SHAH ALAM: i-City Malaysia is embarking on a RM10 million digital transformation plan to enhance its theme park with an immersive 3D Metaverse expertise.
i-City’s head of Leisure, Tang Soke Cheng stated the challenge can be applied collectively with China Mobile International (CMIM), which is presently constructing the know-how platform for the infusion of Metaverse within the i-City theme park.
“The new expertise can be unveiled on the 2023 New Year countdown, and the Metaverse expertise is anticipated to draw 10 million guests to the theme park in 2023,” she stated in a press release at this time.
CMIM’s Enterprise director Jackie Chen Jiang Long stated that the introduction of the 5G community this yr is well timed for the challenge.
“Metaverse requires 3D modalities to be transmitted digitally. This may be within the type of avatars and constructions, amongst others. The extra life-like the 3D mannequin is, the extra particulars it should require and the extra knowledge it should devour.
“As such, the implementation of 5G collectively with the hyperscale cloud computing infrastructure — which i-City is presently constructing — can be instrumental to the success of this challenge,” stated Chen. – Bernama
