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How should the concept of "meta-universe" be deployed?

Original title: "Behind the popular concept of the meta-universe, what kind of business layout is the future?"

Original author: Blockchain headlines

There are undercurrents in the "meta-universe" market.

The meta-universe is expanding. An immersive world of interactive experiences is opening up before us, and economic opportunities have emerged thanks to the emerging Play to Earn model and NFT.

Investors are increasingly putting money into disruptive metacosmic startups with the potential to deliver substantial returns.

The international

- In March 2021, Roblox, the first stock of the metasurverse concept, went public on the New York Stock Exchange, with a market value of more than $40 billion on the first day;

- In April 2021, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang announced that Nvidia would expand into a "meta-universe" business;

- In May 2021, Facebook said it would transform itself into a metaverse company within five years;

- In August 2021, Bytedance paid a huge sum of money to acquire VR startup Pico;

domestic

- In June 2021, Soul Affiliate applied for the trademark of "Social Universe for Young People" and IQiyi Intelligent Technology applied for the trademark of "Adventure Universe";

- In July 2021, Kuaishou Affiliated company applied for registration of several trademarks related to "Kuaishou Metauniverse";

- In September 2021, Mihayou applied for several trademarks of "Miuniverse"; Tencent registered "QQ yuan universe trademark" topic rushed into the weibo hot search; Tencent applied for the registration of "Rubik's Cube Meta-universe", "Peace meta-universe", "Elite meta-universe" and other accumulated number of more than 20 related trademarks, including education and entertainment, social services, etc. A shares of Zhongqingbao, Century Huatong, 37 mutual Entertainment and other game stocks soared;

It can be seen that both at home and abroad, around the "meta-universe" movement of the undercurrent, each in advance layout to occupy the relevant market.

What is the meta-universe?

The term metasverse first appeared in Neil Stephenson's 1992 science fiction novel Avalanche, in which it was presented as an Internet that was not previously imagined: the Metaverse, a three-dimensional digital space closely connected to society, parallel to the real world, People who are geographically isolated from each other in the real world can communicate and entertain themselves through their avatars. Sound a lot like a virtual social app developed by Facebook?

What makes the meta-universe so hot?

On March 10, 2021, Sandbox gaming platform Roblox, the first company to write the concept of "metasomes" into its prospectus, successfully listed on the New York Stock Exchange, with a market value of more than $40 billion on its first day of trading, which exploded the technology and capital circles.

According to Roblox, a true meta-universe product should have the following eight elements:

1. Identity; 2. A friend; 3. Immersion; 4. Low latency; 5. Diversification; 6. Anywhere; 7. Economic system; 8. Civilization;

To realize the basis of the above eight elements, at least XR Extended Reality, blockchain, edge computing and other aspects of the technical support. Of these, computing power is the most important infrastructure of the metaverse. Computing power supports the creation and experience of virtual content in the metasomes and is the premise of realistic modeling and interaction.

Networks above 5G will provide high-speed, low-latency, large-scale access and transmission channels for the metasverse. Immersion makes XR -- VR/AR/MR -- the first portal to the meta-universe. Blockchain technology provides a decentralized clearing platform and value delivery mechanism. To guarantee the ownership and circulation of value, so as to ensure the stability and efficiency of the seventh factor economic system, transparent and determined implementation of rules.

On the other hand, Facebook is the most famous metasomes concept company after Roblox. It has entered the experience layer (launched VR social platform Horizon) and the human-computer interaction layer (acquired Oculus). Its clear layout of the metasomes, Starting with Facebook's acquisition of Oculus in 2014.

- In October 2016, Facebook announced a $500 million investment to support the Oculus content ecosystem, which will be exclusively owned by Oculus.

- Facebook started working on its own operating system in December 2019.

- In October 2020, Oculus announced that only Facebook accounts could be accessed.

Judging from the layout of Facebook in recent years, it is easy to see that the realization of the metasexes is likely to focus on both hardware and ecology, seeking to increase hardware penetration, and then promote the spiral growth of penetration. The key links and the future are full of investment opportunities. "Meta-universe" has been recognized as a grand and promising investment theme, becoming a new field of digital economy innovation and industrial chain.

What does it have to do with us?

At present, the meta-universe is not a new concept, but with the development of science and technology and put on the agenda again, is a technological development vane.

The familiar NFT is the cornerstone of the meta-universe. The digital content of NFT plus the blockchain technology encryption technology can effectively protect the copyright of digital content. It happens to be an effective guarantee of the rules of the meta-universe economic system, so that the scene props and other infrastructure in the meta-universe have a clear ownership relationship.

This shift upends the concept of traditional collections, and any NFT we encounter today could be a potential asset in the future metasemes. "Meta-universe" shows the possibility of constructing holographic digital world parallel to the traditional physical world. Initiate scientific interaction; Promoted the traditional system breakthrough; It has included all digital technologies, enriched the transformation mode of digital economy, and integrated digital financial achievements such as DE-FI, IPFS and NFT.

The idea of a meta-universe has been around for a long time, from the novel Avalanche to the movies The Matrix trilogy, Tron Legacy, Ready Player One and, this year, Player Out of Control.

In particular, Ready Player One and Out of Control Player are recommended to you. The film has a very complete and real presentation of the elements, economic model and virtual reality interaction of the "meta-universe". Let's take a peek at the future concept of the "meta-universe" at the beginning.