Today we're gonna talk about the
Metaverse. Intensify the conversation
about the
Metaverse.
You have heard it, before but you are
still confused about Metaverse. In this
video, I will explain you in a very
simple way what is Metaverse, and in the
second part we'll see how it can be a
big career opportunity for all of you.
Back in 2007, when I wanted to connect
with my brother who lived in India and I
was in U.S. the only option I had was
email or a phone call. So you see the way
I connected with him was very primitive:
either a text, or an audio and the audio
call was
very expensive. Fast forward in 2021, the
way I connect with people has improved
tremendously. Now we have video calls,
Whatsapp and Zoom calls,
and that too these calls are free. So the
experience is much better. You know you
see a smooth video of that person and
you can interact better. But there is a
problem with this as well. My experience
of connecting with people is restricted
to this 2D rectangular box. It could be
phone, computer it's a 2D rectangular box
where my experience of connecting with
people is being restricted. Imagine a
world, where I can take my brother out of
this 2D screen into this hologram 3D
virtual reality and I can
talk with him as if he's present in this
3D space. And it would be even more
better, if I can touch him and Metaverse
is going to make this possible. Metaverse
is basically a next generation of
internet and set of technologies that is
going to improve our experience of
connecting with people,
and things in general and it will make
it more realistic, more 3D experience. Let
me explain how exactly I am going to
take my brother out of this 2D
rectangular experience. I bought quest 2
headset today which is a VR headset and
it is pretty darn good! When I wear it
I feel like, I am in that virtual world
and the whole experience is so real! So
think about this, I am wearing this quest
headset, my brother is also wearing that
and when we connect in that virtual
world, we feel like we are sitting in the
same room. It's a very 3D, realistic
experience that we get. The next
milestone will be that,
if I want to do handshake with my
brother, I can wear Meta's
metagloves. These are in prototype right
now, but eventually they will become a
reality and
I will be wearing that metaglove, my
brother will also be wearing that and
when I do handshake in the internet, that
signal will pass when you do handshake
you know you're pressing the points on
your hand that signal will pass and on
the other hand, my brother will feel like
he's getting a real handshake.
And I can imagine a future where we can
wear the jacket, the whole jacket
something like a Meta jacket where there
are sensors or all over the places. So if
I want to tap my brother on his shoulder,
I will do that and in the internet that
signal will pass and the jacket will
give that pressure feeling. The way we
work remotely is going to be completely
revolutionized. Today we connect on work
meetings through Zoom calls, but the
problem again is that 2D screen, the
experience is not rich. Now imagine a
Metaverse world where you're all wearing
these VR glasses and you all feel like
you are present in that 3D virtual space.
Let's look at this demo real quick!
Imagine if you could be at the office
without the commute. You would still have
that sense of presence, shared physical
space, those chance interactions that
make your day! All accessible from
anywhere.
Now imagine that you have your perfect
work set-up and you can actually do more
than you could in your regular work set-up,
and on top of all that, you can keep
wearing your favorite
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So what do we think?
What's even more better is not only
people from IT or computer industry, but
people working in factories will be able
to work from home, and you will be like,
"How is that possible?" Well again you wear
those VR headsets and you can process
all the information related to digital
factory remotely from your home, and
maybe in the factory there are robots
who are just operating based on your
commands.
Do you recall a golden girl from
Marvel's movie Guardian of Galaxy?
See her army there is
driving those planes remotely, and it's
kind of the same concept.
We already discussed some good side of
Metaverse which is many more people will
be able to work from home and enjoy
flexible lifestyle. As a consequence the
nature will benefit as there are less
people on the road, less carbon emission,
businesses will feel more comfortable
hiring people remotely which means if
you're living in part of the world where
there are less opportunities, do not
worry. You will have many more
opportunities going forward in this
amazing world of Metaverse! But just like
with any other technology, with good part
comes the bad parts. I can think about
3 big problems with Metaverse. The
first one is social isolation. When I
grew up as a kid we did not have cell
phone and we were living in a present
moment. We were more connected with
our families, our friends and the family
values were more stronger.
In 2021, when I look at kids nowadays
they're hooked onto their cell phone
pretty much all the time. They are on
Snapchat any other social media, and
they're not aware about the present
moment which means
the family values are diminishing.
There is a sense of isolation and
sometimes this results into mental
health issues like depression.
The second problem will be hyper
capitalism. If Metaverse is controlled by
few big tech companies, they will know
all your spending habits, they will know
your behavior and they will be able to
control your lifestyle because they will
use targeted ad marketing, they will push
lot of ads
at you and they will kind of hack your
social behavior uh just to make you a
consumer of their product.
Well they're talking about Web3 being
decentralized, but we'll have to see how
that whole thing evolves.
Problem number three will be mental
health issues.
Let's imagine you are a person
who is poor who lives in a very small
home and now in Metaverse you are living
in a big mansion. But after living in
Metaverse when you come back to the
reality you know you will be
disappointed because you'll be like, "Oh
this reality sucks. I better live in
virtual reality."
Let's say there is a person who cannot
walk. Now in the Metaverse, you'll be able
to fly and run around. But after spending
few hours in Metaverse, when you're back
into reality again a big disappointment.
Let's discuss Metaverse career
opportunities now.
Back in 2007, when Apple invented iPhone,
people were building mostly web
applications or desktop applications.
There was nothing such as mobile app and
mobile app development started at that
point. Similarly when Metaverse becomes a
reality, there will be Metaverse apps and
there will be a huge revolution and so
much demand for
Metaverse app developers. The kind of
developers who can do game programming
or 3D programming will have lot of
demand as every business would want to
build their own Metaverse app. Second
biggest career opportunity would be for
blockchain developers. In the world of
Metaverse people will do transactions
using NFTs and virtual currencies. Hence
the programmers who know blockchain
programming, will benefit a lot as there
will be many more use cases,
lot of software has to be
written using blockchain principles.
The third big opportunity will be for
cyber security engineers. As we live in
this virtual world and we are more
interconnected, there will be concerns
about data security, privacy things like
that and there will be a lot of
cyber attacks happening in this world.
Hence, people who specialize in cyber
security, the cyber security developer
will have a lot of demands and a lot of
cool interesting problem to solve. The
next one is the digital artists, the
people who can
build digital 3D Avatars in the world of
Metaverse, people who can build
virtual goods or you know mansions or
cars in the world of Metaverse, all those
people will benefit. Maybe you want to go
to Metaverse and buy a fancy looking 3D
cap or or clothes or a fancy car, but
these are not real things. These are
virtual things and they might be
available up uh for a cell and those
things will will be built by
graphics designer or 3D,
you know virtual design experts.
Next one will be
data scientist, data analyst and machine
learning engineers. As this metaverse
world generates lots of data especially
3D data there will be ever growing
demand of applying AI and data science
on various use cases and come up with
cool solutions. So if you are in a data
science space,
you will have even more opportunities in
the world of Metaverse.
And the last one I want to talk about is
the opportunities for educational
creators like me.
People who run YouTube channels today
maybe they will be able to conduct a 3D
live virtual class in a Metaverse and
when you attend that, you might feel like
as if you are attending a real class.
So the content creator even regular
teachers, they will be able to
deliver this class you know
at a remote distance. For example there
is a teacher in India, they will be able
to teach a class in U.S.A But and right
now by the way you can do that on Zoom,
but this will feel more real and people
will be more willing to attend such
classes. Hence it increases the career
opportunities for teachers and content
creators.
While I do not like some of the negative
consequences associated with Metaverse, I
see Metaverse as something inevitable. It
is almost like a rising wave: do you want
to fight against it, or do you want to
learn how to surf it? Let me know your
thoughts on Metaverse, what do you think
is the career opportunity and threat
associated with Metaverse in the comment
section below.
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