| |DECEMBER 20229CIOReviewFor metaverses to offer multidimensional immersive highly contextual and interactive digital experiences to all users, they require increasingly higher resolution input from the physical reality. This increases the demand for augmented IoT architecturesIoT architectures. For metaverses to offer multidimensional immersive highly contextual and interactive digital experiences to all users, they require increasingly higher resolution input from the physical reality. This increases the demand for augmented IoT architectures. Several IoT architectural layers demand more technological breakthroughs to support the expansion rates of metaverses, such as the connectivity and interaction (e.g., sensors, robots, wearables, extended reality XR devices), computation (e.g., smart edge, AIoT, 5G) and data and information layers. Future Metaverse Use Cases Dependent on IoT Metaverses and eventually the metaverse will supposedly augment the quality of decision making in humans, while minimizing the amount of mental energy required to make educated decisions. Foundational to achieving this is the seamless interoperability of VR, AR and IoT data, which enables new sophisticated use cases capable to enhance the lives of people in digital and physical realities, and even solve real world problems. Augmented collaborative workspaces with improved design for interactive experiences at scale will enable individuals and enterprises to learn, socialize and attend events in the metaverse. Renewable energy supplies will rely on real-time data fed by IoT platforms connected to e.g., solar panels, wind turbines, weather sensors, sub-production systems, distribution and energy grid systems, where the metaverse enables data management and processing at scale.Immersive learning and training. In real-world situations e.g., severe malfunctions, extreme weather, (cyber) attacks through spatial awareness in virtual simulations using digital twins in the metaverse. Will allow to develop and test a multitude of approaches for real world situations, both for humans and machines to detect, respond and limit the impact in real life. In manufacturing, workers will be trained remotely to familiarize themselves with machine operations. For major infrastructure projects, engineers and architects will utilize digital twins to simulate real-time feedback to physical assets under construction. Work safety of manufacturing personnel will improve with augmented situational awareness for critical systems maintenance driven by streaming IoT data into metaverses. Workers will be timely informed of perilous conditions so that they limit the impact in real life. Predictive maintenance in e.g., manufacturing, logistics, transportation will benefit from enhanced identification of assets and sub-components states in line with applicable maintenance procedures and protocols, driven by VR, AR and IoT data streaming in the metaverse. Large scale simulations for long-term planning. The metaverse will eventually become a reflection of the physical reality, brought to life by digital twins of real-world objects and personas. The metaverse will probably become the most complex virtual simulation environment for governments, enterprises and individuals to run long-term analysis and planning scenarios to determine the most optimal approaches and responses. The metaverse will enable involved parties to link these approaches and responses to changes in the real world (e.g., humanitarian crisis, population income gap, climate change, new and re-emerging diseases, terrorism). This way humans will anticipate most optimal responses to events well ahead of time, in a continuous learning loop. Open Questions As the adoption of metaverses increases with more engaged users, 1. Will the identity management for both humans and machines keep up and effectively mitigate risks posed by rapidly expanding metaverses? 2. How will this impact the number and severity of personal and social disorders in humans? 3. How will neuromining (applying behavioural intelligence and machine learning techniques to analyse and influence human behaviour at scale) affect human decision making? All in all, I have no doubt metaverses powered by IoT and cutting-edge technologies will ultimately create future multidimensional experiences that eventually feel as normal as the physical world around us.
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