Although the development and adoption of the meta universe is still in its early stage, we believe that it may become one of the biggest subversive forces in the next decade. Cryptocurrency and web3 will become extremely important primitives for the future use of the meta universe. Although there are many components that will ultimately contribute to the meta universe stack, the four key categories of infrastructure, hardware, applications and cryptocurrency and Web3 will be the most important in the near future. This article briefly defines these four categories.

1. Infrastructure

Infrastructure refers to the tools, protocols and standards that developers need to build a compelling interactive meta universe experience for end users. Game engines driven by things like unity, illusion and impossibility fall into this category. Standards like WebXR and WebGPU are also grouped here. Broadband providers and network infrastructure also fall into this category.

In addition, broadband speed must continue to improve to support these high-throughput meta universe applications. Building a meta universe application without ubiquitous high-speed Internet is equivalent to trying to build Netflix in 1994.

2. Hardware

Hardware refers to both consumer hardware and enterprise hardware. In terms of consumer hardware, this includes but is not limited to VR headwear devices, AR glasses, smartphones, desktop computers, wearable input/output devices, and brain computer interfaces. On the enterprise side, this article mainly refers to tools for accurately tracking and depicting people in the meta universe of enterprise oriented applications. This includes sensors and systems for tracking motion, cameras with wide angle and/or fast lenses, stable video capture devices, directional studio level microphones, studio level lighting.

As time goes on, with the decline of costs and the rise of demand, perhaps these two vertical markets will develop and integrate at the same time. There may also be new product categories that focus on the use cases of the meta universe. Historically, an example of this trend is that digital cameras have existed since the 1990s, but webcams did not become popular until 2000. Both are basically cameras, but today they occupy completely different market segments and SKUs in their respective markets.

In the past 40 years, Moore's Law has been the trend in the field of hardware, and this trend is expected to continue in the future. More importantly, Moore's Law, because it is related to graphic computing, will become more and more important, because meta cosmic applications often require a large number of video cards.

3. Application

Applications are the software layer of the meta universe. They will use and build on existing infrastructure and hardware to foster unique experiences and the meta universe. There will be many meta universes, just like the applications and games played by many users today. Initially, many applications will focus on games, as games will be the "Trojan Horse" use case that drove the initial adoption of the Metauniverse. Understanding the game industry is critical to understanding how applications in the meta universe will evolve. In addition, other new use cases that have nothing to do with the game will also appear.

4. Cryptocurrency and Web3

There is no mention of cryptocurrency, NFT, or blockchain. This is no accident. Metauniverse is a huge trend, which includes many technologies and protocols beyond the encrypted space. However, people believe that encryption will become an economic engine, which not only promotes the economic activities of the meta universe, but also allows them to connect with each other as a common thread between different meta universe applications. Imagine that the web3 wallet, as an identity layer, holds NFT and replaceable tokens in an interoperable manner without permission.

Meta universe applications will be able to seamlessly integrate cryptocurrency and NFT for various new use cases. Cryptocurrency will ensure that the meta universe is open and licensing free, and will enable creators and developers to flourish from the huge economic opportunities opened by the meta universe. To some extent, cryptocurrency, as a core component, is integrated into various meta universe experiences, and the meta universe will be more valuable and beneficial to society as a whole.

ending

These are the brief definitions of infrastructure, hardware, applications, encryption and Web3 in the meta universe. Virtualization is not a single virtual, application, hardware, or experience. Metavers is a combination of all the underlying primitives outlined at the beginning of contact, and its closest existing analogue is the entire Internet. Metauniverse comes down to a social trend, which will become the successor of mobile Internet. The cryptocurrency will provide power for the economic engine of the meta universe, ensuring that the meta universe is open, licensing free, and most valuable to society.