Metaverso, protagonist at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona

After being elevated to the altars by the American Mark Zuckerberg, the metaverse has been crowned the star of the new edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelonaone of the largest technology fairs in the world, which takes place this week.

But the 5G, which will make augmented and virtual reality possible, the ‘big data’ (big data) will also take center stage in this event; artificial intelligence; ‘cloud’ (cloud); ‘robotics’; geolocation or the Internet of Things.

Virtual reality, protagonist

Virtual reality “was a burned ground 2 or 3 years ago because the experience was not very good”, but since Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, changed the name of his group to Meta and defended the force tooth and nail. of this technology, things have changed, the CEO of the Madrid firm La Frontera, Bruno Mata, explained to EFE.

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This is not the only catalyst for the metaverse, but also the lowering of the cost of the devices, which have gone from costing 3,000 euros to 300, he points out.

Companies are already interested in the metaverse, but “until prices drop further and virtual glasses are not smaller, their generalization will come later. There will be a journey in the desert until 2030 minimum “said this manager.

To bring virtual reality closer to the user, it presents its technological solution Futura Space, an R&D laboratory based in Barcelona that, in addition to offering technology tailored to companies to create their virtual worlds, is committed to bringing this technology to the public, so that you can create your own virtual space “with a few clicks” and without the need for technical knowledge.

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“In the same way that tools like WordPress were designed so that web pages could be created without the need to know how to program, we have designed ‘Space Creator’ to allow people who do not have any technical knowledge to create their own virtual space. ”, affirms its co-founder and CEO Patricia M. Val.

Another Spanish company, Exxita Be Circular, which has Telefónica as a minority partner, presents its electronic green passport for devices based on ‘blockchain’ technology (chain of blocks).

The objective is to track the product from its manufacture until it becomes waste. “It is as if it were a car review book”, which is useful for buying second-hand devices, says its CEO, Alejandro Costa.

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Among other news, The American company Cisco presents its private 5G network offer for companies, designed to drive a new wave of productivity for companies and as a complement to the investments that companies have already made in Wi-Fi, Ethernet transport and management systems.

This 5G technology also expands the possibilities for the online video game sector, by offering greater connectivity and loading speed for games in the cloud, allowing quality and smooth play from mobile phones, as ten “influencers” showed today. ” in a game they played at the MWC.

Protests against Russia

In the midst of the crisis over the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a group of activists protested today outside the MWC to demand that technology not be supplied to Russia that could be used for military purposes.

The demonstrators, with Ukrainian flags, shouted slogans such as “No technology for the aggressor” or “Boycott Russia”.

GSMA, the employers of the mobile industry, organizer of the Mobile, decided a few days ago to veto the presence of the Russian pavilion in the room in retaliation for the war in Ukraine.

Some Russian companies do participate in the fair, such as the computer security company Kaspersky, whose top managers have not been able to travel to Barcelona due to the closure of European airspace to Russian aviation. (I)