A file photo taken on July 8, 2022 shows a view of the Museum of the Future in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. The UAE has unveiled its first Metaverse ministry and a virtual trip to Mars as Dubai tries to become a hub for the immersive world, which is still in its infancy but attracting growing interest. — Photo by AFP

Monday, October 03, 2022 12:46 p.m.

DUBAI, Oct. 3 — The United Arab Emirates, which already boasts the world’s tallest skyscraper and has launched an audacious mission to Mars, now hopes to pioneer the depths of the metaverse.

In a project launched in Dubai’s gleaming Museum of the Future, he announced that the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Finance would be set up inside the immersive virtual world that is now taking shape.

Those who put on their virtual reality…