The Ministry Of Communication And Information Supports The Development Of The Metaverse Ecosystem In Indonesia

JAKARTA – The government continues to strive to develop the world's metaverse ecosystem. This can be seen from the support of the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) to companies made by the nation's children so that they can collaborate across sectors to create a metaverse ecosystem in Indonesia.

He conveyed this support considering that the metaverse has now become a global spotlight and it is hoped that Indonesia can become a promising momentum for future technological and economic development.

"Metaverse Indonesia has begun to form from the sector whose user ecosystem is most adaptive to adopting digital innovation," said Minister of Communications and Information Johnny G. Plate as quoted by Antara, Saturday, March 12.

Johnny said that in the future the metaverse will continue to evolve and be used by the wider community. "Of course this development uses resources, connectivity, and all elements of informatics in Indonesia, and involves various companies that have focused on developing it," he said.

One of the nation's subsidiary companies that is intensively developing the metaverse in the country is WIR Group, which will also introduce the Metaverse Indonesia prototype to the global community at the peak event of the G-20 Presidency in Bali in November 2022.

In expanding its business to develop Metaverse in Indonesia, the company invites collaborations with both global and national companies to participate, for example in partnership with Meta and Microsoft for the development of hardware for Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality glasses.

From within the country, the company collaborates across sectors to be able to join the metaverse ecosystem, starting from the financial sector with Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) and Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI), there is also the education sector with Trisakti Multimedia School, to the culinary sector, namely with Indonesian Food Museum.

Of course, collaboration with various parties is expected to encourage the presence of a metaverse known as "mixed reality" and enable people to take advantage of services both in the virtual world and reality simultaneously in an effective and innovative manner.

WIR Global's Chief Marketing Officer, Gupta Sitorus, said that although it is still in the early stages of development so that the metaverse in Indonesia can really be realized, at this time he is optimistic that it can present mixed reality for the Indonesian people.

The development phase of the metaverse platform in Indonesia by WIR has been prepared for Jakarta, Bali, and the New Capital City, namely the Archipelago under the supervision of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics and the Ministry of Investment / Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) so that it is in line with Indonesia's vision and goals.

"The world of this metaverse is not limited, but to navigate and interact in this world requires special ways. We participate in building the metaverse with our expertise in developing the latest augmented reality that can answer the needs of the future metaverse," said Gupta.