business100news.com: LumeXR’s winning team—Savio Manefer (Lead Unity Developer), Avinash Ashok (Spatial Designer), Mithun Sajeevan (Unity Developer), and Vishnu VS (3D Generalist)—developed an innovative virtual travel guide designed to transform the ways in which people explore destinations. Their immersive solution allows users to virtually experience multiple locations from the comfort of their homes, making travel planning more interactive, informed, and engaging.
The platform opens new avenues for digital storytelling, offering significant potential for tourism boards, travel agencies, and hospitality brands looking to adopt next-generation marketing strategies. In a world rapidly embracing digital transformation, immersive experiences like these are poised to redefine the travel and tourism landscape.
The XR Creator Hackathon drew over 2,200 participants from across India. Winners were selected from entries under five themes: Healthcare – Fitness & Wellbeing, Educational Transformation, Immersive Tourism, Digital Media & Entertainment, and E-Commerce & Retail Transformation.
Winners will receive a prize package that includes a cash award of ₹5 lakh, premium tech products, sponsored trips to prestigious international XR events such as MIT Reality Hack and AWE Asia, and access to investment opportunities to scale their innovations.
Background
India, with its deep-rooted storytelling traditions and rich cultural diversity, is rapidly emerging as a global leader in the media and entertainment sector. The World Audio Visual Entertainment Summit (WAVES), to be held in Mumbai from May 1–4, 2025, is a major step in showcasing India’s creative and technological strengths on the world stage.
The summit will spotlight India’s growing influence in the global media and entertainment industry and foster international collaboration through events such as the Global Media Dialogue. This dialogue will bring together media leaders from around the world to explore partnerships and set the stage for new industry platforms—potentially culminating in the launch of a World Entertainment Forum.
