Irene Martín Morales I Málaga, (EFE).- The collective virtual space of the metaverse attracts more and more experts from the technological sector who are interested in it and open perspectives in the field of education and engineering to provide access to this world “easier and more visual” digital technology and strengthen ties between humans and technology.
Innovation advances “differently” and faster in some areas than in others. The founder of Th3 Third Door, Mónica Arés, stands out in an interview with EFE. She that she seeks from her emerging company to apply interactive techniques in the classroom. And thus “unlock problems of the traditional educational system.”
It is a tool capable of bringing the human being closer to “a first-person experience”, in this case virtual. That allows you to interact with any part of the world. And that is presented as an “opportunity” to transfer content to students. And encourage “curiosity, creativity and connection” with the environment and with other colleagues.
“This will allow us to do things that are impossible, dangerous or too expensive” in the real world, such as “going to the Moon. Shrink up and get inside the human body to see what it’s like or swim and learn about ecosystems in the ocean.”
In addition, it allows “seeing yourself in another body, with another age, race or gender.” And relive the moment or experience a different kind of life that leads to connecting with the experience and with the digital human being.
The metaverse, still under development, explains Ares, could facilitate the learning of students with difficulties. Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders or dyslexia, with an adapted and personalized environment “in real time”. What part of monitoring their cognitive activity, their way of learning or their emotional state.
If, for example, a student feels “overwhelmed”, the system would react with “color and noise reduction”. In an environment more in line with his feelings, he adds.
With less than a year of operation of his company, Ares highlights the “success” of pilot programs carried out in classes with this technology, but insists on the persistent “challenge” of introducing useful content that can cover the wide educational spectrum for schools, institutes and universities.
create connections
The virtual world also covers the view of engineering posed by the founder and president of the company Immersionary Enterprises, Elizabeth Baron. She is dedicated to adapting other companies in her sector to “a small metaverse”.
His job, as he explained to EFE, consists of “creating connections” that “converge” in design and production in a replica, known as a “digital twin.” That visually reproduces products, components and functions, and gathers all the information necessary to develop them or present them to customers.
“There is not a complete metaverse right now”, but “digital twins” represent “part of it” in a world that will unite “what we work on and think about”, so that “we don’t have to look at spreadsheets and analyze data” because they will be present in a “more understandable” format to make decisions based on intuition.
Not afraid of science
People are the “key” and they themselves, the areas from which they come and their point of view “are the most interesting” of the experience, since “sharing and collaborating” is where “the magic” happens, he points out.
Both Baron and Arés, who have participated as speakers at the Digital Enterprise Show (DES) international congress, recently held in Malaga, encourage young women who want to study science to “take the leap” and do it without fear, based on their interests. and with the goal of solving problems still unresolved from the combination of technologies with the human being himself.
“I think about the opportunity to include everyone, so that no one is left behind and that there is an equitable representation in the sector that values everyone”, emphasizes the Th3 Third Door entrepreneur, who still remembers the scant knowledge about the metaverse and their future on a path in which “small steps” are being taken that “will benefit generations”. EFE
