Qatar Airways introduces MetaHuman crew, digital cabin and airport excursions

Qatar Airways has launched Qverse, a digital actuality expertise for guests to the airline’s web site. The nationwide provider of Qatar additionally claims to be the primary international airline to introduce a MetaHuman cabin crew – a high-fidelity 3D human mannequin named ‘Sama’, whose title means ‘sky’ in Arabic.

Users of the web site http://www.qatarairways.com/QVerse can now nearly tour the premium check-in space of Doha’s Hamad International Airport and cabins of the airline’s plane — together with Business Class Qsuite — by their private digital units, with ‘Sama’ presenting the distinctive options within the cabins by a narrated script.

Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker mentioned: “With physical boundaries beginning to be challenged by the metaverse on an increasingly larger scale, it is exciting to embrace a technology that enables all travel enthusiasts to enjoy a unique immersive experience of our award-winning products and services.” He added: “We are constantly looking to adopt and introduce novel technologies that enhance our passengers’ complete journey.”

The expertise was developed utilizing Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, a sophisticated real-time 3D creation instrument, and MetaHuman Creator, a cloud-based app for creating high-fidelity digital people.