WebMe #TechVision This means to even have a presence enterprise This might sound like a lot of And for many of these technologies, the best The importance of consortiums and industry must have the infrastructure to share applications new skills to develop in a short way to be an early innovator is by deploying standards like these is twofold. They enable widely and securely. These steps can, and should, amount of time, but in many them internally. This is what Accenture did greater interoperability between companies, be taken today – even if the end state of the by creating its own enterprise metaverse, the making it easier to deliver cross-platform metaverse remains uncertain. cases, you don’t have to start “Nth floor.” Accenture is deploying 60,000 VR experiences or to jointly collaborate on an entirely from scratch. headsets to employees around the world and experience, and they often make it possible Next, businesses can start identifying – and is providing immersive VR environments for to do so securely and without jeopardizing working toward – the Web3 and metaverse The increasing sophistication and onboarding, learning, and collaboration within a company’s privacy. And, by agreeing to a skills and capabilities they will need. Enterprises democratization of immersive design tools, the company – all while demonstrating best common framework when a technology is looking to create metaverse experiences will for instance, is making it easier than ever to start practices for VR rollouts and projects to clients. in its infancy, businesses can set themselves require 3D artists, game designers, and experts experimenting with these technologies. Look at up to provide more compatible services to on the platforms on which they plan to build. all the tools emerging to help people create 3D Aside from gaining the necessary in-house future shared consumers, which will help And companies chasing the opportunities environments and experiences. Epic Games’ skills and expertise, forming new partnerships them stand the test of time as the internet of Web3 will need experience with multiple Unreal Engine, which is a real-time 3D creation and ensuring you can participate in future continues to evolve. blockchains, to build relationships with tool for photoreal immersive experiences, partnerships and collaborations is also a critical different consortiums, and because of its was updated in August 2021 to emphasize aspect of building your technical foundation. distributed nature, to find partners to go to interoperability and cloud support, meaning Companies can join consortiums like the market with, as well as build new business that users can now access Unreal Engine from Khronos Group, which comprises more than and operating models. 66,67 150 organizations including Apple, Google, any normal web browser. And NVIDIA’s Omniverse, the same one used by BMW, and Amazon and is working to set open industry connects existing 3D software tools – which standards for extended reality, 3D graphics, 69 typically haven’t worked well together – making and more. Or for organizations building Web3 it easier for people to collaborate on 3D applications, there’s the InterWork Alliance environments in real time and across which has created the Token Taxonomy 68 Framework so that multiple parties can work software applications. together to define a “common language, 70 behaviors, and properties” for digital tokens. Introduction // WebMe // Programmable World // The Unreal // Computing the Impossible 37