Surge Officially MyVerse Version Beta, Ecosystem Metaverse Transportation Pertama Di Indonesia

Launching MyVerse, in Jakarta, Monday 10 October 2022. (Didi Kurniawan/VOI)

JAKARTA - PT Solusi Sinergi Digital Tbk (WIFI) has finally officially launched the beta version of Indonesia's first transportation metaverse ecosystem called MyVerse. This digital ecosystem can begin to be enjoyed and utilized by the public today, Monday 10 October 2022. In the development of this ecosystem, the company collaborates with two global digital creative companies, namely Fromlabs Pte. Ltd. and PT Lini Imaji Kreasi Ecosystem (Futur Phuture). Surge CEO Hermansjah Haryono said the metaverse trend itself has been going on for the past few years. Based on the research the company has been doing so far on the metaverse industry, mass adoption is the key to the success of a digital ecosystem. Therefore, MyVerse carries a metaverse concept that can be accessed by all people without having to use a special device (wearable device) in surfing within the MyVerse ecosystem. The digital assets built are visualizations of real-life assets so that they are expected to be a bridge between reality and the virtual world. Users can enjoy all the features on My Verse more easily such as getting information in real time, communicating between users, community activities, trading, interesting gaming activities, and being an attractive forum for advertising and entertainment media. With the support of the company's infrastructure, namely large-capacity fiber optic infrastructure along the train lines up to 64 Tbps and Edge Data Center in dozens of locations for the Content Delivery Network needs, it is hoped that it can provide the best experience for MyVerse users. "The launch of the MyVerse beta for the public is an early stage to help encourage the improvement of Indonesia's digital creative economy. All people can take advantage of this digital ecosystem. Of course, to build an ecosystem in the Metaverse world is not easy, it is also necessary to have low latency connectivity in providing the best experience for users. "With the complete support of Surge's digital infrastructure, namely the connectivity of large-capacity fiber optics, edge data centers, content delivery networks, as well as good experience in developing applications and IT services, can support MyVerse development on an ongoing basis and we open the widest possible collaboration with various groups in contributing to building a better Indonesian digital ecosystem in the future," said Hermansjah, in Jakarta, Monday, October 10. As for the initial stage, continued Hermansjah, the MyVerse user potential target is 20 million users of rail and public transportation modes who have been enjoying services from Surge. "MyVerse is expected to provide an improvement experience for all users of the Surge ecosystem services and encourage the expansion of the company's advertising business line and digital products that can contribute significantly to the company's future revenues," added Hermansjah. CEO of Fromlabs Pte. Ltd., Indra Wijaya said, his party welcomed the launch of Myverse products in collaboration with two Indonesian entities that have a good reputation in the creative and advertising world. At a time when other entities that are still in the stage of thinking and probation, in a short time this collaboration has produced real products that can educate and help bring Indonesian people to the digital economy Web 3.0. "With the Our3D Space platform, we have expanded the reach and benefits of the metaverse to the wider general public of Indonesia, supported by the best digital experience and human resources, FromLabs is ready to support the development of MyVerse which is more attractive going forward," said Indra. In the previous stage, MyVerse has been tested on various Jabodetabek commuter train communities with positive responses. Surge has also collaborated with 36 brands for the initial stage of utilizing the MyVerse ecosystem, starting from the retail, education, and finance and investment industries. In addition, the company also invited 168 thousand stall partners and MSMEs who had been using various services from Surge to start using the MyVerse ecosystem as a form of improving transaction services for various needs. "Today we, together with Surge and Fromlabs, present My Verse as a new experience in enjoying daily life through virtual worlds. We believe that mass adoption is the main point in providing competitive advantages from the MyVerse digital ecosystem. The launch of MyVerse is a strategic first step for us and going forward through the advantages of community-based human-centric research and design. We do will put MyVerse one of the leading digital ecosystems over time," concluded CEO of Futurphuture, Jeremy Quek.