Arab Universities on the Road to Virtual Reality
“VR is starting to grow. I know there are many groups in Arab universities who are interested,” says Wadee Al-Halabi, director of the Visual Reality Center at Effat University in Saudi Arabia. “However, it is in its early stages now, and most of these attempts lack large funds.”
Hammami says several major universities in Arab countries—especially in the Gulf—have invested in the concept, either for particular programs and staff or for all departments to use in their teaching and research. Effat University has a virtual reality research center; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology has what it calls a visualization core laboratory and Qatar University has a virtual reality section.
These centers focus on using virtual reality for teaching and research. The technology is also used to help students enhance their skills and to express their creativity in how they conduct applied research and present scientific data.
“VR is going to have very significant applications for universities and the early adopters of virtual reality technology are going to have a big advantage over the late adopters,” he says.
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