UAE’s latest bet on tech: a ministry in the metaverse

Going virtual: A man walks past the Museum of the Future in Dubai. The UAE's economy ministry is setting up shop inside the immersive virtual world that is now taking shape. — AFP

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE), which already boasts the world’s tallest skyscraper and has launched a bold Mars mission, now hopes to become a pioneer in the depths of the metaverse.

In a project launched at Dubai’s gleaming Museum of the Future, it announced that the UAE’s economy ministry was setting up shop inside the immersive virtual world that is now taking shape.