A metaverse is a digital virtual space shared between different people that anyone can access and benefit from. The term "metaverse" has a very broad meaning and encompasses all concepts of the digital and virtual world.
Many companies active in the field of providing innovative technologies are developing digital and virtual examples of the real world, and fortunately, all people can access these virtual spaces via the Internet and even live in them.
A metaverse is actually a virtual space that has been created by utilizing the capabilities of virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and generalized reality technologies. These four technologies, together, can form a form of virtual world that is almost no different from the real world, and you can do almost all the things that can be done in the real world in this virtual world.
Let's see what applications this fascinating virtual world, which is introduced as the metaverse, can have.
What are the applications of the metaverse?
Without a doubt, the metaverse can make different societies a better place for people to live by taking advantage of the aforementioned technologies. This virtual world can have wide applications in various fields; from the medical and military fields to games and entertainment. In the following, we intend to examine the applications of the metaverse in the fields of health and treatment, military, education, real estate sales, games and entertainment, manufacturing and business.
Medicine, health and treatment
The metaverse in this field can be used to train medical staff as well as strengthen their skills and increase their basic knowledge so that the next generation of medical and health professionals have good skills and knowledge. Microsoft's HoloLens virtual reality gadget can assist surgeons during surgery and even increase the speed of their surgery.
Augmented reality headsets can create images before surgery using CT scans, MRIs, and 3D scans to help surgeons gain a better and more complete understanding of the patient's condition. In addition, doctors can see information related to the patient's vital signs, such as heart rate, body temperature, blood pressure, and respiratory rate, in front of their eyes, without having to constantly look at the body position control system display. Using these devices naturally increases the speed of surgery. Another interesting application of augmented reality in the field of health and treatment is to facilitate the finding of a person's arm vein for sampling. Usually, in some cases, laboratory staff cannot easily find the patient's arm vein, and this annoys patients. Augmented reality headsets can easily solve this problem by identifying the veins as colored lines and highlighting them. One of the largest metaverses operating in this sector is Ultraverse City (ultraverse.studio), which has provided new services to its members.
Another application of the metaverse in the medical field is familiarization with the anatomy of the human body using augmented reality. With the help of this technology, a three-dimensional and even live and animated model of the anatomy of the human body can be created so that there is no need for autopsy and dissection of the corpse.
Military field
The use of the potential capabilities of virtual reality and augmented reality in the military field has also increased significantly. Tactical Augmented Reality (TAR) technology is considered one of the technologies under the category of augmented reality in the military field.
Some news in this field:
With the growing trend of the metaverse in the commercial and financial fields, some news indicates the entry of the US army into this field. In fact, the United States has begun developing a special version of the metaverse for itself a few years ago.
According to Wire, what the US military is building will be very different from the metaverse that Mark Zuckerberg envisions. Augmented reality, virtual reality, headsets and 3D simulations have long been used in the US military, but with research into creating virtual worlds, it seems that previous technologies will be connected in a form similar to the metaverse.
Some defense managers believe that the metaverse has great potential in the military because it significantly reduces the cost of military exercises.
Augmented reality and virtual reality have become an integral part of US military exercises in recent years. For example, Project Blueshark allows ships to be controlled in a virtual environment. Navy pilots also use Project Avenger. A combination of augmented reality, artificial intelligence and video games has allowed fighter pilots to practice fighting enemies in cyberspace.
The military can use these technologies to assess pilots’ abilities more comprehensively than conventional simulators. The Red 6 augmented reality technology works with much lower latency than conventional augmented and virtual reality headsets. Another technology that the US military has recently used in the metaverse is the F-35 fighter jet helmet, which uses augmented reality to display data such as distance and subject information. However, efforts to integrate the virtual and real worlds have so far faced many challenges. A leaked document from Microsoft shows that engineers of the IVAS system, or the military version of HoloLens, do not expect consumers to respond well to the However, the US military has shown in the past that it pays special attention to virtual technologies and has carried out many projects in this area.
