Dubai education show features augmented reality, smart boards
"The future of classrooms in the UAE is very exciting. It can be anything ... Smart boards and the current available technology in classrooms are essentially just the beginning," said Audai Altaie, regional director of sales, Middle East and North Africa for LG. "In comparison to other countries in the region, the UAE is still heavily investing into the education vertical."
Altaie spoke to Khaleej Times at the Global Educational Supplies and Solutions (GESS) and Global Education Forum (GEF) that opened on Tuesday in Dubai.
Organised by the Fand E Group in partnership with the Ministry of Education, this is the ninth edition of the Middle East's biggest education event. Over 500 exhibitors from over 35 countries are exhibiting at the three-day event.
"One of the technologies we have been focusing on is augmented reality. We started this with Kinect and then came up with XBOX and have lots of educational applications for it.
Intelligent screens were a prominent feature at the exhibition.
The smart screens are 84-inch 10-point built-in touch ultra HD display. "All of the data that the child needs to access to is on cloud ... In the future, I believe children will also use 3D and 4D models for learning," he added.
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