Let’s face it. The reality is boring and sometimes you do feel the need to transcend to an alternate reality. To leave our school, colleges and work behind and dive into a completely different world which has its own rules. Well, that’s no longer a dream. For the last few years, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies have become much more than just a concept in the labs.
Whether it is games like Pokémon Go or the sudden movement of a static promotional poster of movies and products through the lenses of a smartphone camera, VR and AR are going beyond reality in every aspect.
As amazing as the application of these technologies in our lives the scope for skill development and the future job is broad too. Whether its healthcare or manufacturing or education the scope for the technologies are vast. Although VR and AR are separate entities they often ends up in the same discussion. So together they are called extended reality.
While the career options seem never-ending let’s look at the 5 careers that are in trend and will have a bright future under the sky of VR and AR.
Design Architect
This is a career where you need to work with the client to design the interior as well as the exterior of the devices used for AR and VR. The helmet or the goggles used to experience the extended reality will be designed by you if you pursue a career in design architecture. A bachelor’s degree in arts will be required following by a course in the architect school. You can go for masters in architect which will give a boost to your resume. Companies like IKEA which is providing their customers a satisfying shopping experience using AR. Where, as a customer you can not only see the images of your favourite furniture you can also see whether it can fit in your leaving room or not. So companies will continue to go out of their ways giving a bright future to this career.
Software Designer
Software designers design the software with the help of a developer and 3D artists. Software designer, in general, have a good career growth. The required qualification for this career is to have a bachelor’s degree in software engineering or computer science. Here you can learn to design and program software as a part of your curriculum. Additional knowledge in web platform will take you a long way.
System Validation Engineers
As a system validation engineer, you will be required to solve any issues that will arise including the technical issues and circle back with developers to make sure the application got modified accordingly. To be able to pursue a career as a system validation engineer, you will need a bachelor’s degree in engineering and some years of experience. The fields you can do your Btech for a greater scope is electrical, mechanical or computer science. The relevant coursework should include maths, statistics, and material science as well.
Software Developer
Software developers are widely required. If you are an outstanding software developer with a hint of creativity, you will be offered a lucrative salary worldwide. As basic as the job sounds, it actually has a bright future with all the technologies rushing in. If you want to pursue a career as a software developer you need to have a bachelor’s degree in engineering. You can take up a certification course in which ever technology you want after your Btech. Implementation is very important in this career so you can take up a small project to start with.
3D Artist
The 3D artist is an emerging career in the future job aspect. While upskilling is needed to cope up with the trend, creativity is equally important. A bachelor’s degree in arts or computer graphics is needed to pursue a career as a 3D artist. There is a bachelor’s degree and master’s degrees for this which are offered by many colleges. If you don’t want to go for a full-time course you can enrol in a certification program too. This is a field where you can put your artistic skills and talent for arts to use. You need a strong understanding of colour, texture, and light and how they work together. Your creativity and artistic skills will help you pursue a career as a 3D artist. There is a huge scope of jobs in this field in India as well as abroad. You can choose from a variety of programs and on which you want to work on. 3D animation, game development, and new media development are the branches of fields under 3D artist.
Living in the extended reality is fun but to be able to pursue a career in that is awesome. So looking at the career options, now you decide which amazing career you want to choose for yourself to be a part of the world created by AR and VR.
