The United Arab Emirates, which aims to become a major player in the field of science and technology, has announced the launch of a branch of its Ministry of Economy in the metaverse, this virtual world presented as the future of Internet.
It is between the walls of the Museum of the Future, in Dubai, a building with an extraordinary ring-shaped architecture, that the wealthy Gulf emirate hosted hundreds of representatives of global tech giants for two days. come to explore the potential of the metaverse. Stated objective: to attract 1,000 companies specializing in blockchain and virtual technologies to make Dubai, known for its pharaonic real estate projects, “one of the ten largest metaverse economies in the world” by 2030.
With the key, 4 billion dollars of contribution to the GDP and the creation of 40,000 jobs. Propelled to the front of the stage in the summer of 2021, the metaverse designates a digital and social universe, supposed to extend physical reality via augmented or virtual reality, and to move the internet from 2D to 3D.
For the time being, this immersive universe in which Internet users are supposed to be able to have fun, study or work, is still in the “test” phase, recognizes the Emirati Minister of Economy, Abdallah ben Touq Al-Marri, in an interview. with AFP. But the pandemic has “accelerated” the trend, he said.
According to the minister, the Emirates, where more than 90% of the 10 million inhabitants are expatriates, have been attracting more and more “investments and new talents” for two years.
JG with agencies / ECO Inspirations