Using the iFORA big data analysis system, the HSE Institute for Statistical Research and Information Economics has revealed that the global metaverse market could reach $5.8 trillion by 2030, with the industry’s average annual growth approaching 45%. Related data given In the University’s report on the exploration of the most likely directions for the development of technologies to create a metaverse that will be particularly in demand in the world in the short and medium term.
The School of Economics believes that the metaverse has become one of the most important technology trends of 2022 due to the explosive increase in demand for virtual reality games and interaction in virtual space provoked by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the researchers, in 2023, the focus of the public and investors has shifted to AI-based applications such as ChatGPT and Midjourney, but metaverses are still at the forefront of technology.
As part of the study, HSE experts listed the importance of individual technologies in the context of developing metaverses. Significance was assessed by the number of mentions of developments in the scientific literature. The first 3 such technologies were driven by immersive virtual reality, which included a haptic feedback system. Scientists expect its mass introduction in the next 4-6 years. The second line is occupied by systems for identifying and visually tracking 3D objects in space, and the third – systems for recognizing human actions, including those based on “skeletonization” algorithms. The mass introduction of both technologies will take one to two years, according to the scientists.
The ranking also includes head-mounted displays and other edge devices, deep ultra-sensitive neural networks, generative competitor networks, motion capture and hand gesture recognition systems, real-time visualization and VR simulation, digital twin models, and virtual reality training. The development and collective implementation of all these systems should not take more than five years.
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