Visit Mecca from home with 3D app

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Host Marco Werman speaks with Bilal Chbib, the co-founder of Bigitec Studios, a video game design company in Bonn, Germany, that has created a virtual hajj experience for the millions of would-be pilgrims unable to attend this year because of COVID-19.

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