{"id":130842,"date":"2026-10-27T13:30:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=130842"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:54:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:24:58","slug":"immersive-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/immersive-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Immersive Technology Market Projected to Reach $7.82 Billion by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Immersive Technologies Latest News \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to figures cited in a government backgrounder, India\u2019s immersive technology market generated revenue of about $1.26 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach approximately $7.82 billion by 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Immersive Technologies <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immersive technologies are an <\/span><b>emerging suite of technologies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that create interactive, engaging and <\/span><b>realistic digital experiences.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Features<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These can combine the <\/span><b>physical and digital worlds.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They enable <\/span><b>users to interact with digital content<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in ways that feel more natural and experiential.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Users can interact with <\/span><b>digital objects and respond to simulated situations.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike conventional digital media, these technologies can engage multiple senses and create a stronger sense of presence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Examples<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>student<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can <\/span><b>explore a virtual laboratory<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> instead of only viewing diagrams on a screen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>tourist can<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> virtually <\/span><b>explore a heritage site<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before visiting it physically.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three most common forms of immersive technology are <\/span><b>Virtual Reality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (VR), <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/augmented-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\">Augmented Reality<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/augmented-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0(AR)<\/a><\/strong>, and <\/span><b>Mixed Reality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (MR). Collectively, these technologies are often <\/span><b>referred to as Extended Reality (XR).<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Extended Reality (XR)<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It refers to technologies that combine <\/span><b>real and digital environments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through computer systems and wearable devices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It creates different levels of interaction between people and digital content. XR includes Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Virtual Reality (VR)<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It creates a<strong> completely digital environment<\/strong> that surrounds the user.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It mainly engages sight and sound to create a strong sense of presence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Users can explore and interact with this simulated environment using specialised devices.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Augmented Reality (AR)<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It adds digital <\/span><b>information to the user\u2019s existing physical surroundings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It can engage sight and sound, while keeping the real-world environment visible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, AR can display directions, information or digital objects over the physical world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mixed Reality (MR<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It combines the <\/span><b>physical and digital worlds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in an interactive environment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can engage <\/span><b>sight and sound,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while allowing digital objects to interact with physical surroundings. Users can see and interact with digital objects as if they were part of the real environment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?PRID=2328338&amp;reg=48&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s immersive technology market, estimated at $1.26 billion in 2023, is projected to reach about $7.82 billion by 2030, according to figures cited in a government backgrounder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":130786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11182],"class_list":["post-130842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-immersive-technologies","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130842"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130867,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130842\/revisions\/130867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}