Fulbright Fellow from Egypt is Learning All About VR
By Barbara Gutierrez During her time at the University of Miami School of Communication, Shaimaa Elrefaei Ber is exploring virtual reality, so she can integrate what she discovers into a program to help draw tourists to her homeland. When you think of Egypt what comes to mind? Pyramids, camels, and pharaohs. Shaimaa Elrefaei Ber, an Egyptian professor, is spending an academic year as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Miami. She wants to broaden people’s perspective on her home country. “Egypt has a lot of historical tourism but it [...]