Tech graduates in India attend online convocation ceremony as VR avatars

By Angelin Yeoh

Subhasis in his digital form presenting a certificate to a student avatar during an online IIT Bombay convocation ceremony, which was held in a virtual reality setting. — Screengrab from YouTube

A tech institute in India held a convocation ceremony online where students received their degrees as avatars in a virtual reality setting, according to a report by website Interesting Engineering.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay held the ceremony, involving the participation of up to 2,000 students, on Aug 23 and broadcast it live on Facebook and YouTube.

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