The science fiction Avalanche depicts the picture of the virtual world and constructs a virtual world called "Metaverse" or “Meta Universe” where people can live, work, entertain and socialize with each other through virtual avatars. This is the earliest concept of what is now called "Metaverse". The digital virtual space constructed by "Metaverse" is a new picture of social life based on the mature development of digital technology, so as to satisfy the perceptual experience needs that are difficult to obtain in reality. The birth and development of "Metaverse" stems from the unpredictable changes of the real world and relies more deeply on the integrated development of digital technology. The development of the Metaverse brings along both opportunities and the risk of bubbles. We should hold an objective attitude towards the "Metaverse" and look at it in a scientific manner.
In the 2020-2021 Research Report on the Development of Metaverse released by the new media research center of Tsinghua University, it is mentioned that "'Metaverse 'is a unified product imagination of new system technologies, which can integrate many emerging technologies and guide them to a landing product form." The debate over "Metaverse" simply proves that the era of single technology competition in the past is coming to an end, and the competitive dynamics of "integrated technology group" is getting started."Metaverse" integrates network and computing technology, video game technology, Internet of things technology, blockchain technology, artificial intelligence technology, interaction technology and other technologies, and becomes a technical carrier connecting virtual space and real space in the future.
From the perspective of future development trend, integration technology has unlimited possibilities of combination. However, from the perspective of the current development of "Metaverse", the development and application of many single technology is not mature yet, and many technologies including blockchain are still in their infancy. In the past, the construction of 4G base station network in China took 6-7 years from the beginning to relative maturity; At present, the construction of 5G base stations in China continues to advance, but the further R &D and testing of 5G technology and the maturity of edge computing, chip modules, instruments and other technical products still require a certain length of period of exploration. Therefore, we should maintain a calm and objective attitude towards the development of integration technology.
To make "Metaverse" possible also requires major technological breakthroughs in more than a dozen fields, including display, sound, input and touch. It may take ten years or even longer. From the past experience, the interval between the four industrial revolutions experienced by mankind is becoming shorter and shorter, and the changes brought about are becoming greater and greater. We don't know whether the next change will be the arrival of the "Metaverse".
The picture depicted by the "Metaverse" is basically the perfect integration of our real life and the digital world. The boundary of the real life scene is becoming more and more blurred and may even no longer exist. People's lifestyle and social form will change greatly and we may usher in a "digital life moments more valuable than physical life".
Amid the background of the normalization of the pandemic, with the shift of people's focus of life and work to the Internet, the concept of "Metaverse" just caters to people's reliance on the Internet and their fantasies about the future, and has become the hottest concept at present. With more and more industry giants involved in the field of "Metaverse", the voice about "Metaverse" is getting louder and louder.
We should be vigilant and pay attention to the competition in the capital market, especially the great interest and inflammatory views of some enterprises on the "Metaverse", so as to avoid blindly following the market trend. At present, the blind actions of the capital market and some enterprises have also led to the chaotic situation of "everything can be a 'Metaverse'". After the interaction between people and science and technology was amplified by capital and people with bad motives, the concept of "Metaverse" began to cause controversy. All we have to do is remain vigilant and respond well. We can't miss opportunities and we should avoid crisis s well.
Published on December 2, 2021