Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Vreal closes pre-Seed round led by numu Angels

Saudi Arabia-based AR/VR experience provider “Vreal” has secured an undisclosed pre-seed investment round from numu Angels...

Vreal Numu Angels Investment Community VR

U.A.E

VR in airports: Driving sales, beyond entertainment

In early 2015, the Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways, in partnership with Samsung, brought Virtual Reality (VR) to its first-class...

uae Entertainment tech

U.A.E

Majid Al Futtaim and Image Nation Abu Dhabi participated in financing an LA-based VR startup

Dreamscape Immersive, the location-based VR startup backed by some of Hollywood's biggest players, announced closing a $30M Series B...

uae US VR

U.A.E

‘The Trip’ is bringing outdoor cycling indoors with VR

The hype around crossfit is only one example of the increasing need for alternative fitness. However, even this trendy new workout style...

VR The Trip Sports

Egypt

Building Communities in Virtual Reality

Alexandria Augmented Reality/ Virtual Reality Meetup is a meetup for virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality...

VR ar Meetup

Europe

RIOT

RIOT is among Europe’s first festivals focusing on Internet of Things, augmented/ virtual reality, and AI, with particular attention...

Germany RIOT Technology

Lebanon

Beirut gets to experiment with VR [Wamda TV]

Can a short VR movie be produced in just two days? This was the bet taken by the 48h VR Film Jam in Beirut last weekend. It seems...

VR video production beirut

Global

Pixelbug looks to take Silicon Valley

Pixelbug, the augmented and virtual reality pioneer founded in Dubai, has gone from dominating the MENA market to turning heads in Silicon...

PixelBug silicon valley accelerator

Saudi Arabia

A Saudi startup invents VR glasses that could change books for ever

By 2020, the global virtual reality (VR) market is projected to reach $150 billion. It is expected to reach its first billion this year...

BeThere Saudi Arabia KAUST

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...

MEMakersGE WIK What I Know

Egypt

Zombies in Egypt: Epic VR brings the undead to malls

This was the reaction when students first tested Epic VR in an event at the American University in Cairo. (Images via Epic VR) Virtual...

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Global

The most innovative – and weird – devices from CES 2015

The last two years brought us thinner and larger mobile phones and devices than ever before, but 2015 is set to be the year of virtual...

VR Gadget CES

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