Journey to the Metaverse

Journey to the Metaverse

How far is it from the real world to the metaverse? From STEPVR's point of view, the answer is only one door away.

PC-level computing unit, 360-degree free-moving omnidirectional motion system, ultra-thin VR head-mounted display, vibrating vest with tactile sensation... Once you enter the "Kaiyuan Realm" Metaverse experience hall, the world's first Metaverse entry-level commercial product "National "Cheng No. 1" is quite eye-catching. In this product with an area of only 3 square meters, several players wearing headsets can experience the virtual oasis world while running and walking.

It is understood that this is also the first official public appearance of the product in China since the "Guocheng No. 1" conference in May this year. In an interview with a reporter from the 21st Century Business Herald, Guo Cheng, the founder and CEO of STEPVR, pointed out that compared with VR headsets and all-in-one machines that can only restore vision and hearing on the market, "Guocheng No. 1" brings visual, The "five senses" experience of hearing, touch, smell and vestibular sense is close to 100% real immersion.

Among them, "Guocheng No. 1" is equipped with a self-developed universal motion system, which solves the world-class technical problem of moving freely in the virtual space. It is understood that "Guocheng No. 1" has been mass-produced and has successively entered the Singapore and South Korean markets. The first batch of products has been sold out quickly and delivery has been completed.

"At present, this product is gradually entering domestic communities, shopping malls, gymnasiums, party halls and other places." The relevant person in charge of STEPVR told the reporter of 21st Century Business Herald that it is expected that the family-oriented products will be launched next year. The floor area will be further shrunk and optimized in many ways to better fit the home environment.

In addition to the head-mounted display equipment, the virtual digital humans that can be seen everywhere are also the eye-catching points in the metaverse experience hall. At the booth of WUWI/HBC in China, through the virtual digital human generation system "IHUMAN" launched by the company, users can personally act as digital human beings and experience digital human live broadcasting.

Xue Mohan, the co-founder of WUWI/HBC in China, introduced to the 21st Century Business Herald reporter that the virtual digital human software and hardware integrated live broadcast solution provided by WUWI solves the problems existing in the current live broadcast, including account ownership, live broadcast duration, live broadcast The solidification of the brand image caused by the anchor, etc. In terms of virtual digital human customization, WUWI currently mainly provides services such as corporate brand digital human IP and virtual digital host customization for conferences and exhibitions.

"With the development of human civilization today, people's demand for immersion in virtual scenes has greatly increased. It is not only needed in virtual experiments, but in fact the appearance of this virtual scene itself may be a consumption hobby of people." China Aeronautical Society Chairman Lin Zuoming pointed out that Metaverse technology not only enhances the depth of industrial economic value, but also expands the distribution of industrial economic value. For a long period of time in the future, not only technology and manufacturing will require the empowerment of Metaverse technology, The development of culture and art will also be assisted by metaverse technology.