On December 10, Baidu announced that it will release the first domestic meta-universe product - "Xi'an" on December 27, and Baidu Create 2021 (Baidu AI Developer Conference) will be held in the Xi'an APP, becoming the first conference in China to be held in the meta-universe.
Since some time ago, the social networking giant Facebook officially changed its name to Meta, announcing that it will build "All In" into a metaverse world in the future, which has been jokingly called Don't Face (Face), and the concept of "metaverse" has quickly swept the technical and economic circles.
On October 28, in the San Francisco Bay Area, people took photos in front of the "Yuan" signboard
"Meta-universe" is undoubtedly the hottest topic at the end of 2021, and even has the trend of "meta-universe" in the first year, and domestic and foreign technology giants have poured into the meta-universe track:
Foreign Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia preemptively entered the game, domestic Baidu has taken a step ahead, Tencent, ByteDance is ready to launch, setting off a global "meta-universe" wave.
What exactly is the Metacosm? Why are the major tech giants entering the meta-universe? It is estimated that many melon-eating masses are still confused, it is better to decode the metaverse with Xiaobian!
The term "metaverse" was born in 1992 when Neil Stephenson's science fiction novel "Avalanche" mentioned the concepts of "Metaverse" and "Avatar", people can have their own virtual avatars in "Metaverse", this virtual world is called "Metaverse".
The whole world is talking about the "metaverse", feeling that everything can be "metaverse", but so far, it is only a conceptual thing, has not yet formed a clear definition, light literally to understand, "metaverse" is a combination of the words "meta" (transcendent) and "universe" (universe), Chinese translated as metaverse.
There are many definitions and descriptions of the metacosm
One of the most representative definitions is:
The "metaverse" is based on the traditional cyberspace, accompanied by the improvement of the maturity of a variety of digital technologies, built into a virtual space parallel to the real world and independent of the real world, an online virtual world that maps the real world, and an increasingly real digital virtual world.
In terms of the technology of metacosmonic union
Wikipedia's definition of a "metacosm" is more characteristic:
Through virtual augmentation of physical reality, present convergent and physical persistence characteristics, future Internet-based 3D virtual space with link perception and shared features.
Oasis in Ready Player One, Matrix in The Matrix, oz in Summer Wars... Including "Runaway Player" released this year, the self-awakening of virtual NPCs (non-player characters) has intuitively shown the audience the prototype of the "metaverse":
As long as humans are connected to an interface, they can enter the virtual world, providing players with a sensory experience consistent with the real world, and the player's five senses and six senses in the virtual world will be synchronously transmitted to the real body.
Clip from the Runaway Player movie
Shenyang, executive director of the New Media Research Center of Tsinghua University, said: "The metacosm itself is not a technology, but a concept and concept, which is a new Internet application and social form that integrates AI (artificial intelligence), VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality), MR (mixed reality) and 5G, cloud computing and other new technologies. ”
The concept of "metaverse" will break the physical rules of the real world that we are accustomed to, redefine most of today's production and lifestyle in the virtual space, and improve the production efficiency of the whole society with new production methods and cooperative methods.
The digital revolution is reshaping the traditional industrial landscape, and only by making good connection with the concept of "meta-universe" in the future can we seize a new opportunity for wealth growth.
The advantages of Chinese enterprise development meta-universe
1. Huge internet users
At present, the scale of China's netizens has exceeded 1 billion, and the huge population base is an important force to enrich and improve the application scenarios of the meta-universe, which will be the biggest advantage of Chinese enterprises on the meta-universe track.
2. Rich experience in innovation
In the past 20 years, the Internet industry is one of the most competitive industries in China, and the competition between enterprises has been fierce for a long time, and only enterprises that are brave in innovation, good at innovation and willing to innovate can survive. The innovative experience accumulated by these practical battles is also one of the advantages of Chinese enterprises.
3. Strong policy support
Judging from the achievements made in the development of China's digital economy, both the central and local governments actively support enterprises to explore new technologies and new formats in the field of digital economy, and support them through specific policies. Since the beginning of this year, many national ministries and local governments have issued (support) relevant policies for the development of the VR industry.
The metaverse is really approaching, starships, "metacosm" are the only way for human scientific and technological development, the era of real society and virtual world isomorphism is roaring, although the metacosm is still in the early stage of development, but the future demand for science and technology will be more and more large, the same scientific and technological innovation talent supply is also inevitable.
In the future, whether it is to realize the concept of "metaverse" or choose to explore space, programming knowledge is undoubtedly the underlying logic and basic technology of future human beings, and it may be time to re-examine the significance and value of programming for children's future.
The diversity and openness of programming makes it possible to involve all aspects of life, and through interesting and systematic advanced programming courses, let children feel the fun of programming language, exercise children's programming thinking, let children love to think and love to explore, flexibly convert thinking in virtual reality, exercise spatial imagination, and promote the improvement of children's logical thinking ability, learning ability and innovation ability.
In the current era of technological change, parents, as the guide of their children, make correct judgments about future trends, alleviate parenting anxiety, and adjust parenting plans in a timely manner.
Attaching importance to children's scientific and technological innovation thinking, stimulating children's scientific and technological potential, and allowing children to master the best quality programming knowledge can let children bloom in the future scientific and technological world and create the world they envision in their hearts.
As the natives of the Internet, Generation Z actually has its own "meta-universe", in the network universe parallel to offline life, they are not only users, but also builders.
They use numbers and code to express themselves, make friends, solve problems, and build their own imaginary worlds.
Their ideas may still be young, and their works are still immature, but in the future they will be the builders of the metacosm.
They are programming teenagers and will be pioneers of the new world!