Saudi Arabia is “doubling down” on talent in the country’s industrial metaverse, the Kingdom’s Communications Minister Abdullah Alswaha said during the WEF in Davos on Thursday.

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“We are doubling down on talent and technology in the industrial metaverse,” the minister said at the panel that discussed how the metaverse, a digital reality that puts physical and virtual experiences in a digital environment, can be used to promote industrial advances as well as the sector. Health.

The Kingdom is currently using the metaverse to help develop its futuristic city NEOM and, in 2022, NEOM Tech & Digital Company subsidiary Tonomus, which has invested $1 billion in products including a…