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Chip company Texas Instruments is on a drive to deliver 3D technology in Government schools so that learning becomes an immersive experience, bringing down dropout rates.
The company recently piloted its 3D ‘DLP' technology — a semi-conductor chip fitted in high-definition 3D projectors — at the Government-aided Queen Mary's school in Delhi. The DLP (digital light processor) chip promises enhanced visual experiences with higher contrast and richer colours. Texas Instruments looks to engage with the Centre and States soon to take this technology to around 10 schools across the country by the end of this year. It is also planning to launch enhancements like the interactive pen.
“We will use Queen Mary's as a showcase school to help other States and schools discover how learning can become an immersive experience for children,” says Mr S. Ganesh, Business Development Manager, DLP, Texas Instruments (India).
“3-D technology is an excellent method to visualise abstract concepts such as the working of various machines, working of the heart and other organs, hybridisation of shapes of orbitals in chemistry and working of Van-de-Graff's generation in Physics. The 3D class has helped students learn the most difficult concepts in a much easier and enjoyable way, although it is too early to assess the impact on dropout rates,” said Mrs Neelam Kapur, Principal of Queen Mary's.
At Queen Mary's, Texas Instruments has deployed projectors from OEM BenQ and the curriculum is from content provider, Designmate.
Multi-media in education
Use of multi-media in education is gaining steam in the country. At present, around 50,000 schools across the country use 2D projectors as a teaching aid (at a ratio of one school, one projector). In the first four months of this calendar year alone, 15,000 projectors have been purchased.
3D is a relatively new concept in the country. But the cost involved in upgrading to a 3D projector with DLP technology is not much, says Mr Ganesh. “The cost of an interactive projector from BenQ based on DLP technology is Rs 95,000. This is approximately Rs 50,000 more than the cost of a non-interactive projector.”
Texas Instruments is also looking to launch enhancements like the DLP interactive pen which enables the teacher interact (draw, point or click) with the projected image on walls.
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