Recently, I had the privilege of contributing as a Rapporteur to a technical report on the Metaverse, produced by the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, in collaboration with XTIC, IIT Madras. It was an honour to be part of the Metaverse Working Group of India, working alongside distinguished leaders and experts from industry, academia, and government. What made this experience particularly meaningful for me was seeing an idea I have advocated for years come to life: the evolution of emerging technologies cannot happen in isolation.

This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). It also includes the papers published in various conferences and journals. Technical Report - Metaverse: Technologies & Use Cases across verticals Contributed as Rapporteur to a technical report on the Metaverse and its usecases for India, in collaboration with Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), and XTIC, IIT Madras ☞ The Technical Report ☞ More Details

My book ‘Exploring the Metaverse’, is now available in stores globally, including Amazon and BPB Online. It features forewords and testimonials from a diverse group of industry leaders, adding valuable perspectives to the content. One of the most distinguished endorsements comes from Prof. M Manivannan, who leads the Experiential Technologies Innovation Center (XTIC) at IIT Madras. Prof. Mani has spearheaded innovation at XTIC and have made India proud. His pioneering work in areas like iTad(interactive Touch Active Display) and integrating haptics into virtual reality solutions is noteworthy.

Welcome to Internet 3.0, a transformative era where reality takes on new dimensions, driven by eXtended Reality (XR) at its core, along with AI, Cloud, IoT, and more. This evolution is the product of collaborative efforts involving academia, government, industry, and individuals. My book, Exploring the Metaverse, available globally, outlines this kind of collaboration as a call to action for all of us. FICCI XROS Fellowship Program Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), is the voice of india’s business and industry for policy change.

XTIC (Experiential Technology Innovation Centre), is India’s 1st Research & Product Innovation centre for Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality and Haptics at IIT Madras. It has published a white-paper and skill gap analysis for Experiential Technologies in India. Whitepaper - XR in India It was great to be a contributor in this research. It is authored by 19 industry leader from various enterprises, institutes and government body. Excursions from this research also got published in The Hindu Businessline.