{"id":892,"date":"2020-03-29T13:09:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T07:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enablex.io\/insights\/?p=892"},"modified":"2025-06-06T06:38:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T01:08:42","slug":"economic-times-ar-vr-and-new-age-tech-companies-report-increase-in-demand-as-covid-19-grounds-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enablex.io\/insights\/economic-times-ar-vr-and-new-age-tech-companies-report-increase-in-demand-as-covid-19-grounds-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Times &#8211; AR, VR and new-age tech companies report increase in demand as Covid-19 grounds workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi:\u00a0<\/strong>Imagine sitting in your room, wearing a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tag\/virtual+reality\">virtual reality<\/a>\u00a0(VR) headset and getting the feel of walking into a conference, or an expo, or watching a product demo. This isn\u2019t science fiction as the Covid-19 outbreak grounds millions of people worldwide, VR technology and other new-age technology like this is now increasingly in demand as business continuity takes priority. Companies selling this are speeding up roll-outs, and also expanding their product lines. Companies like the Hyderabad-based Imaginate and Gurgaon-based Queppelin are now seeing unprecedented demand for VR,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tag\/augmented+reality\">augmented reality<\/a>\u00a0(AR) and mixed reality (MR) technology from companies in India and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/corporate-news\/ar-vr-and-new-age-tech-companies-report-increase-in-demand-as-covid-19-grounds-workforce\/74872042\">https:\/\/cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/corporate-news\/ar-vr-and-new-age-tech-companies-report-increase-in-demand-as-covid-19-grounds-workforce\/74872042<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi:\u00a0Imagine sitting in your room, wearing a\u00a0virtual reality\u00a0(VR) headset and getting the feel of walking into a conference, or an expo, or watching a product demo. 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