Pickl is paving the way for the local F&B industry as the first UAE-based restaurant to enter the Metaverse. Defined as a “simulating digital environment made up of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and blockchain, the Metaverse promises to create a space with a rich user experience, while impersonating the real world”. With an evident […]
DUBAI: As Expo 2020 Dubai comes to an end, organisers of Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai revealed they are ready to take on the mantle, with construction well underway, and ideas to emulate certain aspects of the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East. Four of the team for the next World Expo gave […]
DUBAI: Dubai Municipality will work with private sector companies and investors to create a futuristic, human-centred version of the city that capitalises on opportunities thrown up by the metaverse, according to Dawood Abdul Rahman Al Hajri, Director-General of Dubai Municipality. Al Hajri introduced the One Human Reality concept to delegates during a plenary session, entitled […]
DUBAI: Germany Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, is witnessing the longest waiting time. As per visitors’ experience, the average waiting time is 2-3 hours. To see the enthusiasm of visitors, Germany Campus is arranging the fans, DJ music, game and a circus show to engage the waiting audience and kids. As today is the last […]
CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, is considering developing what appears to be the anti-Twitter, claiming that the social media platform violates the “free expression concept.” ‘Is a new platform needed?’ he asked on his Twitter page. Musk was replying to a Twitter user’s question on if he would consider creating a social media platform based […]
DUBAI: The world has been fixated on the Expo 2020 Dubai since it raised the curtain six months ago in spectacular fashion and, as the sun sets on the most diverse World Expo in the history of the event, it will do so with a bang. While the official closing ceremony at Al Wasl Plaza is […]
DUBAI: Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance honoured the winners of the 25th edition of Dubai International Best […]
DUBAI: A passion for World Expo lapel badges brought together the world of collectors, as dozens of avid pin pals gathered for a unique pin flea market hosted by the Poland Pavilion. The event saw collectors of numerous nationalities making exchanges and showing off their collections, some wearing them on lanyards or jackets and others […]
DUBAI: India celebrated its National Day at Expo 2020 Dubai recently with cultural celebrations and support from a large, cheering crowd for the official ceremony in Al Wasl, with one of the country’s top government ministers looking to the future with optimism. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence and Commissioner […]
ABU DHABI: The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) of the Department of Municipalities and Transport in Abu Dhabi, has launched an initiative encouraging public transport passengers to obtain free trips on public buses by gaining points each time they hand in empty plastic bottles, which are then used to pay for bus fares. In the first […]
Travellers from the UAE are planning to go away for longer and spend more than usual on their summer holidays this year to make up for a lack of breaks abroad over the past two years. The new data, released by Marriott Bonvoy, shows that amongst the 85% of people from UAE who already know […]
