Interacting virtually with objects and spaces, sharing information remotely, and tracking complex building data with simple sensors, the metaverse offers mountains of potential for facility management, property and maintenance, but first one needs to wrap one’s head around it.
In Wired last year, Eric Ravenscraft wrote, “To a certain extent, talking about what ‘the metaverse’ means is a bit like having a discussion about what ‘the internet’ meant in the 1970s.
“The building blocks of a new form of communication were in the process of being built, but no one could really know what the reality would look like. So while it was true, at the time, that ‘the internet’ was coming, not every idea of what that would look like was true.”
In a article about the metaverse and healthcare, Bernard Marr summed up the effect it would have by reducing it down to the convergence of three major tech trends, each of which has the power to influence healthcare on its own. These are telepresence, or the ability to communicate and work with other individuals remotely, digital twins, and blockchain technology. “Together,” he wrote, “they could create entirely new channels for delivering care that has the potential
