05 The Metaverse Overview : Vision, Technology, and Tactics | Preface Source: Public information, Deloitte analysis 2021.04 2021.08 2021.09 2021.11 2021.03 ByteDance invested 100 million RMB in a Metaverse company Daimaqiankun, whose main products include youth social networking and UGC platform REWORLD Roblox, one of the world’s largest interactive communities and a massively multiplayer game creation platform, was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and mentioned the Metaverse in its prospectus, known as “the first stock of the Metaverse”. Tencent registered Metaverse-related trademarks Facebook rename to Meta On the VR sub-venue of Baidu World Congress, Xirang, virtual space multi-person interactive platform, allows people who cannot be physically present to experience the virtual space of this technology banquet ByteDance acquired VR startup Pico, which price is estimated to be at the $1 billion level Facebook: VR meeting software Horizon Workrooms allows users to conduct online VR meetings as “digital people” NVIDIA announced that Omniverse, the world’s first simulation and collabora- tion platform, provides the foundation for the Metaverse and will be available to millions of new users. Microsoft announced that it will introduce elements of the metaverse into its chat and meeting application Microsoft Teams, when the MR (mixed reality) platform Microsoft Mesh will be integrated into Microsoft Teams. Through this feature, users will be able to meet and interact in the form of virtual avatars. Figure1: Enterprises entering the Metaverse in 2021