The Metaverse is Coming

Scott Daniels

Head of Design Studios, TCS Interactive

Highlights

A fully functioning metaverse is probably 10 to 15 years away. If you want to lead the next revolution in customer experience, then be a brand that thinks beyond the present. This is undoubtedly the moment to get moving.
Applying AR and VR in a diverse business context—be it supply-chain logistics, retail, training, or healthcare—would be the next go-to thing.
CXOs and CMOs need to think bigger and further beyond boundaries than ever before.

Metaverse

In the age of digital technology, customer experience moves at lightning speed.

The metaverse will be a fully immersive version of the internet, driven by augmented reality and virtual reality experiences in 3D spaces. Although, a fully functioning metaverse is probably 10 to 15 years away, for forward-thinking brands, the potential for leading the next revolution in customer experience has arrived.

It’s tempting to believe that we’ll never again see such a radical transformation in customer experience. And then somebody tells you about the metaverse.

Building a metaverse mindset for customer experience

How many of us can look back 15 to 20 years and say we didn’t find some of the forecasts for e-commerce a little fanciful?

We may have had our doubts—but smartphones and apps have turned the modern customer experience into a reality. Take it from businesses that adapted the e-commerce challenge and those that didn’t.

To be successful in the metaverse ecosystem, starting now CXOs and CMOs need to think bigger and further beyond boundaries than ever before.

EXPLORING USE-CASES FOR AR AND VR TECHNOLOGIES

While the foundations of the metaverse are barely laid, TCS has been already developing customer experiences that will underpin the metaverse.

Use cases for AR and VR are diverse and truly re-imagine experiences. Retailers have already started experimenting with virtual store models where users can enter into an AR version of the store, using their phone or tablet, allowing them to interact as if they were physically inside the shop. A B2B ecosystem benefits from immersive logistics and supply chain experience that facilitates real-time, virtual intervention in the fullfillment process.

Imagine a supply chain specialist managing operations for a large retail chain. While relaxing at home, she gets a notification on her smart phone about a potential delay to a popular item. Entering the metaverse using a VR headset, she immediately has access to a bird’s-eye view of the entire ecosystem, being able to identify the potential problem. With the help of artificial intelligence and machine learning, she is able to access every data point, right from shipping containers and stock-depletion rates to real-time location and status of delivery trucks, allowing her to quickly go the root cause of the issue and conduct a what-if analysis and come up with immediate solutions, and the team is notified on confirming orders, shipment changes, and the rerouting of delivery trucks.

A task that required a room full of people can now be handled by a single person with VR gear.

Training of nursing students using VR headsets can simulate scenarios such as delivering bad news to relatives of patients or dealing with emergiencies such as cardiac arrest. The system can track eye movement, pupil dilation, heart rate, perspiration and more using wearable sensors to assess how well the student is coping with the pressure of a stressful situation.

The system also provides constructive feedback to the students by playing back the simulation. Seeing themselves from a third-person perspective helps students relate to the situation as observer and reinforces better techniques they can use in real-world scenarios.

THE MOMENT TO GET MOVING

Businesses considering setting out on their metaverse transformation journeys should be well prepared for a long road with a steep learning curve. But this is, undoubtedly, the moment to get moving. It’s only a matter of time before metaverse takes over the e-commerce apps.

About the author

Scott Daniels

Scott Daniels is Head of Design Studios, TCS Interactive Digital Reimagination Studio, Santa Clara, California. He is a global leader of human-centered design and product innovation working with worlds largest brands.

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Metaverse

In the age of digital technology, customer experience moves at lightning speed.

Building a metaverse mindset for customer experience

How many of us can look back 15 to 20 years and say we didn’t find some of the forecasts for e-commerce a little fanciful?

EXPLORING USE-CASES FOR AR AND VR TECHNOLOGIES

While the foundations of the metaverse are barely laid, TCS has been already developing customer experiences that will underpin the metaverse.

THE MOMENT TO GET MOVING

About the author

Scott Daniels

Transformation starts here

Find out more

TCS is here to make a difference through technology.

We deliver excellence and create value for customers and communities.

Extraordinary expertise leads to remarkable results.

Want to be a global change-maker? Join our team.

Find the latest news about TCS in our Newsroom

Recent Press releases

Recent News

Recent recognitions

Upcoming events

TCS works hand in hand with world-leading investors.

Highlights

In this article

Metaverse

In the age of digital technology, customer experience moves at lightning speed.

Building a metaverse mindset for customer experience

How many of us can look back 15 to 20 years and say we didn’t find some of the forecasts for e-commerce a little fanciful?

EXPLORING USE-CASES FOR AR AND VR TECHNOLOGIES

While the foundations of the metaverse are barely laid, TCS has been already developing customer experiences that will underpin the metaverse.

THE MOMENT TO GET MOVING

About the author

Scott Daniels

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