MetaStudios and AjnaLens Join Hands to Reinvent Learning with Extended Reality

AjnaLens, India’s premier Extended Reality Hardware manufacturing company and MetaStudios, one of the leading Metaverse and Gaming Studio today announced their partnership for building immersive experiences and training programs targeted at upskilling the global youth and adult fraternity, making them competent, capable and self-sustainable.

AjnaLens aims to solve the problem of unemployment at grassroot level in India through the world of AR & VR Technologies. With their new AjnaXR Glasses and immersive learning platform AjnaVidya, users can learn all kinds of skills inside the virtual space. They also allow every user to interact seamlessly with each other and provide leaderboards that measure learning performances and outcomes.

MetaStudios is a pioneer in building immersive experiences that delivers deeper engagement, and higher retention rates with the end users. By harnessing the principles of humanising virtual experiences, MetaStudios curates content that foster active participation, and enhances knowledge and learning. It is a part of the MetaEngine group - the team behind building the infrastructure layer for over 500+ games for the last 20 years (hosting over 30+ Million MMO users till now).

Together we make differences!

Currently, the world is plagued with high unemployment among the youth with an estimated 73 million people facing this obstacle. The new innovations in the digital age, including these immersive training programs produced from the MetaStudio and AjnaLens partnership will provide new avenues for development of a skilled and employed pool of individuals , irrespective of their economic situation

Pankaj Raut, CEO of AjnaLens commented, “Our vision is to make India a nation of creators instead of just consumers when it comes to immersive technologies. We are empowering India’s XR developers and creators to build immersive experiences from India, for the world. MetaStudios has a strong team with deep expertise and a focus on ROI for their customers. By combining their superior quality training experiences and our Made-in-India XR headsets, we are aiming to revolutionise learning and human development across industries.”

Kapil Dhiman, CEO of MetaStudios added, “Our Partnership with AjnaLens is a big step towards reshaping the way we imagine education and training. The world is changing faster than ever, and there is a strong need to upgrade the content and platform for providing skill based training to our youth - make them future ready. With the combined strength of AjnaLens’ hardware and MetaStudios’ immersive content, we are stepping on an ambition to build a skilled workforce from India, for the world.”

About MetaStudios:

MetaStudios is a cutting-edge Metaverse and game development studio focused on building innovative immersive experiences. With a team of experts in Art, design, programming, and AI, MetaStudios is on a journey to push the boundaries of what's possible in the industry to define the future of the Metaverse. Our state of the art Metaverse Studio is specialised in strategising, designing and developing immersive digital environments that aims to humanise the experience and create seamless integration between physical and virtual realities, allowing users to interact with each other real-time.

For more visit: https://www.metastudios.gg/

About AjnaLens:

Founded in 2014, AjnaLens is a pioneer of XR in India and a Human-First Organization, building AI-powered wearable technologies to upgrade the skill development ecosystem. The impact-driven startup is on a mission to create a skill-first world with equal economic opportunities by redefining learning and human development.

Over the years, AjnaLens has built state-of-the-art immersive learning solutions to help governments, education institutes and fortune 500 companies in their digital transformation journey. They have deployed the world’s largest Metaverse for Vocational Training across 300+ industrial training institutes in India, transforming the lives of 18000+ students every year.

Ajnalens and Tata Technologies Redefine the Future of Industrial Training, Virtually ‘Teleport’ Trainees to Job Sites

A trainee using AjnaXR Station for spray painting simulation

Largest implementation of a VR based trade skilling simulator in the world - Upgraded 150 ITIs across Karnataka

Introducing AjnaXR Station, Phygital (Physical + Digital) VR training solution for skill development

Taking a giant leap to bridge the demand for skilled workforce, AjnaLens, Mumbai-based XR hardware and software company, joined hands with Tata Technologies to digitize 150 ITIs in Karnataka. The initiative equips ITIs with AjnaXR stations, the VR-based Phygital Training Simulator that provides immersive skill training to drive performance and reduce training cost. The Karnataka ITI Upgrade into Industry 4.0 aims to upskill more than 9,000 students this year as part of this initiative. By far, this is the largest implementation of a VR based trade skilling simulator in the world.

AjnaXR Station is a made-in-India, highly scalable VR training simulator for Industrial trainings

• One-stop solution for diverse set of trainings
• Virtually teleports trainee to an actual job site/paint shop/welding workshop
• Unlimited practice on industry-graded tools to build muscle memory
• Multilingual training that gives immediate ROI

Performance assessment report of the activity

"Skilling will drive India through the Industrial Revolution 4.0. Enabling and empowering the grassroots is pivotal to bridge the skill gap. AjnaLens has successfully transformed the ITIs in Karnataka and is ready to create more ripples by cascading the impact to other states of India. It is a well-equipped workforce that will truly harbour India’s future and meet the growing demand of the industry.” says Sushil Kumar, Global Head, Govt Projects & Skill Development at Tata Technologies.

AjnaLens has been working towards creating a tangible impact in the training sector with their innovative ideas backed by cutting-edge technology.

Abhijit Patil, Co-founder & COO, AjnaLens says, “Collaboration is key to bringing an inclusive and lasting change. We thank Tata Technologies for making us a part of this impactful initiative. Aligned with our vision of Make in India and creating a positive impact at the grassroots, this partnership is a key milestone towards upskilling the current and future workforce of India. Combining immersive virtual experience with the actual industry-graded tools paves the most effective and sustainable way to make India’s youth job-ready. Going forward, we plan to multiply the impact by expanding the training module across other states.”

AjnaXR Station is a scalable VR training solution which is manufactured and assembled in India. Each station is equipped to provide training across multiple modules by representing the real world in the virtual world, making training effective and engaging while reducing the training time and cost.

"Upgrading the skilling ecosystem of the country, AjnaXR station provides scalable, data-driven training to the youth.  While we are progressing on multiple development indices, the rate of unemployment and skill gap in India is glaring. Our goal is to encourage youth to gain hands-on experience and help them increase their earning potential by becoming employable.” he adds.

Enabling the trainees to practice the skills for long hours, the company has built one of the world’s most lightweight VR Glasses which weigh only 153 gms, as compared to the popular international brands which weigh around 500 gms. In order to help students build muscle memory, AnjaLens has built an innovative tracking system to track real-life tools in the virtual environment, making the product highly scalable for training.

The initiative will empower youth at the grassroots by exposing them to upskilling opportunities which AjnaXR Station brings to their nearest ITI. The impact-driven startup, AjnaLens, has successfully created direct and indirect employment for students, especially for female ITI students by engaging them to assemble and deliver 300 units of AjnaXR Station. The trained students play the role of peer-facilitators, encouraging more students to join and create scalable impact by bridging the skill gap.

AjnaLens is trusted by prominent clients including the Indian Army, Navy, Ministry of Defence, DRDO, Government of Maharashtra, Vedanta and supported by Forge Accelerator, a leading startup incubator, through every stage of its journey.

About Ajnalens - 

Named after ‘Ajna’, the sixth chakra or the third eye which activates ‘intuitive vision’, AjnaLens is a Mumbai-based company making immersive augmented, virtual and mixed reality devices and software solutions for Defence, Enterprise and Skilling sectors. It is the first and only XR hardware OEM to manufacture AR/VR glasses in India.

The impact-driven startup is on a mission to unlock human potential by empowering them with augmented intelligence. In November 2014 at IIT Bombay, AjnaLens was established with a purpose to foster inclusive development in society by empowering people at the grassroots with the right tool for this decade - a ‘holographic computer’. It empowers and enables humans into perceiving and doing what is beyond their capabilities by seamlessly connecting the digital world with reality.

AjnaLens is currently helping India’s government and fortune 500 companies in their digital transformation journey by providing end-to-end solutions such as Enterprise Metaverse, VR training simulators, AR-based remote assistance, Digital twin as well as providing indigenous defence solutions like see-through armour to Indian Defence forces.

AjnaLens has filed 15+ National and International patents in augmented reality and allied fields. The company has won accolades like the Most promising startup by ECLINA Defennovation for cutting-edge innovations. AjnaLens is a growing family of 50 people, inviting bright minds to join their vision.