Dubai Municipality has joined hands with 360 degree video technology providers, Photint Venture Group to introduce two innovative public-private undertakings.
The first is a revolutionary new imaging concept, aptly named Oyoon ("Eyes" in Arabic). The principal purpose of this entity is to ensure that as Dubai continues to develop at an exponential rate, there is a dynamic asset bank of visual representation covering the city's history and unparalled growth.
Oyoon is positioned to be the Middle East’s first multi-format, multi-lingual image bank. To be included among its many stunning sights and stories, are rare black & white images of the past, a contemporary look at the present and impressive artistic renditions of the rapidly rising New Dubai.
Oyoon is made possible via the archive libraries of the government and access to present and future infrastructure developments. The highlight will be the use of break-through proprietary Photint 360 degree videos- truly a first for Dubai. Work is currently underway on the restoration and categorisation of the government image archives. The website is scheduled to launch, with a critical mass of images, early next year.
Another first for Dubai Municipality and Photint, is the introduction of banner advertising on the Municipality portal and its growing list of subsidiary websites, including Childrens City, Used Cars Complex and Dubai Coast.
Dubai Municipality has recently attained a key milestone with 90 per cent of all services now available online, which translates to high traffic volumes. They have also been the recipients of the acclaimed Pan Arab Web awards recognising the international standards of their websites.
The goal is to establish an effective banner ad system, both industry standard as well as a unique 360 proposition that can only be offered by Photint proprietary software and technologies, to provide visual information and rich content for internet use and across a range of additional interactive media. The alliance is named ADubai and is positioned to take advertising bookings from January 2007.
Oyoon and ADubai are powered by the city’s largest civic body and driven by the inventors of the world’s first full motion 360 degree video technology.
About Dubai Municipality
Dubai Municipality is regarded as one of the largest establishments in Dubai in terms of the number of people it employs, the volume of services it provides to the public and the projects it carries out. Dubai Municipality is the major driving force behind the development process of Dubai City as a whole.
The Municipality was established in the 1940s with total staff strength of three persons who were operating from a single room. However, it was in 1965 that Dubai Municipality came into being officially. The Municipality kept up its steady growth since its inception and has now become a large organisation with more than 10,710 staff working in 32 organizational units. In short, the Municipality's growth reflects the growth of Dubai City in general.
About Photint Venture Group
Photint is an Information Technology company established to deliver advanced, third generation imaging solutions, products & services, using proprietary 360 degree imaging software.
The company operates from Dubai UAE, Al Khobar KSA and London UK.
Its principle founders all ex- Internet Pictures, iPIX International – are amongst the leading protagonists in the field of immersive imaging technology.
The chairman is HRH Prince Bander Bin Abdullah Al-Saud, and its CEO is Tim Brookes, ex-Senior VP of Internet Pictures Corporation (iPIX).
Regional customers include Jumeirah, Dubai World Cup, Dubai Internet City, Dubai Golf, Dubai Municipality, ALDAR Properties PJSC, Emarat Petroleum, Nad Al Sheba Club, and KSA Tourism amongst others.
