U.A.E VR in airports: Driving sales, beyond entertainment In early 2015, the Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways, in partnership with Samsung, brought Virtual Reality (VR) to its first-class... Rana Freifer • 31 May, 2018 uae Entertainment tech
U.A.E Majid Al Futtaim and Image Nation Abu Dhabi participated in financing an LA-based VR startup Dreamscape Immersive, the location-based VR startup backed by some of Hollywood's biggest players, announced closing a $30M Series B... Staff writer • 19 December, 2017 uae US VR
U.A.E ‘The Trip’ is bringing outdoor cycling indoors with VR The hype around crossfit is only one example of the increasing need for alternative fitness. However, even this trendy new workout style... Tala El Issa • 10 October, 2017 VR The Trip Sports
Egypt Building Communities in Virtual Reality Alexandria Augmented Reality/ Virtual Reality Meetup is a meetup for virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality... Wamda • 18 July, 2017 VR ar Meetup
Europe RIOT RIOT is among Europe’s first festivals focusing on Internet of Things, augmented/ virtual reality, and AI, with particular attention... Wamda • 25 April, 2017 Germany RIOT Technology
Lebanon Beirut gets to experiment with VR [Wamda TV] Can a short VR movie be produced in just two days? This was the bet taken by the 48h VR Film Jam in Beirut last weekend. It seems... Jana Kassem • 26 March, 2017 VR video production beirut
Global Pixelbug looks to take Silicon Valley Pixelbug, the augmented and virtual reality pioneer founded in Dubai, has gone from dominating the MENA market to turning heads in Silicon... Wamda • 20 March, 2017 PixelBug silicon valley accelerator
Saudi Arabia A Saudi startup invents VR glasses that could change books for ever By 2020, the global virtual reality (VR) market is projected to reach $150 billion. It is expected to reach its first billion this year... Abdulghani Kataya • 08 November, 2016 BeThere Saudi Arabia KAUST
Maghreb What I know about virtual reality: Walid Sultan Midani VR is fun but you've got to be careful, says Walid. (Image via Digital Mania) The attraction between virtual reality (VR) developers and... Lucy Knight • 09 May, 2016 MEMakersGE WIK What I Know
Egypt Zombies in Egypt: Epic VR brings the undead to malls This was the reaction when students first tested Epic VR in an event at the American University in Cairo. (Images via Epic VR) Virtual... Eman Mostafa • 29 May, 2016 Zombies EpicVr MEMakersGE
Global The most innovative – and weird – devices from CES 2015 The last two years brought us thinner and larger mobile phones and devices than ever before, but 2015 is set to be the year of virtual... Reine Farhat • 15 January, 2015 VR Gadget CES