The Possibilities Are Infinite in the Metaverse
Omniverse is NVIDIA’s platform for simulation and 3D design collaboration that serves as the connective tissue for physically accurate 3D virtual worlds. It enables designers, artists, reviewers and others to work together across leading software applications in a shared virtual world — in real time, from anywhere.
Omniverse is being used to create industrial applications of digital twins: Ericsson has used it to create a digital twin of a city for 5G optimization; BMW, to build a factory of the future; and Lockheed Martin, to simulate environments for calculating wildfire spread.
“The metaverse presents an enormous opportunity, and businesses shouldn’t limit themselves to viewing the metaverse through a purely extended-reality lens,” Kerris says. “The metaverse — or virtual worlds — can be applied in infinite ways.”
For all its promise, the metaverse remains very much under construction. In its report “The State of the Metaverse,” Forrester argues that while many experiments are taking place on “single-vendor platform activations,” the metaverse itself won’t properly exist “until there is interoperability across immersive platforms.”
That will take awhile — perhaps a decade or so. “Scenarios that offer calculable benefits will grow significantly in the next five years but won’t reach a majority of employees for at least 10,” Gownder says. “Ultimately, there are many more short-term opportunities for metaverse-style experiences in enterprise than there are in consumer tech.”