The Grad App

The Grad App is here!

Graduates, experience an immersive, augmented reality experience of graduation from anywhere in the world, starring your avatar! It’s COMMENCEMENT IS IN YOUR POCKET!!!!


With this app, you can create a personalized avatar, transport yourself back to school, and see your avatar receive their diploma from your home, the outdoors…anywhere in the world! It’s AR and the WORLD IS YOUR CANVAS!.

You can also screen record your graduation and share it with your friends and family!

This augmented reality app was created by students for students as a gift from the entire MIT family to honor and celebrate you! To learn more about the team and the tech, check out www.volaroid.io Enjoy and please tag us at #mit #mitstudents #myvolaroid

Created by Victoria Bousis, Eswar Anandapadmanaban, Luis Zanforlin, and Austin Edelman with the support of Sanjay Emani Sarma at MIT Open Learning, VR/AR@MIT, Fox Harrell at the Center for Advanced Virtuality, the Commencement Committee, and Senior Council.

Produced by Ume in Association with NotionTheory, Synergy Technologies, and ItSeez3D. All rights reserved MIT2020@2020, TheGradApp@2021