Jiwei network news, a few days ago, at the 2021 annual meeting of China's integrated circuit design industry and the Wuxi integrated circuit industry innovation and development summit forum (ICCAD 2021), executives of Siemens EDA, VeriSilicon Shares, MuXi, Xindong Technology and other companies expressed their views or opinions on the current popular metaverse concept in interviews with Jiwei Network and other media, including the interpretation of the metaverse concept as a gorgeous rhetoric, unstoppable, and how to achieve relevant technological breakthroughs under existing conditions.
Among them, Ling Lin, global vice president of Siemens EDA and general manager of China, said, "In the movie "Ready Player One", I think it reflects the feeling of virtual augmented reality, and it is also a good performance of the metaverse. When the user wears a pair of glasses, he can see what he can't see before, and at the same time, the gestures can be understood. Therefore, I believe that the future metacosm is a good trend. ”
Ling Lin, Global Vice President and General Manager of Siemens EDA in China
But for now, as Tesla CEO Elon Musk has argued, the metacosm is more of a rhetorical word to use for marketing. "What really drives the realization of meta-universe technology is chips, underlying systems and artificial intelligence. The invention, creation and evolution of these fields can support the development and change of the virtual world. Ling Lin said.
However, Dai Weimin, chairman and president of VeriSilicon, has a different view. He argues that the metacosm is primarily about achieving satisfaction. What is not available in the real world can be satisfied in the virtual world, which is a just need. "The entrance to virtual reality is AR/VR, but why have so many companies shut down in a decade? Problems include heavy glasses, poor technology, and redundant cables. But we must believe that based on the continuous evolution and iteration of existing technologies, these problems can be solved in the next two or three years. ”
Dai Weimin, Chairman and President of VeriSilicon
Then, Dai Weimin added that in terms of hardware, although the domestic foundation has been for many years, it has not been clear what to do. However, once international counterparts make relevant products, the country will soon be able to follow. Therefore, everyone must unswervingly believe that AR/VR will be done. At present, in the metaverse concept, content is not a big problem, the key is to be optimistic about this track and pay attention to AR/VR entrance.
At the interview, Wang Lei, senior sales manager of Muxi, did not express his views on the development trend of the meta-universe industry, but focused on how to do a good job of "himself". "The metacosm is a big concept. In this big concept industry or business model, we have been thinking about what we can do. Combined with the current actual situation, Mu Xi can first provide a strong computing power. Wang Lei said.
Mu Xi Senior Sales Manager Wang Lei
As for why it is necessary to provide strong computing power, Wang Lei said that in the metaverse concept, rendering and computation are crucial for GPU performance and other aspects. Mu Xi is committed to providing some chip-level support for the meta-universe concept with the computing products that the company is good at, and has already incorporated rendering into the next development plan.
For the meta-universe concept and future development, Mao Mingming, executive vice president of Xindong Technology, also focuses on "doing yourself well" and even achieving new technological breakthroughs. He said, "There are actually many reasons why the concept of metaversity is hot, in addition to the impact of the epidemic, the demand for the virtual world, virtual office and virtual life of the public is growing, and the demand for immersive experience is also rising." However, this growth trend will also present new challenges for rendering technology.
Mao Mingming, Executive Vice President of Chip Technology
"Ray tracing technology will enable more realistic virtual reality experiences, but the computing power requirements are also so high that the current hardware cannot meet the supporting conditions." Mao Mingming said that Xindong Technology has been thinking about how to support the development of the metaverse under the existing conditions, including the mixed use of light chasing, raster technology and through AI super-resolution, traditional interpolation and other means to enhance computing power, in order to use and enlarge the existing computing power, maximize its effect, so as to bring users the best experience.
(Proofreading/Sami)