Inside Saudi Arabia’s giant metaverse cube the size of 20 Empire State Buildings

Posted on : February 21, 2023
Inside Saudi Arabia’s giant metaverse cube the size of 20 Empire State Buildings

Ever wanted to go shopping inside the world's biggest TV? Soon you'll be able to, if Saudi Arabia's terrifyingly ambitious new plans go ahead.

The absolute monarchy hopes to build a 12-mile-wide development in its capital of Riyadh featuring a huge metaverse cube.

The Mukaab is described as 'an iconic landmark that features the latest innovative technologies and will be one of the largest built structures in the world at 400 meters high, 400 meters wide, and 400 meters long'.

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It will feature a gigantic spiral tower at its centre which will be jampacked with holograms, AI, robots, and gigantic videoscreens.

These screens will supposedly give visitors a portal to virtual worlds, projecting new immersive installations such as the Martian landscape throughout the building while people go shopping.

The government hopes to finish construction in time for the 2030 World Expo, which it is standing as a candidate to host.

New Murabba is just the latest of a series of highly ambitious (one might even say hairbrained) schemes to build sci-fi cities in Saudi Arabia.

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Construction is already well underway on The Line, a 75-mile long 'linear city' shrouded in mirrors that will supposedly feature a floating port city, an artificial ski robot, flying cars and a underground high-speed train.

If it's ever finished, the Mirror Line will have enough capacity to house 5 million people but critics have complained it is so tall that it will stop birds and animals migrating.

Saudi authorities have also come under heavy fire for allegedly removing indigenous people from the planned construction sites by force. One resident was even shot dead by security forces after their family refused to move from their home.

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