Adoption of Metaverse increases

Metaverse is one of the trending technology platforms attracting various social networks, technology leaders and online game makers to enter and establish its presence within the market.

The metaverse is a fast-growing trend with a considerate penetration rate of users for various applications such as gaming, content creation, social interaction, learning & training, and online virtual shopping.

Major factors expected to drive the revenue growth include a growing focus on integrating digital and physical worlds using the Internet, increasing momentum and popularity of Mixed Reality, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality.

Today, several e-commerce players are adopting digital world services to showcase the products in the virtual world to gain real-world experience. There are leading players in the metaverse industry who are investing heavily into these areas. Going forward, 5G will effectively support the Metaverse and make it possible for digital words to function.

The growth is complementing the surge in online video gaming adoption and rising consumers preference for online shopping of retail products. A report says, the global gaming audience for e-sports is projected to reach 646 million by 2023. Such an increase in the gaming audiences has created a massive demand for the services market.

American multinational investment bank Goldman Sachs, calls metaverse a $8 trillion global opportunity by 2025 with India's own Metaverse-non-fungible technology economy—already worth an estimated $50-100 million annually— and is expected to touch $100 billion by 2025.

The report said that globally brands are already spending 2-5% of their digital budgets on NFTs (the most successful element of metaverse till date), and that could touch 30-40% in the next five years.

Notably, companies, especially those in non-tech sectors, are now increasingly investing in the technology for better engagement with customers, brand awareness expansion, and identification of new revenue streams.