Global Facebook’s AR future is excitingly scary Facebook’s focus on augmented reality (AR) hints at a future that’s exciting, but also a little scary. During his... Maya Rahal • 20 April, 2017 Facebook Augmented Reality virtual reality
Regional 360Vuz secures an undisclosed round of venture capital led by Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority 360Vuz, the virtual reality startup in the Middle East, announced that it had raised an undisclosed round of venture capital led by Dubai... Wamda • 01 March, 2017 360vuz virtual reality Augmented Reality
Lebanon Proximie’s AR tool delivers healthcare to war zones The idea came about during a 2012 mission to El Salvador. As a volunteer with the Global Smile Foundation, Boston-based Lebanese... Brooke Anderson • 17 January, 2017 healthtech Augmented Reality Proximie
Global How silliness is disrupting media We think of Facebook, Uber, and Airbnb as companies that have forever changed society as we know it, but major disruption can sometimes be... Omar Al Fil • 14 November, 2016 Ben Huh Giphy Cheezburger Network
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 The kid with the amazing AR glasses Vound inventor Aly Mohamed at an EU-sponsored contest for young scientists. (Image via Wamda) Aly Mohamed comes across as a... Rachel Williamson • 17 February, 2016 deaf Aly Mohamed Vound
Regional Augmented reality and medicine, is the Middle East ready? After-surgery care in developing countries or remote locations can often be an unknown quantity, but the use of augmented reality during... Lucy Knight • 20 August, 2015 InGlove VITAAX MEMakers
Meet Palestine's pioneering female coder, who just won in an international gaming competition Rasha Hussein is one of the Arab world's women entrepreneurs to watch. The first time I met her, she was leading a room full of tech geeks... Nina Curley • 02 May, 2013 Coding Augmented Reality EdTech