Saudi Arabia has launched a brand new initiative that may permit Muslims all around the globe to the touch the Black Stone on the Kaaba in Mecca nearly by means of Digital Actuality (VR) expertise.
The initiative was launched by Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais, the Basic President for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque.
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The “Digital Black Stone Initiative” will likely be a part of the Kingdom’s Company for Exhibitions and Museums Affairs represented by the Basic Administration of Digital Exhibitions, in cooperation with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Umrah Analysis on the College of Umm al-Qura. The initiative goals to make use of digital actuality (VR) and digital experiences that simulate the true actuality.
In Might, Saudi Arabian authorities launched new footage that supply a never-before-seen shut up view of the Black Stone within the Kaaba in Mecca. The Basic Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques captured the main points on the Black Stone – generally known as Hajar Aswad in Arabic – with a brand new method that makes use of stacked panoramic focus.
Muslims consider the well-known Black Stone descended straight from heaven and was given to the Prophet Abraham by the angel Gabriel.
The stone is ready inside a pure silver masking and is positioned within the nook of the Kaaba, a few meter and a half from the bottom.
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