Ambassador Jakob Linulf enjoys interactive session with Pakistani students

Celina Ali

Islamabad: Denmark’s Ambassador to Pakistan Jakob Linulf this week enjoyed an interactive session with the Pakistani students.

“Feeling inspired after the interactive session w the brilliant students of @Air_University,” he posted on X.

The envoy added: “Topics of discussion were Green Transition & climate change mitigation. Thanks to the VC, Javaid Ahmed for hosting me & to the students for the invigorating engagement!”

Recently, Information Technology University of Lahore in Pakistan launched the nation’s first virtual reality-based classes in the metaverse.

The new courses will imitate the traditional classroom experience via virtual reality headsets and motion tracking, according to a report from local Pakistani news outlet Samaa.

As per the report, ITU Lahore’s head of the computer sciences department, Ibrahim Ghaznavi, said ITU expects the initiative to improve the academic abilities of students participating in the metaverse experience.

Online courses began at the university in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the shift to metaverse technology comes as virtual reality applications for education have begun to find their footing throughout the globe.

The ITU Lahore program was reportedly developed in partnership with support from the University of Denmark. It may also take inspiration from the university’s spiritual alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).