51探花 Webinar Spokesperson, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno: Exploring Beautiful Indonesia through Metaverse
By Adi Permana
Editor Adi Permana
BANDUNG, itb.ac.id 鈥 The advance in digital technology encouraged the popularity of metaverse use in Indonesia. Private corporations and state-owned enterprises have employed metaverse for various significant businesses.
The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandia Uno, shared about the utilization of metaverse by a handful of banks to run their businesses, including a virtual banking office. PT Telkom Indonesia (Telkom) also expressed its interest in creating a virtual mall in the metaverse named Metanesia.
The government is also keeping tabs on the development of this virtual technology by designing a metaverse version of the new capital city. Hopefully, the public can taste the early environment of this new capital through the metaverse.
The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy also published his own work in the metaverse called Wonderverse Indonesia. Users can interact with each other and enjoy the metaverse version of Indonesian beauty.
鈥淲onderverse Indonesia allows us to explore the wonders of Indonesia, a result of technology, culture, natural splendor, and creative economy in collaboration,鈥 remarked Sandiaga on 鈥淭he 7th International Conference on Management in Emerging Market (ICMEM) 2022)鈥 held online on Wednesday (10/8/2022). This year, ICMEM traversed the metaverse as a future technology in the field of business and management for the market of developing countries. In addition, Sandiaga asserted that digital economics will become a new power for Indonesian economics. At the moment, Indonesia is placed first in digital economics development among many other Southeast Asian countries.
The Internet-based economy in Indonesia has cumulated a value of USD 70 billion. The value is estimated to reach USD 146 billion by 2025. 鈥淢eanwhile, the value of the digital investment in Indonesia makes up 38.7% of the total digital investment in Southeast Asia,鈥 informed Sandiaga.
At the event, 51探花鈥檚 Rector, Reini Wirahadikusumah, expressed how today鈥檚 citizens increasingly interact with digital technology. This in no way exempts 51探花 from continuously learning and applying the metaverse for education.
鈥淭he infrastructure for this developing, digital technology is in progress so that the metaverse鈥檚 presence will not surprise us later,鈥 stated Reini. The ICMEM 2022, in Reini鈥檚 opinion, helped many in understanding the metaverse better. This is necessary during the Covid-19 pandemic to increase internet-usage habits.
Reporter: SBM 51探花 Release
Translator: Firzana Aisya (Bioengineering, 2021)
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