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Chinese and American tech giants bet that the meta-universe Internet revolution is ready to go

2021-08-13T10:12:19.190Z


In the past year, more and more people have been discussing "Metaverse"-a concept that sounds rather abstract from science fiction novels at the end of the last century. "Meta universe is a connection with the real world, more


In the past year, more and more people have been discussing "Metaverse"-a concept that sounds rather abstract from science fiction novels at the end of the last century.

"The meta universe is a virtual world that is connected to the real world and shared by multiple people. It has a real design and real economy. You have an avatar, and this avatar belongs to you, or is yourself, may have your real avatar, or A representative character. In that three-dimensional rather than flat world, you can hang out with friends, communicate with each other, start time travel, or travel to a distant place at the speed of light." Huang Renxun, CEO of NVIDIA, a US semiconductor company, described Yuan universe.


At the end of last month, Facebook CEO Zuckerberg also gave his explanation in an interview with the technology media The Verge: "You can think of the metaverse as a concrete Internet, you can not only view the content, but also be in it. And you will feel that with other people, you can have an experience that is different from that on a flat application or on the web." Zuckerberg even threatened that if done well, Facebook will transform into a meta-universe in five or seven years. company.

Facebook has been actively deploying and developing VR and AR technologies in recent years. The company currently has about 10,000 employees engaged in related work. Zuckerberg emphasized that VR and AR are of great significance to Facebook as a social media.

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Of course, Nvidia and Facebook are far more attracted to the concept of meta universe.

As early as March of this year, the game company Roblox went public in the United States and was well received by the market. Its market value once exceeded US$50 billion, and it was called "Meta Universe's first share."

In addition, "Fortnite" (Fortnite) game developers Epic Game, Apple, Tencent, ByteDance, and even Huawei and other giants are quickly cutting into the meta-universe track in various ways and actively deploying.

Does Metaverse really represent the future of the Internet as imagined by these technology companies and will disrupt human life?

And to realize the real meta-universe, what technical difficulties still need to be solved?

For detailed analysis, please read the 277th "Hong Kong 01" Electronic Weekly Newsletter (August 9, 2021) "

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