The metaverse is the next era in the evolution of the internet, a 3D spatial overlay of the web linking the digital

world to our physical world. In this new iteration of the internet, websites will become interconnected 3D

spaces akin to the world we live in and experience every day. Many of these virtual worlds will be reflections of the

real world linked and synchronized in real time. Many of these virtual worlds will be designed for training, simulation,

gaming, socializing, and even entertainment matching the real world’s laws of physics in some cases, but often

choosing to break them to make the experiences more engaging.

Simulators, XR devices, and robots will act as portals between our physical world and virtual worlds. Humans will

portal into a virtual world with VR and AR devices while AIs will portal out to our world via physical robots. Just

like in the infancy of the internet, no one can predict exactly how it will grow or how large it will become. But today,

we know we can lay the foundations. The foundations of the metaverse requires two things. First, a standard, open

and extensible way to describe all of the things in the virtual worlds of the metaverse similar to HTML’s purpose

in today’s 2D world. Secondly, a computing platform designed for the creation and simulation of virtual worlds is

the next era of the 3D internet.

Join senior defense leaders as they discuss their strategies for executing Digital Twins and enabling their metaverse

visions.