Similarly, why not define objects in the metaverse in a similar way? The universal scene description of Pixar is a good example.
And with that, we are rising slowly on our Maslow pyramid, getting to the point of security and trust. We didn’t do a very good job with the internet, and, 2 decades later, we are still stop-gapping security breaches. (The internet was unlikely to have been designed with security in mind.)
What’s Ahead for IoT
Currently, the way we mostly address trust on the internet is with gated access. We are used to “partitioned” access to websites, governed by separate clickwrap or browsewrap terms and conditions. As that approach does not lend itself to seamlessness in the metaverse, technology would need to provide the solution. For example, self-?executing smart contracts on a metaverse blockchain might very well be plausible.
That, together with some hard-learned lessons on how to protect your data in modern infrastructure (digital certification with PKI infrastructure), might allow the metaverse to put safeguards in place with minimal footprint.
Contrary to the universe, the metaverse will not be created with a big bang (although that would be the event of the century), but if the scaffolding comes off, then this will give rise to a whole new array of solutions and unlimited creativity.
Where consumers will go for games and entertainment, businesses will probably explore virtual reality meetings for enhanced collaboration—creating Zoom-on-steroids to bring training to the next level with fully simulated environments.
The metaverse, long seen as a futuristic dream, is quickly becoming a reality. What it will become remains to be seen. Or in the actual words of Spock: “It is not life as we know or understand it. Yet, it is obviously alive, it exists.”
Wishing you happy star-trekking across the metaverse.