Singtel and SK Telecom host metaverse event in Singapore - RCR Wireless News

The event, Destination:ifland, was conscionable the archetypal portion of a larger bid called The Meta Guide

Singtel and SK Telecom (SKT) held a associated metaverse lawsuit wherever attendees designed integer avatars and past participated successful assorted activities. The experience, called “Destination:ifland”, took spot astatine the Singtel Comcentre successful Singapore and was supported by ifland, SKT’s metaverse level launched successful 2021.

“The improvement of the net is shifting towards a creator system and immersive virtual worlds. This requires an ultra-low latency web with high-speed connectivity and higher bandwidth to alteration the instauration and transportation of an enhanced metaverse acquisition involving aggregate users and augmented oregon virtual world devices,” commented Anna Yip, CEO, Consumer Singapore astatine Singtel. “With SKT, we’re excited to showcase the capabilities of Singtel 5G successful enabling innovative ways to prosecute consumers successful the metaverse, specified arsenic caller merchandise launches, e-gaming, amusement events and more.”

SKT’s ifland platform, disposable connected Android and iOS, has already hosted respective virtual events including concerts and personage instrumentality meets.

The caller event, according Singtel and SKT, is conscionable the opening of the metaverse enactment the brace anticipation to bash together. “In keeping with our absorption of delivering unsocial and meaningful integer experiences to our customers, we’ll beryllium moving with our partners to make and present much specified usage cases that show the capabilities of our metaverse-ready network,” explained Yip. Specifically, the companies purpose to make virtual twins of existent places successful Singapore and make customized avatars to bespeak section cultures.

Additionally, Destination:ifland was conscionable the archetypal portion of a larger bid called the Meta Guide, truthful we tin expect akin events successful the future.