges it poses for Android App Development Company in Vadodara, Gujarat, India.

Opportunities for Android App Development Companies: 

Enhanced Speed and Performance:

The most notable advantage of 5G technology is its exceptional speed and reduced latency.  With faster download and upload speeds, Android app developers can create apps that deliver high-quality content and provide seamless user experiences.  This opens up possibilities for resource-intensive applications such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and video streaming apps, which can take full advantage of 5G speeds to provide immersive experiences. 

Improved User Engagement:

The low latency of 5G enables real-time interactions between users and applications.  An excellent Android App development company in India like Nivida Web Solutions Pvt. Ltd. can leverage this capability to create highly responsive apps that react instantaneously to user actions.  This can significantly enhance user engagement and satisfaction, leading to increased user retention and app popularity. 

IoT Integration:

5G technology offers robust support for the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem.  Android app developers can leverage the high bandwidth and low latency of 5G to seamlessly integrate IoT devices with mobile applications.  This integration opens up avenues for developing innovative applications in areas such as smart homes, connected cars, and healthcare, where real-time data exchange between devices is crucial. 

Edge Computing:

5G enables edge computing, which allows data processing and storage to occur closer to the end user, reducing latency and improving response times.  Android app development companies like Nivida Web Solutions can leverage edge computing to offload computational tasks from mobile devices to edge servers.  These results in faster app performance, reduced battery consumption, and improved security, ultimately enhancing the user experience.

Challenges for Android App Development Companies: 

Network Fragmentation:

While 5G promises high-speed connectivity, it also introduces network fragmentation challenges.  Different regions and carriers may adopt different 5G frequencies and standards, resulting in fragmentation in terms of coverage and compatibility.  Android app developers need to account for these variations and ensure their apps are compatible with different 5G networks to reach a broader user base. 

Increased Data Consumption:

With faster download and upload speeds, users are likely to consume more data when using 5G networks.  This poses a challenge for Android app development companies as they need to optimize their apps to minimize data usage.  Efficient data handlings techniques such as data compression, intelligent caching, and content delivery network integration become crucial to provide a cost-effective and data-friendly experience to users. 

Device Compatibility:

While 5G technology is rapidly expanding, not all Android devices support it. This presents a challenge for Android app developers as they need to ensure their apps are compatible with both 5G-enabled devices and devices operating on older networks.  Creating apps that can seamlessly transition between different network technologies without sacrificing functionality or performance becomes essential. 

Increased Complexity:

The introduction of 5G brings new complexities to Android app development. Developers need to understand the technical intricacies of 5G networks and integrate the necessary protocols and APIs into their apps.  This requires specialized knowledge and expertise in 5G technologies, which may require additional training and resources for Android app development companies. 

Conclusion: 

5G technology is revolutionizing the Android app development landscape, offering numerous opportunities for innovation and growth.  The enhanced speed, improved user engagement, IoT integration, and edge computing capabilities of 5G present exciting possibilities for Android app developers.  However, the challenges of network fragmentation, increased data consumption, device compatibility, and increased complexity cannot be overlooked.  Android app Development Company like Nivida Web Solutions located in Vadodara, Gujarat, India delivers exceptional app experiences to users in the 5G era.

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By Elizabeth Minkel

In the early weeks of 2023, as worry about ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools was ratcheting up dramatically in the public conversation, a tweet passed through the many interlocking corners of Book Twitter. “Imagine if every Book is converted into an Animated Book and made 10x more engaging,” it read. “AI will do this. Huge opportunity here to disrupt Kindle and Audible.”

The tweet’s author, Gaurav Munjal, cofounded Unacademy, which bills itself as “India’s largest learning platform”—and within the edtech context, where digitally animated books can be effective teaching tools, his suggestion might read a certain way. But to a broader audience, the sweeping proclamation that AI will make “every” book “10x more engaging” seemed absurd, a solution in search of a problem, and one predicated on the idea that people who choose to read narrative prose (instead of, say, watching a film or playing a game) were somehow bored or not engaged with their unanimated tomes. As those who shared the tweet observed, it seems like a lot of book industry “disruptors” just don’t like reading.

Munjal is one of many tech entrepreneurs to ping the book world’s radar—and raise its collective hackles—in recent months. Many were hawking AI “solutions” they promised would transform the act of writing, the most derided among them Sudowrite’s Story Engine (dubbed in a relatively ambivalent review by The Verge’s Adi Robertson as “the AI novel-writing tool everyone hates”). Story Engine raised frustrations by treating writers as an afterthought and, by its very existence, suggesting that the problems it was trying to bypass weren’t integral to the act of writing itself.

Last month, Justine Moore, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, provided a sort of bookend to Munjal’s “AI-animated books” proposal. “The three largest fanfic sites—[Archive of Our Own], Fanfiction.net, and Wattpad—get 3 billion-plus annual visits in the US alone,” she wrote. “Imagine how much bigger this market could be if you could chat with characters vs. reading static stories?” The thread was likely a reference to Character.ai, a startup that lets users chat with fictional heroes and villains; Andreessen Horowitz led a $150 million funding round for the company in March. The comment also came after the revelation that large language models (LLMs) may have scraped fanfiction writers’ work—which is largely written and shared for free—causing an (understandable) uproar in many fan communities.

Setting aside the fact that fandom role-playing has been a popular practice for decades, Moore’s statements felt like a distillation of tech’s tortured relationship with narrative prose. There are many kinds of fanfiction—including an entire subgenre in which “you” are a character in the story. But those are still stories, sentences deliberately written and arranged in a way that lets you lose yourself in an authored narrative. “Imagine having such a fundamental misunderstanding of the appeal of reading fanfiction—let alone reading fiction more broadly,” I wrote in response to her thread. What’s so wrong with people enjoying reading plain old words on a page?

The tech world has long been convinced that it understands the desires of readers better than they do themselves. For years, VCs have promised to upend books and the structures around their creation and consumption. Some came from within the publishing industry, but like their counterparts “disrupting” other sectors, including film and TV, many more did not. And for the most part, despite tech’s sometimes drastic (and often negative) effects on other industries, book- and reading-related startups failed to alter much at all. People are still buying books—in fact, they’re buying more than ever. Pandemic lockdowns brought a perhaps unsurprising boom in sales, and even though numbers slipped as restrictions lifted, print sales were still nearly 12 percent higher in 2022 than they were in 2019, and sales of audio books continue to increase dramatically year over year.

One reason books haven’t been particularly disruptable might be that many of the people looking to “fix” things couldn’t actually articulate what was broken—whether through their failure to see the real problems facing the industry (namely, Amazon’s stranglehold), or their insistence that books are not particularly enjoyable as a medium. “It’s that arrogance, to come into a community you know nothing about, that you might have studied as you study for an MBA, and think that you can revolutionize anything,” says writer and longtime book-industry observer Maris Kreizman. “There were so many false problems that tech guys created that we didn’t actually have.”

Take, for example, the long string of pitches for a “Netflix for books”—ideas that retrofitted Netflix’s original DVDs-by-mail model for a different medium under the presumption that readers would pay to borrow books when the public library was right there. Publisher’s Weekly keeps a database of book startups that now numbers more than 1,300; many of them are marked “Closed,” alongside a graveyard of broken URLs. There were plenty of practical ideas—targeting specific demographics or genres or pegged to more technical aspects, like metadata or production workflows. But many more proposed ways to alter books themselves—most of which made zero sense to people who actually enjoy reading.

“I don’t think they’re coming to that with a love of fiction or an understanding of why people read fiction,” Kreizman says. “If they were, they wouldn’t make these suggestions that nobody wants.”

The “10x more engaging” crowd has come in waves over the past two decades, washed ashore via broader tech trends, like social media, tablets, virtual reality, NFTs, and AI. These tech enthusiasts promised a vast, untapped market full of people just waiting for technology to make books more “fun” and delivered pronouncements with a grifting sort of energy that urged you to seize on the newest trend while it was hot—even as everyone could see that previous hyped ventures had not, in fact, utterly transformed the way people read. Interactive books could have sound effects or music that hits at certain story beats. NFTs could let readers “own” a character. AI could allow readers to endlessly generate their own books, or to eschew—to borrow one particular framing—“static stories” entirely and put themselves directly into a fictional world.

AI isn’t remotely a new player in the book world. Electronic literature artists and scholars have worked with various forms of virtual and artificial intelligence for decades, and National Novel Generation Month, a collaborative challenge modeled after NaNoWriMo, has been around since 2013. Even now, as much of the book world loudly rejects AI-powered writing tools, some authors are still experimenting, with a wide range of results. But these bespoke, usually one-off projects are a far cry from the tech industry’s proposals to revolutionize reading at scale—not least because the projects were never intended to replace traditional books.

“A lot of interactive storytelling has gone on for a very long time,” says Jeremy Douglass, an assistant professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara, citing everything from his early career work on hypertext fiction to the class he’ll teach next year on the long history of the pop-up book to centuries-old marginalia like the footnote and the concordance. “These fields are almost always very old, they’re almost always talked about as if they’re brand-new, and there haven’t really been a lot of moments of inventing a new modality.”

To VC claims that AI will totally alter books, Douglass takes what he calls a “yes, and” stance. “What people are actually doing is creating a new medium. They’re not actually replacing the novel; they created a new thing that was like the novel but different, and the old forms carried on. I’m still listening to the radio, despite the film and game industries’ efforts.”

Tech entrepreneurs rarely pitch “yes, and” ideas. In their view, new technologies will improve on—and eventually supplant—what exists now. For all of his interest in the many forms of interactive fiction, Douglass doubts that most books would benefit from an AI treatment.

“There are extremely pleasurable aesthetic systems that aren’t intentional,” he says. “But how often when I’m reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X or The Joy of Cooking do I think, ‘If only a chatbot could augment this on the fly’? And it’s partly the fact that some communication is deeply intentional, and that’s part of the pleasure. It’s handcrafted, it’s specific, there’s a vision.”

That isn’t to say that Douglass thinks there’s zero appetite for AI in literature—but it’s “probably a very small slice of the pie. So when you say ‘all books’? Almost certainly not. For the same reason that we’re not reading 100 percent pop-up books, or watching all of our books on YouTube, or anything else you can imagine. People are doing that too, but it’s extra.”

The exact size of that small pie slice remains to be seen, as does the general public’s appetite for instant novels, or chatting with characters, or hitting a button that will animate any book in your digital library. But those desires will likely need to come from readers themselves—not from the top down. “If you just give the tools to everybody, which is happening in spite of venture capital, as well as because of it, people will figure out what they want it for—and it’s usually not what the inventors and the investors think,” Douglass says. “It’s not even in their top-10 list of guesses, most of the time. It’s incredibly specific to the person and genre.”

The recent history of publishing has plenty of examples in which digital tools let people create things we couldn’t have predicted in the analog days: the massive range of extremely niche self-published romance, for example, or the structural variation and formal innovation within the almost entirely online world of fanfiction.

But when the tech industry approaches readers with ways to “fix” what isn’t broken, their proposals will always ring hollow—and right now, plain old reading still works for huge numbers of people, many of whom pick up books because they want to escape and not be the main character for a while. “That’s a good thing,” Kreizman says. And as AI true believers sweep through with promises that this technology will change everything, it helps to remember just how many disruptors have come and gone. “In the meantime, tech bros will still find VCs to wine and dine and spend more money on bullshit,” Kreizman predicts. But for the rest of us? We’ll just keep on reading.