UAE government entity Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has launched its metaverse platform ‘DEWAVerse’ which will provide services to customers, employees, and members of the society.
The announcement was made during DEWA’s Digital Transformation Steering Committee Meeting, where McKinsey presented Digital Quotient Assessment 2022 report, highlighting that DEWA has maintained its position as a global digital leader in utilities.
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, stated, “At DEWA, we strive to enhance our use of the Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, including the Metaverse, which is a key pillar and a new method of work in all vital sectors, to harness this technology to find new opportunities and provide innovative solutions that accelerate growth to enhance Dubai’s position regionally and globally. This helps achieve the vision and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to benefit from the digital technologies and artificial intelligence to promote performance and improve people’s quality of life. This also boosts the Dubai Metaverse Strategy that aims to turn Dubai into one of the world’s top 10 metaverse economies as well as a global hub for the metaverse community, to enhance its success in this field.”
During the meeting, seven projects using Metaverse technology were reviewed. These include the Customer Service Centre, the 1st of its kind locally, which enables customers to communicate with the Customer Care Centre agents to answer their inquiries and complete transactions in the virtual world.
The second metaverse project is DEWA Workplace enables users to move around the DEWA buildings and hold meetings in the virtual world.
DEWA Future Lab enables users to hold brainstorming sessions, discuss challenges and develop the best solutions using innovation tools in the virtual world. First Aid and Fire Safety introduces first aid and fire safety procedures virtually.
MetaDrone gathers information on solar panels, fix them, and generate reports using VR. DEWA Onboarding allows new employees to learn about DEWA vision and mission virtually.
