What is the focus of the development of the metaverse? XR, digital humans, etc., this three-year plan is mentioned
"Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily" on September 8 (Editor Zheng Yuanfang) The General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the General Office of the Ministry of Education, the General Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the General Office of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, and the General Office of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television issued the "Three-Year Action Plan for the Innovation and Development of the Metaverse Industry (2023-2025)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Three-Year Plan").
The document proposes that by 2025, the metaverse technology, industry, application, governance, etc. will make breakthroughs, become an important growth pole of the digital economy, expand the industrial scale, have a reasonable layout, improve the technical system, further consolidate the supporting capacity of industrial technology foundation, and reach the world's advanced level in comprehensive strength. Cultivate 3-5 ecological enterprises with global influence and a group of specialized and special new small and medium-sized enterprises, and create 3-5 industrial development agglomeration areas. The development of the industrial metaverse has achieved initial results, creating a number of typical applications and forming a number of benchmark production lines, factories, and parks. Typical software and hardware products of the metaverse have achieved large-scale application, forming a number of new businesses, new models and new formats in the fields of daily consumption and public services.
The key tasks include 5 major aspects and 14 contents, including strengthening the construction of advanced metaverse technology and industrial system, and cultivating an industrial metaverse with three-dimensional interaction.
Rich product supply: XR headsets and other accelerated promotion
Among them, in terms of enriching the supply of metaverse products, expanding the entrance of the metaverse, accelerating the large-scale promotion of immersive display terminals such as XR headsets and naked-eye 3D, enriching metaverse applications based on mobile phones, computers, TVs and other terminals, and supporting the research and development of cutting-edge products such as brain-computer interfaces. Innovative digital human and virtual space development tool components; Promote virtual meeting rooms, exhibition halls, business halls, social spaces and other products. Cultivate intelligent content generation products such as writing, drawing, and arranging. Develop ultra-high immersion products such as holographic real-time communication and 3D reality maps.
Previously, Apple released the first XR headset Vision Pro, and at the Meta Connect conference held at the end of this month, Meta will also release new XR products, including the Quest 3 headset; In addition, Meta has also partnered with LG to launch high-end AR devices in 2025.
BOC Securities pointed out that the XR industry is currently in the late stage of hardware innovation and early stage of content innovation. The main software and hardware are generally finalized, including all-in-one machine form, 6DoF + SLAM positioning, micro-display + optical solutions, etc., and it is expected that the future hardware will be mainly upgraded continuously; The content ecology is still in its early stages, and the number of developers and XR content needs to be improved.
Build infrastructure: computing power, storage power, communication capabilities
In addition, in terms of building first-class infrastructure, the "Three-Year Plan" proposes to build new networks such as 5G-A/6G, gigabit optical network/10 Gigabit optical network, FTTR, and satellite Internet. Build new computing power that integrates cloud and edge, computing and network, intelligent scheduling, and green and low-carbon; Develop metaverse trust infrastructure, pilot decentralized scenario applications, and support the demand for trusted storage in metaverse; Build a comprehensive management platform for metaverse infrastructure to achieve distributed collaboration of computing, storage, and communication capabilities.
It can also be seen that the metaverse infrastructure is inseparable from three aspects: computing, storage and communication capabilities. Raja Koduri, senior vice president of Intel, has previously bluntly stated that "the metaverse may be the next major computing platform after the World Wide Web and mobile, but today's compute, storage, and networking infrastructure is simply not enough to realize this vision." ”
Among them, as a virtual digital living space, stable, high-speed, and non-time-space data communication is one of the underlying architectures of the metaverse realization, and the technologies proposed in the document include 5G-A/6G, gigabit optical network/10,000 Gigabit optical network, FTTR, satellite Internet, etc.
It is worth noting that on August 27, Huawei launched the world's first mass smartphone that supports satellite calls, which means that users' communication methods will no longer be limited by geographical conditions.
Guotai Junan pointed out that in the next stage, the functional positioning of satellite communication may be more diversified, not only limited to voice calls, data transmission, etc., but for a larger market. Moreover, satellite Internet has been elevated to a strategic project of "new infrastructure" computing power, and will accelerate the digital transformation and innovation of the economy in the future with the support of policies and regulations.
It is worth mentioning that the Hangzhou Asian Games is about to be held, and the official metaverse launch ceremony of the Asian Games in August was held in Hangzhou, launching the first large-scale international comprehensive sports event metaverse to the world, which also marks the official entry of intelligent Asian Games digital intelligence services into the metaverse era; Users can watch the games through 2D live broadcast and VR panoramic immersion, and enhance the virtual and real experience of the Asian Games through the integration of augmented reality technology and the real world.
(Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, Zheng Yuanfang)