Possibility of "metaverse" in "Corona disaster".

2022: Summer. The world has become a disaster of corona, and Japan is also affected by the 7th faction, and communication between people and people, and between people and companies is divided, and the social economy is extremely confused.

Meanwhile, in the world of the Internet, which is the only one that continues to make rapid progress, the keyword “metaverse” is attracting a lot of attention from people.

At Dream Bit, we are working on the planning, development, and proposal of full-scale operation of "Metaverse Content" from the next fiscal year, making use of our experience in producing "XR Content" including "AR".

< Origin of Web-1.0 and Metaverse >

The keyword "Metaverse" was born in 1992 as a word representing the virtual city drawn in the story "Snow Crash", which was conceived as a science fiction novel by Mr. Neil Stevens of the United States.

In the United States, where people and companies are declining and dividing, the main character uses devices that are the prototypes of HDM and smartphones, and was conceived as a name for a huge disguised city where he plays an active role as an avatar.
This story is surprisingly similar to our living environment as of 2022.

Shortly after "Snow Crash" was released, the Internet environment was born as "Web-1.0" in the late 1990s.

Networks connecting computer devices all over the world became widespread, but at the time they were just a collection of simple links and home pages connected by a simple "communication protocol."
Also, the home page was not interactive, and was extremely simple, where the person who visited the home page could read what the sender wrote on the home page.

A “communication protocol” is a program like a “rule” used when computers connected to a network exchange data.

For example, when computers talk to each other, if computer A speaks in Japanese and computer B replies in English, smooth communication cannot be established.

So, before starting a conversation (*communication), ask yourself, "What are we going to do now?" You can communicate smoothly if you decide rules that you can understand each other and create a program, such as "What procedure will you use to communicate?"

The "communication protocol" used in modern communication systems can be modeled as a stack of 3 to 7 layers. For example, the physical layer (UTP cable, optical fiber, radio waves, NIC ), link layer (Ethernet, Wi-Fi, PPPoE, etc.), network layer (IP), transport layer (TCP and SSL/TLS), and application layer (HTTP).

I think "promise is important".

< Birth of Web 2.0 and early metaverse >

In the year 2000, companies called "platformers" have had a great influence on the world of the Internet in the Internet environment of "Web-2.0".
“Platformers” are giant companies in a specific Internet field called “FAANG+M” consisting of six companies: “Facebook”, “Amazon”, “Apple”, “Netflix”, “Google”, and “Microsoft”. However, the “platform economy” is born by concentrating and monopolizing the personal information and action history data of users who use SNS and EC.

Also, a "virtual space" that can be said to be the prototype of the "metaverse" called "Second Life" will appear as a place for communication on the network that connects such many users, but VR technology is still immature and "Second Life" is based on the PC environment. Life” will soon come to an end because the mobile communication environment was also 3G.

In the "Web-2.0 era" Internet environment, a huge amount of information is centralized, and management becomes complicated. We are currently facing a problem.

< The future of web-3.0 and metaverse >

After the era of “Web-1.0” and “Web-2.0”, since 2014, “Web-3.0” has been explored as the next generation Internet environment.
It is the emergence of "Web-3.0" as the "next-generation distributed Internet age" advocated by Gavin Wood of the United Kingdom.

The major technical differences between “Web-3.0” and the previous “Web-1.0” and “Web-2.0” are (1) encryption technology called “blockchain” and (2) virtual currency by Defi. financial transactions and asset management, and (3) ensuring the security of copyrights and property rights in NFTs, and the merits of each are as follows.

* Web-3.0 features and Merritt *
(1)Blockchain : A technology that encrypts personal information and transaction histories and stores them within the network.
Advantage - Reduced risk of leakage of personal information.
(2) Defi : A virtual currency application that enables financial transactions and asset management without going through a financial institution.
Advantage - Improved security.
(3) NFT : A technology that gives copyright and ownership to digital products and properties called tokens.
Advantage - Service safety and stability.

Among them, the emergence of NFT will be a major factor in the future development of the “Metaverse”.

NFT is an acronym for "Non-Fungible Token", and is a unique digital asset that cannot be replaced by others (* other companies). It means that .....

< What is substitutability? >
“Substitutability” is something that can be replaced with other things.
“Non-fungibility” is something that cannot be replaced with something else.

To give a concrete example, "money (*cash and virtual currency)" is a very valuable thing, but when you purchase a product, it becomes a "replaceable thing" that can be exchanged for the product.

On the other hand, “famous paintings” and “brand trademarks” are “irreplaceable things”, even if there are reproductions, there is only one original (*genuine) in the world. "is.

With the advent of "Web-3.0" that can use this NFT (*non-fungible token), an individual's creation will be protected (*certified) by blockchain technology and will be the only original in the world. It will be a unique digital asset that can be distributed more safely than ever before.

< Creation of metaverse filled with dream. >

In addition, with "Web-3.0", it is not necessary to create an account, so most services can be used anonymously as long as you register for a service that allows you to shop using virtual currency called "virtual currency wallet". can.

In other words, there is no need to pass personal information to a company called a "platformer", so even people who are worried about risks such as information leaks can use it with peace of mind, realizing a safe virtual world "Metaverse space".....

In particular, now that people-to-people ties and regional divisions are progressing due to the corona disaster, Dreambit utilizes the highly secure "Web-3.0" technology to provide people and companies with "metaverse" and "XR content". We would like to contribute to regional revitalization by connecting these companies and improving and making the manufacturing environment between companies more comfortable.

The year 2022, 4th year of Reiwa, September 5: Monday.
Digital studio - Dream Bit.
Media Creator : Shigeki Matsuda.