Etisalat Digital, Accenture unveil ‘Explore 2020’

DUBAI / WAM

Accenture and Etisalat Digital have developed an interactive 3D flythrough experience of what the Expo 2020 Dubai site will look like in two years’ time. Called Explore 2020, it was expected to be unveiled at Etisalat booth at the Gitex Technology Week.
Unveiled less than a week before Expo’s two-years-to-go milestone, the 3D environment, rendered in real time, will be displayed across eight curved 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 poly- gons, into optimised 3D model containing 6 million polygons — a reduction of more than 95 percent — whilst ensuring absolute quality and precision in the visual representation and texturing. Visitors to Gitex can, for the first time, ‘fly through’
and navigate the Expo 2020 Dubai site at will, as a result of Accenture and Etisalat Digital’s design, development and optimisation effort.
Francisco Salcedo, Senior Vice President of Etisalat Digital, said, “With Etisalat’s focus this year at Gitex on ‘Leading the 5G Revolution’ and ‘Driving the Digital Future to Empower Societies’, this spectacular showcase is built on our vision to provide digital innovation and futuristic solutions that will have a fundamental impact on people’s lives.
“We are excited to bring this unique 3D experience of ‘Explore 2020’ that will take our visitors on a special journey of the Expo 2020 Dubai site.”