![]() ![]() Whereas other schools boasted a Google 360 camera tour, we didn’t use any 3D cameras or photo-taking devices. We led SSIS to become the first school in Shanghai with a sophisticated VR tour of our campus! #SKETCHUP FOR SCHOOLS FULL#That goal was to create a Virtual Reality tour of our entire school campus, which a user could play with inside a VR headset.Īfter learning four new industrial software from scratch – SketchUp, Unity, Blender and Twinmotion – our team got skilled enough to digitally model each and every item in our school campus, then texturize it, render it, code it and calibrate it to make a full VR experience.Īfter 14 months of grueling – but fun! – work, we held a launch event in our school, with cumulatively more than 600 people, to showcase our achievements. What kind of things? From November 2019 to December 2020, the BYOS team of six incredible students – Rahil, Gleb, Sastra, Joon, Akshat and I – worked day and night to achieve our goal. ![]() Since then, we have achieved quite a bit in that field. No fancy words there, just a simple goal – getting VR to be the hot topic in as many places as it can be. With that said, our BYOS mission statement, since day one, has been “Accelerating the Advent of Virtual Reality in our Community.” In BYOS, we’re always fascinated by how VR technology allows us to realistically experience what is supposed to be ‘un-experienceable.’ Whether it’s flying in space, sliding beneath a dinosaur or doing a nuclear chemistry experiment, you can experience it all inside a Virtual Reality experience. ![]() If you’ve tried a proper VR experience in the past, you know what I’m talking about: the feeling of entering a massive new world while standing on the surface of your own room… that’s Virtual Reality. The one tough decision we had to make was which emerging technology would BYOS become the ambassador of? We chose Virtual Reality. However, we knew that we had the ability to create certain products that would at least spark interest in the community. Along with a few friends, I began Build Your Own School (BYOS), as a technology organization that would stimulate change and interest in new and emerging technologies.Īt that time, my friends and I were all in the 10th grade or below, and we knew very well that we were no geniuses we didn’t have coding skills, mathematics prowess or an analytical brain powerful enough to create actual ‘breakthrough technology.’ That task was reserved for companies like Apple, Tesla and Samsung. When and why did you found BYOS? Back in November 2019, just two months before the world would suffer the largest virus outbreak of this century, BYOS was born. We caught up with the impressive 18-year-old to find out more. They are currently running the BYOS Innovators Tournament 2022, inviting the brightest young minds in China to think of innovative, feasible and impactful product ideas that will aid our society during COVID lockdown. Sharma is a 12th grade student at Shanghai Singapore International School (SSIS) and a founder of the Build Your Own School (BYOS) technology organization. ![]()
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