“Bani Suef Media” organizes a workshop on the use of metaverse technology and artificial intelligence in new media

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The Department of Journalism at the Faculty of Mass Communication at Beni Suef University, under the auspices of Dr. Mansour Hassan, President of the University, and under the supervision of Dr. Abdel Aziz Al-Sayed, Dean of the College, and Dr. Mona Hashem, Head of the Department of Journalism and Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs, organized a symposium on the uses of metaverses in new media, in which Professor Khaled Ammar, the journalist, lectured Founder of the Virtual Media Project and writer for the International Journalists Network.

In the presence of Dr. Nisreen Hossam El-Din, Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Development, Dr. Islam Othman, Vice Dean for Postgraduate Studies and Research, faculty members, assistant staff, staff and students.

During the symposium, Khaled Ammar, journalist and founder of the Virtual Media Project, presented the history of web development, the advantages and disadvantages of WEB3, in addition to blockchain technology, NFTs and metaaveres, and the use of AI applications in journalism, photo and graphics industry, and press reports using the latest applications.

The founder of the virtual media project also knew the “Metaverse” technology and how to use it in the new media, the methods of virtual studios and their advantages, the form of the human story, the journalistic dialogue, the virtual report, and its features that are more credible, which are filmed in 360 technology, and the use of the virtual announcer within this tour, raising the slogan “Live the news.. Walk around in it."

The students conducted a practical experiment using metaverse technology, watched virtual studios, and visited a number of places around the world. The founder of the Virtual Media Project called on students around the world to strive to open new doors in immersive and virtual three-dimensional journalism, so that it places the audience directly in the event and creates for them the experience of the person present in the event directly. , and Features were presented about human stories and were presented by the use of metaverse, and ended with opening the way for students to conduct practical experiments to use this technique.