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Source: The post is based on the article “MeitY Startup Hub and Meta collaborate to accelerate XR technology startups in India” published in PIB on 14th September 2022.
What is the News?
MeitY Startup Hub(MSH) in collaboration with Meta will launch a program to support and accelerate Extended reality(XR) technology startups across India.
What is Extended reality(XR)?
Source: GAO
Extended reality(XR) is an umbrella term referring to all real-and-virtual combined environments and human-machine interactions generated by computer technology and wearables.
It includes representative forms such as augmented reality, mixed reality, and virtual reality and the areas interpolated among them.
What is MeitY Startup Hub?
MeitY Startup Hub is an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
Purpose: It is a national platform focused on promoting technology innovation, start-ups, and the creation of intellectual properties.
