The metaverse holds a promising future as the next evolution of the internet. It is poised to disrupt many industries, sectors, and verticals. But what is the metaverse, and how does Agora fit into it? In broad terms, it is a virtual shared sense of space that connects people, work, play, and any form of interactivity around us - transcending our imagination, physical presence, and state of being into immersive experiences.
For the metaverse to be immersive, it requires a combination of hardware, software, Extended Reality (XR), and other technologies. Agora is at the forefront of providing scalable developer-friendly, easy-to-embed SDKs for creating web or mobile applications across devices, frameworks, platforms, and tools. As a partner to many top players in the AR/VR space, we are uniquely positioned in delivering interoperability for customizable, highly flexible, reliable low latency coverage and scalability to build into an existing or new stack of technologies.
Agora’s Metaverse solutions and services provide users with the building blocks to add real-time engagement to virtual worlds at any scale—from gaming to enterprise, education to the future of work, and much more. The potential of the metaverse can translate into many emerging use cases and have a positive impact in the coming years. Our partnership with HTC delivers cutting-edge technologies to enterprises, developers, and end-users everywhere, with seamless collaboration between users in the physical and virtual worlds.
Powered by the Agora Interactive Live Streaming SDK, VIVE Sync enables all users to collaborate and enjoy the same immersive experiences in a shared virtual reality environment on any device, with or without a headset. Imagine a distributed environment where colleagues, students, or friends cannot be in the same physical space yet can collaborate and interact on a product launch, school assignment, or enjoy a music concert without leaving the comfort of their locations. The power of VR technology allows you to interact, present, walk and gain perspective from everyone.
Magic Leap 2 (ML2) headset combined with Agora’s real-time engagement (RTE) technology demonstrates advancements in Augmented Reality (AR) in education, industrial Internet of Things (IIOT), telehealth, and more. Multiple interactions in the metaverse illustrate the expanse of varied modalities that make for an inclusive experience. For instance, in the industrial, medical, or education sectors, onsite workers can collaborate remotely with peers in offsite locations while a supervisor or onlooker watches as they complete a task.
Agora will showcase the power of real-time engagement and XR innovations along with HTC and Magic Leap at the Immerse Global Summit in Miami on December 5-7. Agora's Director of Metaverse - Social and Gaming, Vanessa Mullin, will also moderate a panel discussion on the Future of Hardware and Headsets with leaders from HTC, Qualcomm, Lenovo, and Magic Leap on December 5 from 4:55 PM-5:25 PM EST. We invite you to join us live on the main stage, or virtually, as we discuss the business drivers, challenges, trends, and use cases in building the future of the metaverse.
If you’re interested in entering the metaverse, stop by the Agora booth #122 to meet our team of experts, experience our demos, get swag, and discuss all the excitement about these emerging technologies. See you there!
