{"id":3585,"date":"2022-08-07T15:53:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T09:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2022-08-07T15:53:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T09:53:27","slug":"saudi-tech-experts-bring-futuristic-ai-technology-closer-to-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/tech\/2022\/08\/07\/news\/3585\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi tech experts bring futuristic AI technology closer to reality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saudis of all ages try out the latest immersive AI technologies at Ithra’s Creative Solutions GameDev Zone at Riyadh Boulevard City. (Supplied)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

RIYADH, Broadcasting News Corporation : Saudi technology experts are putting the latest developments in artificial intelligence into the hands of gamers attending a major international festival in the Kingdom.
\nThe King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) has partnered with the Saudi Esports Federation for the Gamers8 event taking place in Riyadh to showcase the most recent advances in augmented and virtual reality technologies. And Ahmed Abdulrahman, the immersive lab manager on Ithra\u2019s Creative Solutions program, believes the futuristic AI seen in many current sci-fi movies could become publicly available within five to 10 years.
\nTechnologies on show at the festival focus not just on gaming but also interactive and immersive experiences, entertainment, and learning. Abdulrahman pointed out that the kind of VR gadgets seen in Steven Spielberg\u2019s 2018 adventure film \u201cReady Player One,\u201d were now readily available. Ithra even had a haptic Teslasuit and glove (technology that can create an experience of touch by applying forces, vibrations, and motions to the user) that members of the public could test out. \u201cWe can put people into some games that utilize all the technologies together, where they can walk around and feel every hit in the game. It\u2019s full immersion. It\u2019s not 2045, it\u2019s 2022,\u201d he told Arab News. In Riyadh Boulevard City, where Gamers8 is in full flow, the Creative Solutions\u2019 GameDev zone features prototype games developed within 72 hours or less, as well as the program cohorts\u2019 five previous winning designs, plus internationally developed video games. While the available VR experiences are not fully equipped, they still allow visitors to get the general idea behind the immersive stories.
\nOne of the Ithra winners\u2019 projects, \u201cThe Anticipation of Rain,\u201d lets people sense rain by wearing a VR headset. Its developer, Naima Karim, tells how she became paralyzed at a young age, but discovered a love for painting through the influence of rain. \u201cThere were so many people who were moved with it, they just took off their headset to cry,\u201d Abdulrahman said. Other AR projects take users on a journey through the history of the universe or on a mission to find hidden objects, similar to the \u201cPokemon GO\u201d mobile game. Next to the zone\u2019s five winners\u2019 booths are a selection of internationally developed gaming programs including \u201cThe Climb 2,\u201d \u201cLoco Dojo,\u201d \u201cBeat Saber,\u201d and a PS5 Playroom. Filipe Gomez, Creative Solutions program curator, told Arab News: \u201cThere are developers pointing to a future where no screens are going to exist. Everything will be projected.\u201d Amr Bogari, a conceptual artist and AI enthusiast, said: \u201cThis reflects a good mental image over time, and is expected from our government, as it is a great supporter of this development and progress that advances humanity. \u201cBut, in general, it depends on a person\u2019s use. The abundance of technology can reduce the spiritual aspect, and this applies in many examples. Our role is to create a moderate space that combines reality and assumption.\u201d On the GameDev zone, Gomez said: \u201cThe level of engagement from the public was incredible. For me, it really reflects an eagerness to learn and to develop and get ready. The creativity is there.\u201d
\nThe Ithra program team aims to create one-of-a-kind experiences that people of all backgrounds can enjoy. Abdulrahman said: \u201cThey\u2019re all proud. That\u2019s the one word I can say. Everyone who is trying them, when they see them, they\u2019re just amazed about the quality of work even though we call them prototypes.\u201d And the program goal was to establish Saudi Arabia as the main immersive hub in the region, and possibly the world.
\n\u201cIt depends on us, and stakeholders such as Ithra that pushes a specific agenda that really cares about how the people will be impacted through this transformation, to prepare them to be good decision-makers. When it comes to creative solutions, they create humanistic solutions,\u201d Gomez added. News collected from ARAB NEWS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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