• In the upcoming years, the metaverse is predicted to experience significant growth.
• It will enable avatar-based human interaction in virtual environments.
• The goal of the metaverse is to increase the immersiveness of connectedness.

Abhinav Purohit, the principal expert on business and strategy consulting for Huawei in the Middle East, claims that despite the fact that 5G networks are speeding up tech operations in India and around the globe, the current telecommunications ecosystem is still not ready to support metaverse technology, which can be very demanding.

 A telecom equipment supplier with its headquarters in China, Huawei is aiming to optimise 5G Internet networks to realise their full potential. In accordance with Purohit, the metaverse 'is a collaborative virtual shared space, generated by the confluence of virtually improved physical and digital reality.'

 The metaverse can be significantly constructed using cutting-edge immersive technologies like Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). High-speed Internet must be used in conjunction with the technology for it to succeed as a fully working virtual universe. By 2025, only 25% of the world's population, according to Purohit, will have access to 5G.

 In order for the Metaverse to succeed, latency must be reduced and connectivity speeds must increase. Increased network bandwidth is required. The current infrastructure is inappropriate for creating the desired metaverse experience because of the lags, packet losses, and network instability seen in today's 4G world.

 The solution in this case is 5G. According to research projections, the business opportunity for the metaverse might total $800 billion (approximately Rs. 59,58,700 crore) during the next two years.

Nvidia had asserted earlier this month that the automotive sectors' retail and industrial activities will soon start to incorporate a metaverse angle. The amount of monitoring of the automobile production process is anticipated to rise as a result of metaverse. Implementing adjustments and improvements before it was too late would be made possible by this. 

Geographically dispersed users will be able to engage in genuine, spatially aware experiences thanks to the metaverse. Innovations in areas like cross-layer visibility, video compression, edge computing, hybrid local and remote real-time rendering, spectrum advocacy, and work on metaverse preparedness of future connectivity are all need to deliver such an experience. To see the metaverse develop to its full potential, he continued, latency, symmetric bandwidth, and quality of experience (QoS) are three characteristics that need to be supported by 5G or 6G Internet.