Metaverse Village set up, connecting startups in virtual reality
Metaverse Village made its debut and a symposium on Metaverse was held in the central city of Da Nang on June 15 within the framework of TECHFEST Vietnam 2022.
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Da Nang (VNA) – Metaverse Village made its debut and a symposium onMetaverse was held in the central city of Da Nang on June 15 within the frameworkof TECHFEST Vietnam 2022.
A metaverse is a network of 3D virtual worlds focused onsocial connection. In futurism and science fiction, the metaverse is ahypothetical iteration of the Internet as a single, universal and immersivevirtual world that is facilitated by the use of virtual reality and augmentedreality headsets.
Vo Duc Anh, Deputy Director of Da Nang’s Innovation andStartup Support Centre and head of the Metaverse Village, said that thevillage is formed and oriented to become a national gateway for managers,researchers, experts, groups, investment funds, startup organisations, and individualsoutside and inside Vietnam to support start-ups, thus contributing topromoting the building of digital economy, digital society and digital citizen,and turning Vietnam into a centre for innovation in the region.
Delegates launch the Metaverse Village (Photo: VNA)
The establishment of the village contributes to gradually bringingvirtual reality technology to life, and aims to help Vietnamese startups gainaccess to the latest technology platforms, catch up with global trends and createnew values in the field of virtual reality technology in Vietnam.
In 2022, the village sets targets of supporting 800businesses in joining Metaverse platform sponsored by Bizverse World – a memberof the village; organising activities to seek potential Metaverse projects;participating in the Metaverse Forum in the Republic of Korea; establishing aMetaverse Scholarship Fund to sponsor doctoral postgraduates in digitaleconomy, blockchain, meta economy, smart city model on Metaverse.
The symposium themed “Decode and dialogue with the future”gathered representatives from over 10 investment funds, and over 250 delegateswho are domestic and foreign managers, policymakers, and experts.
Vietnam’s technology startups brought their latest productsto introduce at the event./.
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Delegates launch the Metaverse Village (Photo: VNA)