The Convergence of the Digital Virtual World and Artificial Intelligence – Or What the Future Symbiosis Brings in the Synergy of the Metaverse and AI

Abstract

Utopia, fiction or tangible digital reality, a projection of the physical world in virtual space? The metaverse, as a phenomenon, as another milestone in the revolution of technological development speeding along the digital superhighway, is much more in today’s information-digital society than just another big hit in the service, gaming and entertainment industry. It is far from being in its infancy, with antecedents linked to, among others, Neal Stephenson’s cyberpunk novel Snow Crash or Ernest Cline’s novel Ready Player One.

It has surpassed its time, exceeded its limitations, and has long since left the ranks of primitive implementations such as the WoW, Fortnite, Roblox or Minecraft game software that can be considered the predecessors of its technological evolution. The investments of the technological giants and startups of our time, which at their inception took the form of implementations such as Horizon Worlds, Workrooms, Home, Venues, Microsoft Mesh, Roblox, Fortnite, XiRang, Decentraland, Sandbox, TCG World, Next Earth, Axie Infinity, Neos, Yield Guild, Genesis Worlds, MetaverseZ, vPark, OVR, Bizverse, Challau, Meta-vice, Blankos Block Party, My Neighbor Alice, Somnium Space video games, already seem to be paying off.

Nowadays, AI is one of the pillars of the metaverse. The big data available in the metaverse is like oil that fuels AI, as the digital engine of the virtual world, which operates and advances the digital projection of physical reality. Their technological integration is inevitable in order to further blur the boundaries between the real and virtual worlds. The combined effect of this new digital alloy can be the driving force behind the increasing spread of digitalisation, the emerging new era, the revolution of newer and newer technological possibilities, and the development of ever-higher levels of connectivity in the digital space. Technological synergy can bring mutual benefits to these emerging and disruptive technologies for their future development.