With its progress and development in line with the current global trend of business innovation and creation, the NCKU Research and Development Foundation works proactively to be involved in the Maker Movement that is increasingly popular in the U.S. science and technology community, in order to facilitate both social and industrial development in Taiwan. This movement encourages everyone to use public resources to engage in creative activities. People can thus make/create something at a low cost using various open platforms or devices, such as open-source hardware and software platforms, 3-D printers, or innovative investment platforms, such as crowd-funding.

The maker culture is a contemporary subculture in which a group of individuals with unique interests and beliefs in technology development, the so-called makers, engage in technology-oriented pursuits. In a way, it can be seen as a technology-based extension of DIY culture. One of its remarkable characteristics is its emphasis on knowledge-sharing and physical interactions. While in the past such hobbyists were usually found conducting experiments alone in a garage, nowadays makers gather to work and learn together in open physical spaces.

Founded on the campus of NCKU, a prestigious institution of higher education in southern Taiwan, the NCKU Research and Development Foundation operates to assist research and development teams, teachers or any individuals with their projects for new business creation, thus aiding social development. According to the resolution passed by the third meeting of the eighth-term Board of Directors on April 29, 2015, VIsi Institute Taiwan (VIsi) was officially established in May, 2015, to help people create new businesses with appropriate platforms, and also provide funds for their research and development effo