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The AR\/VR Africa Metathon is a collection of initiatives and programmes run by the worldwide XR fund with the goal of assisting XR experts in Africa in creating cutting-edge applications that showcase distinct African use cases for the metaverse.<\/p>\n
Meta just announced that applications for the Sub-Saharan Africa & North Africa AR\/VR Metathon are now open in Egypt<\/h2>\n
A training programme, an Africa-wide hackathon that will physically take place across 16 nations in Africa and be open to everyone electronically, and a rigorous bootcamp to further develop solutions will make up the three main components of the AR\/VR Metathon.<\/p>\n
The marathon will run from mid-August to April 2023. 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