| Developers: | Baidu |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | December 2021 |
| Branches: | Internet services |
2021: Metaverse announcement in China
On December 27, 2021, Chinese Internet giant Baidu officially announced the release of its first metaverse application, which was used to host the annual developer conference. More Chinese technology companies are joining the global race for superiority in a new area that is metaverse.
Baidu will launch the country's first metaverse application. In Xi Rang, which means "land of hope" in Chinese, you can get through smartphones, computers or virtual reality glasses, which allows users to create avatars and interact with other players. Baidu states that it aims to turn Xi Rang into an infrastructure platform for the metaverse and include features such as games, entertainment, education, advertising, conferences and exhibitions.
The platform allows you to simultaneously interact in one space up to 100 thousand participants. Baidu chairman and co-founder Robin Lee announced at the annual developers conference that the era of symbiosis of man and computer has come, and that the creators will open the Golden Era of Artificial Intelligence over the next 10 years. This was the first conference in the country where the topic of the metaverse was touched upon.
The Xi Rang platform creates a virtual planet in the form of a Mebius ribbon, on which participants can log in using their avatars. Participants will be able to see, listen and interact with other people using PCs, smartphones and wearables.
The new platform was an instant reminder Horizon Worlds of from, Meta which opened access to people aged 18 years and older USA To Canada in and from December 9, 2021.
Yu Jianning, executive director of the Metaverse Industry Council of the China Mobile Association, believes that the metaverse will expand the opportunities of the real economy through large-scale modernization, supporting the country's desire to become a global technological and innovative power.
 | As an inevitable result of digital economic development, the metaverse will become the main battleground for innovation and virtual power between countries, "he said.[1] |  |
By the end of December 2021, the Baidu metaverse is open only in China, you can access it using special invitations.
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