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By Muzammil Hamza Although Virtual Reality rung it’s announcement bells first in 2012, the “reality” aspect was still fictitious to mainstream users in the MENA region until mid-2015. Initial applications of the technology, and sneak-peaks of the gadgets involved spurred a global race to identify the next major market opportunities, especially among tech-enthusiasts, who expected the […]

CNN has officially launched its VR department called CNNVR, an immersive journalism unit and virtual reality platform within CNN Digital. The new department is led by Jason Farkas who is heading a dedicated team while training VR producers in more than a dozen bureaus around the world including New York, London, Hong Kong, San Francisco, […]

In typical UAE style, the Dubai World Trade Centre set a Guinness World Record for most participants riding in a virtual reality (VR) roller coaster in one hour. Driven by Samsung, the activity saw 461 participants using Samsung Gear headsets to experience a virtual roller coaster ride in a 4DX theatre at GITEX. While the […]

During an interview this summer in Chicago, Paul Roth, AT&T‘s president of retail sales and services, described wearable devices as the “future of retail” before adding, “it’s a niche market”. That’s why the tech industry is looking to Apple to do what it does best: Take a budding technology, package it neatly and blow it up […]