How will Generative AI impact the Metaverse?
In a short time, Metaverse has gone from a sci-fi vision to a Silicon Valley buzzword. Although the evolution continues, this technological convergence of artificial intelligence, mixed reality, real-time communication, and immersive digital environments is creating a totally new user experience.
In a recent poll, we asked LinkedIn users what metaverse topic they would like to learn more about. Seventy-six percent of respondents chose "generative AI", so we asked Research Director Brian Jackson about his thoughts on how generative AI will impact the metaverse.
Before we dive into his answer, let's take a step back and understand what exactly we mean by generative AI. Brian shares, "Generative AI is a type of AI that creates content that is meaningful to people. It learns from content that people have created or from natural materials and generates new content in various forms – visual or audio included."
"Generative AI will be instrumental in the metaverse as part of the user interface. For example, Meta has shared plans to create a smart assistant that will allow users to simply request what sort of virtual reality setting they want to create with natural language voice commands. The user could say 'create a scene with a sunny day at the beach' and the AI would interpret that to render the setting."
Generative AI is a type of AI that creates content that is meaningful to people.
"Using this type of algorithm, users will also be able to create digital twins of their personal possessions. It will soon be possible to take a series of photos of an object using your smartphone and have a 3D rendering of it created that can be used in digital ‘metaverse’ settings. Taking this way of creating content to its fullest extent, we can imagine that metaverse experiences in the future will not be fully constructed by a developer but generated on demand using AI to respond to a user’s input."
Generative AI will alter our understanding and knowledge of content production as it is today. It will put more power and freedom to create in the hands of the users – fostering innovation and enhancing the user experience.
The shift of experience creation from developers to users is just one way in which AI and the metaverse will transform the tech industry. Preparing your IT business for the new digital world is more important than ever. Learn how you can get ready with our research, Into the Metaverse.