In news– The Interpol has recently launched the first-ever ‘metaverse’ specifically designed for law enforcement worldwide, at its ongoing 90th General Assembly in Delhi.
Interpol metaverse-
- It allows the registered users to take a virtual tour of its general secretariat headquarters in France’s Lyon, interact with other officers via their avatars, and even take training courses in forensic investigation and other policing skills.
- The facility is being provided through the global police organisation’s secure cloud.
- During an interactive session, General Assembly delegates attending the event were able to tour the Lyon building using virtual reality headsets.
- The Interpol also announced the creation of an expert group on the metaverse to represent the concerns of law enforcement on the global stage and ensure that the new virtual world was secure by design.
What is metaverse?
- The idea follows from the cult science fiction novel Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson published in 1992, where the phrase metaverse was first used.
- It generally refers to shared virtual world environments which people can access via the internet.
- The term can refer to digital spaces which are made more lifelike by the use of virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR).
- A simplistic way to look at the metaverse is as a parallel, virtual, world where users can have different identities, possessions and characters.
- It is supposed to be the post-Internet world, a decentralised computing platform which is continuous, and live.
- It is being envisioned as a new world order really, where your services could be offered virtually in exchange for other virtual assets, or Cryptocurrency
Source: The Hindu
