The experimentations and applications of new technologies have a way to change and impact our lives in different ways. If you look at history, the last few years have seen nearly all aspects of our lives getting affected by technology.
Whether it is the way we work, relax or entertain ourselves, everything has
become determined by technologies. The newest entrant to an exciting new crop
of technologies is something called the ‘Metaverse’.
In this resource article, we are going to look at 5 important things you
need to know about the Metaverse. Before we get to the list, let us first look
to understand what the Metaverse is all about.
What is the Metaverse and why you should take it seriously?
A Metaverse is an alternate digital
reality where you can work, play, party, or do whatever you want to. The
Metaverse is referred to by other teams like the Magicverse, Human Virtual,
Spatial Internet, and the Mirror World. It uses technologies like Visual
Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to
create virtual life-like experiences.
Imagine yourself as Player One in the Metaverse. You can take decisions and opt
for selections basis on what you feel like or want to do. For example, you want
to look at whether a supermarket has a specific type of sauce that you need.
You pick up the VR headset, connect to the supermarket, and create an
experience where you walk virtually, pick up the sauce from the aisle and make
the payment. You sit at home and the supermarket ships it to your address!
This is how the Metaverse will find application in buying and selling of
goods. The technology has applications in everything from gaming to social
media to Ecommerce.
List of 5 Important Things you need to know about the Metaverse
- The Universal Impact of the Metaverse-
One thing is for sure. The Metaverse is going to have a uniform impact on
all industries. For example, whether it is software or IT, or digital or
communications, or even gaming, the Metaverse is going to influence everything
in a major fashion. Businesses like Epic Games, Microsoft, Facebook, and others
have already set up teams and are doing advanced R&D.
- Going to be an Important Career Path-
In recent months, a number of the world’s leading start-ups are looking for
professionals who can help build a Metaverse. This means jobs like metaverse
designer, developer, and other visual artists are high in demand. Everyone
wants to enjoy the first-mover’s advantage. However, there are only a limited
number of designers and agencies who can do this.
- Real-World Application of AI, VR, and AR-
While AI has been with us for some time, its mainstream application was
clouded at an enterprise level. The same goes for AR and VR. You can say that
the Metaverse is the first real application of these promising pieces of
technology. A Metaverse is created at the intersection of the above-mentioned
three technologies. This will grow exponentially in the future.
- The Metaverse for a Post-Pandemic World-
We all know how social media and Ecommerce were able to help us during the pandemic.
according to experts, the Metaverse has the potential to become an important
part of a post-pandemic world. Just like the Fortnite hosted Travis Scott
concert showed, it can help in maintaining social distancing while allowing for
a novel entertainment virtual experience.
- Implications for the World of Social Media Platforms-
Remember the time when Myspace and Orkut failed as they lacked an immersive
experience and were taken over by Facebook and others? Well, experts suggest
that the Metaverse being a much more immersive and sensory experience is likely
to make people shift. This might be a reason why Facebook is investing heavily
in Metaverse and VR to stay competitive.
The Bottom Line
No matter how you would want to approach it, the Metaverse is the next big
technology that is going to impact us. With some of the biggest businesses in
the world already at an advanced stage of R&D, it is only a matter of time
when the Metaverse starts operating around us.
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