Dubai’s metaverse strategy

The promise of the Metaverse and Web 3.0 technologies has been quantified in the UAE through the Dubai government's strategy to create 40,000 jobs and add $4 billion to the emirate's economy in the next five years from the digital transformation.

Abdulaziz AlJaziri, Deputy CEO and Chief Operations Officer at Dubai Future Foundation, talks to host Mustafa Alrawi about the opportunities and the road ahead as the country embraces the new immersive era of the internet.

In this episode:

Dubai's ambitions in the metaverse (0m 11s)

Getting the basics right and setting up regulations (3m 48s)
Looking at the bigger picture (8m 52s)
Dubai Future Foundation's role in shaping the future (11m 38s)

 

Read more on our website:

• Will the metaverse live up to the hype?
• Dubai to host its first metaverse industry event in September
• Metaverse market to reach $5tn by 2030, McKinsey finds

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