Etisalat innovates for the future

Visitors use VR Flying Jets at etisalat's pavilion during Gitex Technology Week 2018.

Etisalat Digital on Monday introduced its innovation programme, Future Now, at Gitex Future Stars 2018.

The programme introduces new ways of innovating and collaborating with startups, IoT developers, government entities, enterprises and end-users.

Future Now has four key pillars: Scale-ups programme, a co-creation Lab, an IoT partner ecosystem and an innovation centre.

"The future is taking shape from our actions today, and we believe that the best way forward is to collaborate and innovate in the way we work with our partners and clients. 'Future Now' by Etisalat Digital will open doors for these collaborations to happen," Francisco Salcedo, SVP, Etisalat Digital, said.

The scale-ups programme of Future Now opens doors to tech startups to accelerate their business in the UAE. Start-ups will get access to workshops and mentorship sessions, opportunities in the UAE, in addition to co-working spaces.

'Explore 2020'
Meanwhile, Etisalat Digital and Accenture are playing a key role in making Expo 2020 one of the fastest, smartest and best-connected places on earth by collaborating to bring innovative digital experiences to attendees.

The joint digital services premier partners have developed an interactive 3D flythrough experience of what the Expo 2020 Dubai site will look like in two years. Called Explore 2020, it was unveiled at the etisalat booth at Gitex Technology Week.

The 3D environment, rendered in real time, will be displayed across eight screens at a resolution of 8640 x 1920. To develop a scale replica of the Expo site, Accenture transformed a complex architectural model, containing over 122 million polygons, into an optimised 3D model containing just 6 million polygons - a reduction of more than 95 per cent.

Visitors to Gitex can 'fly through' and navigate the Expo 2020 Dubai site.  

- business@khaleejtimes.com