Easy Car Original Liu Cixin, the author of "Three Bodies," said, "The future of mankind is either to go outward toward an interstellar civilization or to develop a civilization toward an inner virtual world. And meta-universe is undoubtedly so, this concept is the hottest concept in the field of capital and the Internet this year, some time ago the virtual game platform Sandbox on a piece of virtual land, to 4.3 million U.S. dollars sold the news, but also the concept of this new wave of the general public to pass to more. In fact, the meta-universe is essentially a result of the virtualization and digitization of the real world.
Simply put, meta-universe is actually mainly a virtual world plus user-created content and blockchain, in which every user can build and transform, ultimately resulting in a highly liberalized world. Together with the decentralized blockchain, the metaverse has a transparent, independent economic system, which also makes the metaverse different from ordinary virtual world games. And real world enterprises with more means of production as well as capital power are more suitable to be the forerunners under this new concept of meta-universe.
Hyundai Motor Group has already launched the meta-universe game "Hyundai Mobility Adventure" on the meta-universe platform Roblox as early as October 2021. The game is a virtual space for collective*** enjoyment, where different users can meet and communicate with each other. At the same time, players can utilize specific digital characters to experience Hyundai's mobility products and services.
The realization of the meta-universe will require other technological conditions, including high-speed network propagation such as 5G or even 6G, ultra-powerful computing and cloud computing to reach 10,000 people on the same screen, the same service around the globe, and more wearable devices to provide a better immersive experience. Hyundai is trying to realize the needs of human travel for different purposes through different wearable robotic devices.
To this end, Hyundai acquired Boston Dynamics, known for having the world's top robotics research and development prowess, in June 2021 due and brought two robots, Spot and Atlas, that could connect the real world and metaverse in the future, to CES 2022.
Spot
<Spot is more agile and can be equipped with a robotic arm and a camera, allowing it to take on more complex tasks and go into scenarios that humans can't reach, such as security checks and disaster relief in the future
Atlas
Atlas
Atlas
Atlas is a robot with the most advanced hardware, an excellent control system, and a bipedal humanoid design that allows it to have agility and balance comparable to that of human beings, and is likely to be the first robot in the future to link the real world with the meta-universe and to become an extension of our body's senses to perceive daily life in the virtual world.
In addition to the two robots, Hyundai is also using the automaker's experience to bring about the possibility of mobility with the Plug & Drive (PnD) and Drive & Lift (DnL) modular single-wheeled platforms, which are not just meant for human mobility, but also for placing almost any object.
The PnD platform, which can be scaled up or down, consists of an electric motor-driven single wheel with both sensors and LIDAR for steering, braking, and automated mobility; place an object on it, and the PnD can move to come to us. As the official Hyundai images show, the PnD can move suitcases in hotels; in an office environment, these automated mobile robots can arrange furniture so that people have individual cubicles and change them into ample open space the next day.
PnDs could even be used as a last-mile transportation solution for people; a square box on wheels powered by four PnDs could be detached from the larger public ****transportation system and deliver commuters to their own doorsteps, or even the PnDs could act as mobile hospitals for emergency relief, providing users with a more convenient life.
Summary:
At CES 2022 Hyundai really did give us a blueprint for the future of mobility solutions, as Dong-Hyun Kim, head of Hyundai Motor Group's robotics lab, said, "In the world of the future we won't be able to move our stuff, but with the PnD modules making traditionally inanimate objects move, these things will actually move around us." With future robots linking to the metaverse, it's not hard to imagine a future where humans will have the option to move beyond distance and space. And the nature of the meta-universe can also maximize the freedom from the limitations of time, which is what Hyundai is trying to express a new vision of mobility based on robotics and the meta-universe, and in order to satisfy the human desire for unlimited freedom of movement.