Metaverse: Opinions, Popular Players, and What’s Next

Other Players in the Metaverse

According to Nvidia, the metaverse is a shared virtual three-dimensional world that is interactive, collaborative, and immersive. From Apple to Microsoft, many popular players are also investing in the technology.

Alphabet, for instance, launched Google Glass – an ambitious project by the firm that communicates via the internet and displays information in a hands-free format to the wearer. Similarly, Apple is now rumored to launch a Virtual Reality (VR) headset later in 2022.

Another popular tech giant, Microsoft will also launch a Microsoft Team’s chat and conferencing program in 2022, which includes digital avatars.

“This pandemic has made the commercial use cases much more mainstream, even though sometimes the consumer stuff feels like science fiction,” said Satya Nadella in an interview on Bloomberg Television.

The Microsoft CEO himself visited a Toyota manufacturing plant, an International Space Station (ISS), and a Covid-19 ward in the UK hospital using the technology.

Moreover, Accenture also embedded Microsoft’s new offering to create an AI-enabled virtual headquarter termed as a “digital twin.” During the pandemic, Accenture utilized this digital twin to run orientations for new employees.

Not only this, in the gaming world, we have Minecraft and Flight Sim – two prime examples of the metaverse, albeit as a two-dimensional model.