Education is one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The goal is to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”. Can the next big technological innovation, the Metaverse, solve this problem?
The whole world is preparing to feature in the Metaverse. The new space offers huge marketing potential and what it offers in the form of virtual stores, direct shopping and virtual product launches, maybe it is time for us to think about new opportunities other than those that this space can offer us.
Through the use of immersive Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality technologies, the education and skills development system in India can be revolutionized. While the country still has deep-rooted infrastructure problems, the virtual space provides us with a ready-to-scale solution, the solution. It is provided by Metaverse.
In this episode of Deep Takes, Manav Sobodh – Managing Director of 1M1B (One Million vs One Billion) Foundation – a UN-accredited non-profit organization, talks about skills opportunities in the Metaverse, how startups can tap into the potential, ecosystem challenges and how Different stakeholders can come together around the initiative.
Manav is a social entrepreneur and a senior fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. His areas of interest include skills development, job creation, youth entrepreneurship, climate action, and responsible artificial intelligence. In addition, 1M1B implements various digital education programs in many CBSE schools and international schools in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Augmented/Virtual Reality, Digital Creativity and Entrepreneurship.
