The first provincial and municipal level new research and development institution of yuanuniverse was born in Shanghai

2022-08-26

(the Shanghai urban digital transformation experience week with the theme of "building and sharing a digital city" will be held in Shanghai on the 24th.) According to the news released by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of economy and information technology on the 25th, at the first theme activity of the Shanghai urban digital transformation experience Week held a few days ago, the office of the Shanghai urban digital transformation leading group announced that the "Joint Research Institute of meta universe and virtual reality interaction" was selected as the Shanghai urban digital transformation innovation base, which means the birth of the first provincial-level meta universe new R & D institution in China. It is reported that the Joint Research Institute of metauniverse and virtual reality interaction is a comprehensive science and technology and industrial innovation platform of metauniverse with the core direction of "virtual reality interaction and virtual reality strengthening" advocated by the local government of Shanghai. It is jointly established by Fudan University, China Mobile Migu, Tencent mutual entertainment, Huawei Technology Co., Ltd., Epic Games (virtual engine), and other industry, University and research institutions. Peking University, Renmin University of China, Zhejiang University, Nanjing University Relevant institutions of well-known universities such as Wuhan University, Sun Yat sen University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tongji University and East China Normal University participated as research co construction units. The Research Institute will be composed of experts and advisory committees composed of international and domestic academicians and experts, industry leaders and entrepreneurs of the meta universe. Professor Zhao Xing of Fudan University's big data research institute and national intelligent evaluation and governance experimental base was appointed as the president of the Research Institute. Mr. Lu Changqi, President of Fudan University and supervisor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, served as the chief adviser of the Institute. Migu Video Technology Co., Ltd. of China Mobile will be one of the main leading units to launch the Research Institute. Professor Zhao Xing, President of the Research Institute, pointed out that meta universalization or "next generation digitization" is an important direction, "The core goal of the 'meta universe' should not be to build a completely fictitious world. The so-called 'progress of information technology' and the 'leap of economic models' such as Web3.0 are not the real core of the meta universe. The essence of the meta universe is to reach the cognitive domain and spiritual home of human beings, and to visualize and construct, so as to finally make the spirit and reality of human beings friendly blend, visible, accessible, interactive, convertible, and create value It is a long and imminent journey for mankind. It is an exciting adventure with both opportunities and challenges. " In July this year, the Shanghai municipal government released the action plan of Shanghai for cultivating a new track of "yuanuniverse" (2022-2025), which takes "virtual reality interaction" and "virtual reality strengthening" as important goals, and also forms an important feature of Shanghai in developing a new track of "yuanuniverse". According to the action plan, by 2025, the scale of relevant industries of "yuanuniverse" will reach 350 billion yuan, driving the scale of the city's software and information service industry to exceed 150 billion yuan, and the scale of electronic information manufacturing industry to exceed 550 billion yuan; It also mentioned the benchmark demonstration project of "promoting universities, scientific research institutions and enterprises to jointly create a collaborative innovation platform for industry, University, research and use". The Joint Research Institute of meta universe and virtual reality interaction is an innovative institution specifically established under this background. According to Zhao Xing, the Research Institute will focus on "people-oriented goal, virtual strong real strategy, inclusive and prudent attitude, independent and controllable technology, virtual real interactive industry, and agile governance mechanism"

Edit:Li Jialang    Responsible editor:Mu Mu

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