- The 3rd variation of the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture's Creative Solutions launches with an capitalist showcase of 10 projects
, /PRNewswire/ -- The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) bridges the carnal and virtual worlds to motorboat the 3rd variation of its Creative Solutions initiative. Focused connected creating immersive integer content, the Cycle 2 cohort volition showcase 10 prototypes to imaginable investors astatine Ithra's landmark gathering and connected a virtual level connected February 1, 2023.
The inaugural focuses connected gathering an ecosystem of innovators moving connected immersive technologies including virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, haptics and immersive audio. The Creative Solutions programme is designed to boost Saudi's originative system by empowering integer contented creation, and the latest harvest of projects span the education, healthcare, tourism, art, exertion and gaming industries. They were selected from hundreds of proposals by an planetary sheet of judges led by Bafta- and Emmy-winning immersive storyteller Kim-Leigh Pontin, whose credits see Marvel's Eternals AR adventure, and Anne McKinnon, Cofounder and CEO of metaverse level Ristband, the integer abstraction wherever the demo time volition beryllium hosted.
Participants received a assistance and mentorship done an 18-week improvement phase, which included a method way successful collaboration with HOST Unity Centre of Excellence and an entrepreneurship way successful collaboration with The Bakery.
"Immersive technologies person transformed however we work, play and communicate," said Miznah Alzamil, Head of Creativity and Innovation astatine Ithra. "We are arrogant of our programme participants' contributions and excited to unveil their innovative products.
"The apical proposals that made it to prototype signifier show the tone of innovative reasoning driving the originative system guardant and propelling america further into a aboriginal guided by the Kingdom's talent. This genuinely is simply a planetary showcase of Saudi innovation."
The demo time making the extremity of the 2nd twelvemonth successful the program, besides announces the commencement of the initiative's 3rd cycle. Ithra's Creative Solutions programme is designed to bolster nonrecreational skills improvement successful the Kingdom, portion promoting cognition sharing and the improvement of archetypal originative contented and marketable solutions. The programme is unfastened to each citizens and residents of Saudi Arabia implicit the property of 18. Proposal submissions for Creative Solutions 2023 are unfastened until April 13.
For much accusation connected Ithra and its programs, sojourn www.ithra.com. For Ithra's media kit, sojourn https://bit.ly/3D4yo6c.
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